Term Question

[mewlingcricket]

Hey guys, as many of you know I am new to breeding, and I have no show experience. In time I would like to get into showing but I have a bit more to learn first. A breeder that I spoke with about a dutch rabbit sent me the following:

"he always gets good comments on the table, his only downfall is his long stops, I
feel is would do better in the breeding ring"



What does "long strops" mean??????:dutch

 

[mistyjr]

No Clue Here Either! :wiggle:dunno

 

[la~la~land]

I *think* it means the point where their markings stop.

 

[mewlingcricket]

Thanks guys!!!! Also I was curious...I know that you can not breed brother to sister, but you can breed father to daughter and mother to son (not that I am going to) BUT.... does anyone know if you can breed half siblings? I just recently purchased a buck but after a week together I was doing the nightly "bottom check" to make sure there was nothing icky in his fur and for some reason I still don't know decided to check him out....Turns out HE is really a SHE. Now the breeder has another litter that will be available next month, I know they have different mothers, but the breeder only has 1 buck so they will have the same father.
Can you breed half siblings safely??????

 

[BlueCamasRabbitry]

Hopefully a Dutch breeder will come along and mention long stops, and what the breeder means by her comment.

Is there any chance you could get a buck from another breeder?

Breeding mother to father, half-sibling to half-sibling really should be left to more experienced breeders.

Emily

 

[pamnock]

"Stops" are the white markings on the hind feet (should take up 1/3 of the foot).

 

[jubidyjub]

The stops are a special marking on the dutch. They are on the hind feet. It's the marking where the color stops and finishes over the toes with white. It's likely the breeder meant the the color stops too far up the foot. Hope that helps!

I recommend you look at a standard to she what the ideal is

 

[iluvdutchrabbbits90]

Its the white markingson the back feet

 

[dixonsrabbitry1]

Actually the best breeding lines are linebred to father-daughter, mother-son, cousin-cousin and so forth. it will bring out the best quality in yor rabbits. If something nasty shows up, you can easily breed it out. The best thing you want to do is to line breed. If you breed unrelated, or even semi related animals, it may mess up your breeding program, and you might end up starting over. Yes yo can breed half brother to half sister. Any animals out of that type of breeding shouk dbe bred to something else that isn't related, or semi related.



The stop is the white markings on the back feet. Dutch breeders look for those that have even markings. Sometimes they come too far foreword, sometimes the black color is uneven, and bleeds into them. Then sometimes they end up going too far back. There is a lot of points on the show standard markings. You want to show something that is as perfect marked as possible, and everything else that has a minor fault can be used as breeders. I don't raise dutch. But I do know the top breeder in michigan.

 

[mewlingcricket]

Well I just found out that the next litter the breeder has is not related to my little one so I won't be inbreeding/linebreeding at all. Thank you all so much for the help!!

 

[dixonsrabbitry1]

In that case, keep a daughter to breed back to the buck, and a son to breed back to mom, once you get setup. You will get better show rabbits that way.

 

[Silver Star Rabbitry]

dixonsrabbitry1 wrote:

Actually the best breeding lines are linebred to father-daughter, mother-son, cousin-cousin and so forth. it will bring out the best quality in yor rabbits. If something nasty shows up, you can easily breed it out. The best thing you want to do is to line breed. If you breed unrelated, or even semi related animals, it may mess up your breeding program, and you might end up starting over. Yes yo can breed half brother to half sister. Any animals out of that type of breeding shouk dbe bred to something else that isn't related, or semi related.

I totally agree and personally I don't have any problems breeding full brothers and sisters. It can cement good qualities in to your line.

Emily

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