Meat mutt popple colors?

[Shea]

I have no idea at all what I'm looking at color-wise here. The sire is a purebred satin chinchilla and the dam is a lynx from a developed meat line. Her first litter with me was an oops with one of her sons and produced opals, lynx, rew and a chocolate agouti.
If anyone has an idea please feel free to share.

I will say that I wont have any problem processing this litter, 4 days old and I've been bit twice. :shock:
Here they are at 4 days old

 

[Ferra]

4 day old kits have TEETH?! :shock: Jeeze, no wonder my does always seem to be so eager to wean them...

I'm going to take a crack at the bunny guessing game. So Satin Chinchilla buck (maybe? A_ B_ chd_ D_ E_ ) with a Lynx who threw a REW. (?A_ bb Cc dd E_ )

My tentative guess is a chestnut agouti, two chinchilla agoutis and either three opals, or two opals and a self-blue (one at the top of the second photo has hidden ears, not sure what I think that one is).

 

[SableSteel]

I see a chestnut and 2 chinchillas. Then theres three dilute agoutis, could be opals and/or blue chin/squirrels.

 

[Shea]

Thats kind of how I was thinking with the darker ones. All three of the dilutes I wont know until they are older right?

 

[LittleFluffyBunnies]

Yes I believe you won't be able to tell until they're a bit older.
I agree, 1 chestnut 2 chins for the dark ones.

 

[a7736100]

I find babies often bite to see if it tastes good. I will start to observe if they develop into biters.

 

[Nymphadora]

4 day old kits have TEETH?! :shock:

I find babies often bite to see if it tastes good. I will start to observe if they develop into biters.

:shock:
I've seen the tiny little teeth, but gosh, I didn't realize they could even open their mouths enough to bite someone!!! Mine are more prone to head-butting than biting, though... :lol:

 

[Shea]

Enough for a good pinch. These are a rowdy lot. Hope its just random and not something my buck is always going to pass on.

 

[alforddm]

I'm going to go for 1 chestnut, 2 chins, 2 squirrel (blue chin) and one opal.

 

[Shea]

Here is an update on the popples. Still doing good. The 3 dilutes are starting to show some variation, 2 are visibly darker and gaining some brown around the head.

 

[alforddm]

I was close. 1 chestnut, 2 chin, 2 opal, and one blue chin aka squirrel.

 

[Shea]

I don't think I've ever seen a blue chin. It will be interesting to watch him grow. <br /><br /> __________ Tue Feb 27, 2018 7:45 am __________ <br /><br /> Well I won't get to see her grow. Lost the blue chin and a chinchilla this morning. They got out of the nest box and got soaked by the water dish.

I'm going to have to reconfigure the nest box before the next litter. I had planned on doing external hang on nest for my other does So I may give that a try.

 

[alforddm]

That sucks, sorry you lost them.

 

[Nymphadora]

I'm sorry for the loss, Shea. I lost two in my first litter of this year as well... hopefully the rest grow big and strong! :encourage:

 

[Shea]

I just finished tweaking the nestbox on my lunch break, lowered the height a little (so it wil actually fit through the door easy) and added a "bar" at the lip so they can't stumble out. The remaining 4 look healthy and my cats enjoyed their lunch so... :?