BelleVie
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Hello everyone, I'm hoping to get some insights into a breeding result that confuses me. I have a small colony of Standard Rex. My does are black, blue otter, lilac, and broken lilac. My buck is broken chocolate otter. All four of my does have recently had litters and I've been very careful to document each one so that they don't get mixed up. Tonight, I was taking photos of my kits when it struck me that my blue otter's litter has 2 (seemingly) black kits in it. I went back to the photo I took of the litter one day after they were born to see if maybe my dominant black doe had carried some kits to her buddy, but no -- there are two dark kits in the original litter pic as well. I didn't think that was possible? Or are these kits not really black and I'm missing something? Help! 
__________ Mon Oct 10, 2016 7:35 pm __________
Nevermind -- I think I just figured it out. Because Blue is a dilute of black and chocolate is not dilute it makes sense that I could get a black. Am I right dood? I think I was over-thinking things... <br /><br /> __________ Mon Oct 10, 2016 7:38 pm __________ <br /><br /> I guess I should be asking why they are selfs and not otters...
__________ Mon Oct 10, 2016 7:35 pm __________
Nevermind -- I think I just figured it out. Because Blue is a dilute of black and chocolate is not dilute it makes sense that I could get a black. Am I right dood? I think I was over-thinking things... <br /><br /> __________ Mon Oct 10, 2016 7:38 pm __________ <br /><br /> I guess I should be asking why they are selfs and not otters...
