What color is this doe? What might she produce???

[Kyle@theWintertime]

The wonderfully kind gal who sold me my little French Angora buck also gave me a year-old doe. She's a little fidgety to get in and out of a cage but once in or out, she seems fine. She does have a nasty looking scarred nose, but since she's a wool-animal I don't care. Her funky nose gives her character.

But for the life of me I can't figure out what color she is! I got some cruddy photos when I was downstairs a moment ago...her head, tail and feet are all colored the same mottled gray-tan as her head and ears.

The breeder said the buck is a "Blue Tort"...what colors might he and this doe produce?

(please excuse the crappy photos, I was in a hurry...also their cages are currently on a palate since I can't hang them myself without help, so they're gonna have to wait another day or two to be held aloft...they're not in position. )

My doe:

And one of the wee little baby buck:

<br /><br />__________ Sun Jul 01, 2012 10:09 pm __________<br /><br />BTW, her eyes aren't red, that one image just looks funky.

 

[SarahMelisse]

I'm not sure about the doe, but the buck is definitely a blue tortoiseshell.

 

[akane]

She looks too light for a tort. She looks more like a pointed.

 

[LindseysWoolies]

She is a chocolate pearl i believe. Pointed have red eyes.

 

[ladysown]

could be a sable point.

 

[akane]

Only himis and rew have red eyes. Sable, seal, etc.. points do not but they do have a reddish tint the same as a diluted rabbit (blues, lilacs and to some extent chocolates) would have.

 

[MamaMandy]

She looks like a sable point to me too.

 

[Devon's Mom Lauren]

Sable point as well. The buck looks like a black tort though not blue.

Breed her to selfs and other torts and sable points. Maybe to agouti (chin or normal chestnut) Keep away from shadeds and tris/harles and otters.

 

[-HRanchito]

So sable points have the cchl gene, right? If so, it would be dominant and all the kits would be chinny chin chins!

 

[Cindi Davis]

Sable I love learning these color's<br /><br />__________ Sun Jul 08, 2012 4:44 pm __________<br /><br />Sable I love learning these color's

 

[akane]

Sable is recessive to dark chinchilla and regular color. Bred to a CC rabbit meaning full color you will not get sables or chins. The other rabbit needs to carry any of the other C locus genes to get something else. Agouti gene will turn sable in to light chin. Also a sable is 1 sable gene and 1 himi or rew gene. 2 sable genes gets you seal so you will also get himi or rew when breeding sables.