How to tell Black Tort vs. Blue Tort?

MamaMandy · Feb 4, 2013

So I've determined that the 2 lighter babies in my litter of Hollands are torts, but I'm not sure which color. They're both orange with blue/gray sides and bellies. They'll be 1 week old on Wednesday so they still don't have tons of fur on them. I'm just wondering how old they have to be before I can tell if they're black or blue torts.

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I just had to wait 17 days for color to show up on my himi Dwarf baby. I was becoming certain he was a REW. :shock:

SarahMelisse · Feb 4, 2013

The easiest way I have found is by the eye color. Black torts will have brown eyes and the blue torts will have grey/blue eyes.

skysthelimit · Feb 5, 2013

My blue torts and black torts

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MamaMandy · Feb 5, 2013

So, you're saying the really light colored babies in the first pics ended up being blue torts?

siddsaysgimmie · Feb 5, 2013

The body color of the blue torts are a light fawn with light blue-ish points. Black torts are more orange-y on the body, with dark brown/black points. At a week old, we should be able to tell. Maybe get some pics of them.

skysthelimit · Feb 5, 2013

MamaMandy":2vrttqt9 said:
So, you're saying the really light colored babies in the first pics ended up being blue torts?

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siddsaysgimmie":2vrttqt9 said:
The body color of the blue torts are a light fawn with light blue-ish points. Black torts are more orange-y on the body, with dark brown/black points. At a week old, we should be able to tell. Maybe get some pics of them.

Yes. Sadly, I sold them both, because one was a broken, and one was a buck. I did not want to breed broken back to her sire, and I didn't want another buck. So this next litter, I will definitely keep one.