Just discussing rabbit genetics with a friend and we had a thought...if a smoke pearl is technically a shaded blue, then a siamese sable would be a shaded black, correct? Years ago when we raised Netherlands we had a shaded chocolate show up in a litter once. It was quite beautiful! My question is, has anyone ever seen a shaded lilac? And what would it be called? Shaded lilac I presume? And why, if smoke pearl is an accepted color why aren't the other shaded varieties? I think the shaded chocolates and lilacs would be so neat!
Shaded lilac??
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skysthelimit
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There are chocolate sables, lilac torts, blue points, and lilac points (lilac siamese sable).
All of the possible colors are not all of the acceptable breeds. Probably because they weren't that popular in that breed, or weren't fully developed in the breed, or just that no one pulled out a COD for it. Harlequin, Silver Martin and Tort are all colors in the gene pool for Standard Rex, and Martin and tort are acceptable colors in many rabbits, but not at all in Standard Rex.
Are you planning on taking out any CODs
If I had the space, the time, the ability to make it to Conventions, I would sure take on the Silver Martin for Rex. I might still try to take on the silver Martin just in case someone want's to try it again.
All of the possible colors are not all of the acceptable breeds. Probably because they weren't that popular in that breed, or weren't fully developed in the breed, or just that no one pulled out a COD for it. Harlequin, Silver Martin and Tort are all colors in the gene pool for Standard Rex, and Martin and tort are acceptable colors in many rabbits, but not at all in Standard Rex.
Are you planning on taking out any CODs
If I had the space, the time, the ability to make it to Conventions, I would sure take on the Silver Martin for Rex. I might still try to take on the silver Martin just in case someone want's to try it again.
skysthelimit
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Certificate of Development. One has to be an ARBA member for five years. They give you the go ahead for the new color, you have to submit Standards for the new color and pass three appearances at ARBA Convention.<br /><br />__________ Tue Jan 29, 2013 6:18 pm __________<br /><br />Jersey Woolys have 32 varieties or something like that. Those JW people were really busy!
I have several Silver Martin Rex and I am purposely breeding them right now.I haven't been a member for 5 years though. From what I read there can be a "group" of breeders that can be working on the variety together with the head breeder holding the COD. I have a silver martin doe, bred to a silver martin buck that is out in the barn pulling fur as I typeskysthelimit":34fnz25m said:Are you planning on taking out any CODs
The chin doe that I bred to the silver martin buck has chin, martin, sallander and white, and seal in her litter, which tells me that both carry non-extension, albino and have self. I'll get some pix soon and post them.
skysthelimit
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caroline":2dtm791v said:I have several Silver Martin Rex and I am purposely breeding them right now.I haven't been a member for 5 years though. From what I read there can be a "group" of breeders that can be working on the variety together with the head breeder holding the COD. I have a silver martin doe, bred to a silver martin buck that is out in the barn pulling fur as I typeskysthelimit":2dtm791v said:Are you planning on taking out any CODs
The chin doe that I bred to the silver martin buck has chin, martin, sallander and white, and seal in her litter, which tells me that both carry non-extension, albino and have self. I'll get some pix soon and post them.
yes, and they can send in a form letter to the ARBA letting them know they are breeding to support a particular breeder.
