Interesting colors from mixing my fiber line with the REW meat line

[Robochelle]

I have a line of NZ rabbit for me at, and a line of satin/French angora for fiber. I recently bred some angora into the meat line because I noticed really tender muscle during necropsy of a few of a particular doe's children. I was excited to see what colors the kits would be. The doe in question (Black self) was crossed with a male meat rabbit with predictable colors: couple black, couple otter and a harlequin (I was aware she had harli since her first litter had one). The other litter was her grandson with a female NZ. I thought I had 2 black and 4 white, but in the sunlight today I noticed they're agouti. With weird bellies! I'm assuming that this is harlequin stripes showing through? The one though only has a small patch of color... Do you think it's mosaicism? I can't think of anything else that would show such an isolated patch of pattern. Breeders of tortes, is it possible to have the spots concentrated like that?

 

[Mckatie]

I have a line of NZ rabbit for me at, and a line of satin/French angora for fiber. I recently bred some angora into the meat line because I noticed really tender muscle during necropsy of a few of a particular doe's children. I was excited to see what colors the kits would be. The doe in question (Black self) was crossed with a male meat rabbit with predictable colors: couple black, couple otter and a harlequin (I was aware she had harli since her first litter had one). The other litter was her grandson with a female NZ. I thought I had 2 black and 4 white, but in the sunlight today I noticed they're agouti. With weird bellies! I'm assuming that this is harlequin stripes showing through? The one though only has a small patch of color... Do you think it's mosaicism? I can't think of anything else that would show such an isolated patch of pattern. Breeders of tortes, is it possible to have the spots concentrated like that?

How fun and exciting!

 

[judymac]

I have seen such bizarre colors when harlequin is a recessive to normal extension in an agouti.


Bellies are mottled.

 

[Robochelle]

Have you had any with half solid and half mottled belly?

Bellies are mottled

 

[reh]

EJE is a mosaic of normal agouti + steel rather than yellow + black, so yes, they can have bands too.
Again this nice guy:

 

[judymac]

Here's one of a belly with a color band:

 

[MsTemeraire]

Here's one of a belly with a color band:
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You have Harlequinised chestnut/brown grey/agouti there (whatever the colour is called in your breed/s). It will be A_ Ee(j).