More stupid color questions...

[Cattle Cait]

I feel like I should suck it up and learn the actual color genetics schtuff and become more independent.

Whew, here it goes...

Can a golden Palomino and a black New Zealand make a seal?

I have a little buck at home who looks black, but not as black as his sister, and upon second glance is not black at all. He's black but not black. Like, the most incredibly dark chocolate I've ever seen.

Oh, and the freak has a white nose too.

 

[Dood]

Yes.

Both of the parents must carry the shaded gene on the C-locus to create a seal. Only one is needed for sable.

If either of theses rabbits has produced chinchilla, himilayan/California marked or REW then they cannot have the shaded gene.

 

[Cattle Cait]

That rules out Sable then. Mom has thrown all of those colors.

 

[PSFAngoras]

Oh, and the freakish white spot on the nose could mean Vienna.

 

[Cattle Cait]

Oh, and the freakish white spot on the nose could mean Vienna.

How did that happen? It just popped up in a litter of American Sable x American Chin x Palomino babies I just had too. One little black with a white nose.

 

[PSFAngoras]

Vienna is an awful sneaky gene. It can hide in the background and never show itself for many generations, and then Bam! Bunny with a white nose!

Vienna is a co-dominant, so even one copy of the recessive gene and it will mark the rabbit as a carrier, or show as random white spots, usually noses and toes, or give you something similar to a Dutch. Usually, when the gene is more prevalent (assuming modifiers come into play here) you will end up with a rabbit that has sky blue eyes. Two recessive copies equals a BEW.

 

[Bad Habit]

A rabbit can carry, but not show, the vienna gene. So it can definitely be hiding somewhere, with your breeding rabbits not showing a single white mark.