What genes would cause these markings?

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Her colours make me think black sallander? potentially broken based on her sister and how her marking end quite abruptly. I'm not experienced with that colour to be really sure.
If that is it, she would be <aaB_chd_D_eeEnen> (or enen for solid)
The sister is a broken tort, <aaB_C_D_eeEnen>, it is essentially the same without the chinchilla gene, so it adds up.
 
Hmmm, hadn't thought about the DARK Chin gene! She's going to be fun to play around with breeding.

I'm not convinced about broken though. I think her sister looks more like she has a Dutch gene, from my research. But, I'm completely new to rabbit genetics so don't yet know much past what I've read.
 

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This is the table I was basing my Dutch assumption on, from this publication:

Fig. 16.6. Grades of Dutch white spotting. (Robinson, R. 1978. Colour Inheritance in Small Livestock,
Fur and Feather, Idle, Bradford, UK. Courtesy of Fur and Feather)
 
Consensus seems to be Broken, so I will bow to the wisdom of those with more experience than me in this. :)

I plan on breeding the first doe to a Sable buck, as soon as it's warm enough. So probably by mid-March for a mid-April birth.

Ugh, I hate loosing so much breeding time because of Winter.
 

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