Standard Rex joining the rabbitry soon

[Frecs]

Hi y'all! Long time, no chat!

I made a happy discovery --there is a breeder of Standard Rex rabbits less than 2 hrs from me! She has a trio coming available at the end of the month. These are show quality (and nice and meaty) rabbits. I will be joining the NRRC but I wanted to run this by the folks here.

The 2 does are sisters.

Doe1 & 2: Castor (Red doe (from Jim Barron)/Castor Buck (from Daniel Crooks)) I'm told they will be a "nice bright castor"

Buck1: Castor (Broken Opal doe/Chocolate Otter buck) will throw: castor, blue, opal, broken, self, possibly amber with the 2 does.

Does this sound like a good trio for a newbie to Rexes and colors? (I have only had Silver Fox up until now.) She will have more kits available in a few months coming from her self black, broken opal, and red doe. Would I do better (for show purposes) with a kit from one of those?

 

[Dood]

The buck cannot throw broken unless he is broken

Unless the does have self, dilute or chocolate and the buck carries non extension you will most likely get a bunch of castors making it easier to focus on type rather than colour so I'd say it's a good trio to start with

 

[Frecs]

Thanks Dood! While having some surprises in the nestbox could be fun, I'm glad I can count on a color that is "approved", thus be able to get into the intricacies of breeding Rexs a little at a time. I got a little concerned and more than a little bug eyed :? when I was looking at charts online that listed "don't breed this color to that"... then, a little voice said, "girl, go ask on RabbitTalk!"

 

[skysthelimit]

Welcome to the fold.

Well until you know what they actually carry, no sense worrying.