big bucks ny
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Wondering if I cross nzr with nzw what my chances of broken red would be. Thanks
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big bucks ny":29gns2vp said:
Unless the NZW is hiding broken... chances are about zilch...( as in not gonna happen...
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It really depends on the hidden genes your rabbits carry but your chances are not very good..
Broken is it is a dominant trait and cannot hide, except under a white coat, and you must have a broken coated rabbit to begin with. It is possible your NZW is broken so you won't know unless you do the breeding.
You will likely get chestnuts and maybe some steels, whites and blacks.
However if you keep these kits and breed them to the red you should start getting more reds.
Broken is it is a dominant trait and cannot hide, except under a white coat, and you must have a broken coated rabbit to begin with. It is possible your NZW is broken so you won't know unless you do the breeding.
You will likely get chestnuts and maybe some steels, whites and blacks.
However if you keep these kits and breed them to the red you should start getting more reds.
ohiogoatgirl
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I thought if you bred NZW to NZR that you can get reds?
maybe that's just with specific rabbits.. now that I think about it it makes sense that NZR breeders would say that because they would have whites that carry red... so NZR x NZW = whites, reds, whatever other colors.
maybe that's just with specific rabbits.. now that I think about it it makes sense that NZR breeders would say that because they would have whites that carry red... so NZR x NZW = whites, reds, whatever other colors.
Reds are just chestnuts with two non extension and two wideband genes - both of which are quite rare in meat breeds.
If the NZW has NZR parents then it would have gotten these genes and they would be red but hidden under the white fur. However, the vast majority of NZW are genetically chestnut, steel or black
That's the problem with the red eye white and himilayan/california genes, it hides the true colour of a rabbit so unless you know the colour of the parents or do test breedings you won't know what colour kits they'll have
If the NZW has NZR parents then it would have gotten these genes and they would be red but hidden under the white fur. However, the vast majority of NZW are genetically chestnut, steel or black
That's the problem with the red eye white and himilayan/california genes, it hides the true colour of a rabbit so unless you know the colour of the parents or do test breedings you won't know what colour kits they'll have
