Trying to start working on a tri color english lop

[ckcs]

I have a harli do that came from a Blue Buck and a Black Doe. I have a broken blue buck that is said to carry the tricolor gene. When I cross the Harlequin Doe and the Broken Buck, what kind of colors can I expect and what are the odds of getting a tricolor? Also is this just a bad way to start?

 

[SableSteel]

You want to avoid self colored rabbit in harlequin lines in breed like this where non extension in common, but if you want to get tricolors, this isn't a bad start. You should have about a 25% chance for tricolors (if that buck really carries the tri gene), with an equal chance at black/orange tris and blue/fawn tris

 

[ZachsRabbits]

I would limit my use of selfs in a tri program to limit non- extension. I would much rather use agouti or wideband in a tri but you could get harlequin marked agoutis which you could use in a tri program as well.

 

[SarniaTricia]

my only experience has been watching REX breeders "do it"

A dark red/black Harley and a red or broken red is what I have seen used.
I have tris in my meat program, but someone else did a lot of the hard work before I got them .....
They were using Harley (B&W) Chins crosses with Red NZ crosses...

I'm not sure if that will help
I know there is a genetic explanation as well... but that would depend on understanding all the genetic coding... which I do not!