I have a psycho blue harlequin dutch rabbit that I am keeping around for color purposes :roll: . She's so pretty! But man is she a witch... especially when pregnant. Not to mention her mothering isn't great (she's only had two successful litters in the year+ I have had her). Last litter was with the Chin buck and produced chestnuts - a couple with faint markings - dummy me processed the one I should have kept to breed back to her. This time I paired her with my REW buck - with the strong steel in him I wasn't sure what I would get, but out of the two babies (so far... I am holding out an inkling of hope she might have more, but doubtful) one has harlequin markings! I am hoping it's a male so I can breed him back to her eventually, but first glance looks female. The other might be some kind of blue? No idea. It doesn't look white, there's some tinting the best I can tell, and maybe a few faint markings. I can't wait to see how they fill out! The first one I thought had been banged up - the side of its head looks bruised - then I realized it was just the way the markings fell :lol: I'll have to get pics in the AM. I gave up one her even having a litter even though the buck had a decent fall off... then the kids came in asking if I knew she had babies in there! I had noticed she hadn't been eating or drinking as much. That explains it!
Not marked up as heavily as the doe... I don't remember if there is a particular term for the more mottled look compared the to chunks of color. Day 2 of a migraine makes for a muddled up thought process :roll: Pics both in the sun and shade (YDD was helping, she loves to hold them, even after being peed on multiple times :lol: ). The one has some faint markings mixed in. Curious to see what it looks like as the color comes in. I love seeing color in the nest box! Although, it makes processing day a bit harder. A hutch full of white is boring enough that you can't easily pick favorites (6 little ones hiding out).
