Another question about color

[whaleyk98]

If I breed a opal to an opal...does that give me opal babies? I do not want to end up with more chestnut babies butI dont have this genetic thing down yet....can someone help? I always thought that it was about what was in the pedigrees...whatever was in the background. If it carries such n such than it has a chance to pop up in the litter....Im lost. So what if i breed a black to a fawn, or a black to a blue? Im not understanding something obviously...:?

 

[bunnybunbunb]

Pedigree colors really have nothing to do with it because it does not mean the rabbit got said color genes.

Opal to Opal will give all dilutes, this could be blue, opal, lilac or lynx in diffrent ways depending on what is carried. Black to fawn you are looking for chestnuts and blacks, possible fawn and torts depending on if the sire carries shaded. Black to Blue then you will probably only get black unless the black carries blue or both carry chocolate. It really is a guessing game when a line has so many colors mixed in.

 

[TinysMom]

I'll try to answer this - but with all of her breeding and judging experience (and study of genetics) - Pam Nock is our genetics guru.

If you are breeding opal to opal - whatever you get will all be a dilute of something. For instance - you wouldn't get black from this breeding - but you might get blue (if they hid solids behind the opal).

You see - when you breed two dilutes - all that each parent can give to each baby is a dilute gene.

Its late and I'm tired so I'm going to ask Pam to look at this thread - she is really great at this stuff....

 

[pamnock]

I think everyone already covered it pretty well. You can only get dilute colors from breeding 2 dilutes such as Opal. Depending on the recessives each parent carries, other colors such as blue otter, squirrel, lynx or blue could be produced.

There are many genes involved in producing rabbit color, so familiarizing yourself with each gene series can help you to understand whatvarieties you can produce from breedings.

Pam

 

[whaleyk98]

Thank you everyone. I really appreciate your responses! =)