Pic update and harlequin & size question

[Cosima]

how do you make a harlequin. do you mix a orange with a magpie. Also can I breed a three pound doe to a German giant buck or is that to risky. I would love if you could answer those questions because I really want a harlequin like mus again and then I can make my favorite rabbit color tricolor. And here are the pics.

Chess my chestnut German Giant mix (he is photogenic)

Chilli or Chilla my chinchilla doe. She is going to kindle on the 9 or 8 of February.

 

[Cosima]

Flounder my Rex doe.

Danny my other German giant buck.

Ghost my Flemish giant mix doe.

Feather and mouse.

 

[Cosima]

And B with her nose crust

 

[RabbitsOfTheCreek]

Pearl actually got a good photo today

 

[Cosima]

She is so pretty.

 

[SixGun]

Beautiful buns @Cosima
I think breeding the doe to a larger buck is always a bit risky. If she has a large litter, then it can go well, but if she only has 2 or 3 they can get too large for the birth canal and then you could lose them, and her.

I honestly don't know the genetics of the Harlequin (ej ? ) gene. Anyone else?

 

[Cosima]

That is what I thought.

 

[Alaska Satin]

A harlequin is A- B- C- D- ej- (it can be <ejej or eje>). A magpie is a harlequin which also has the chinchilla gene <cchd> that suppresses expression of yellow pigment (which is what make the harlequin orange), so magpie is <A- B- cchd- D- ej->.
So you can get a harlequin out of a magpie by getting rid of or overpowering the chinchilla gene., i.e. by breeding the magpie with a rabbit with full color extension <C>. So an orange would do the trick.
Incidentally, tricolor is a broken colored harlequin. Breed a harlequin with a broken black, and you should get at least some tris.