Last evening as I fed the rabbits, I checked Cassie's nestbox again - she had pulled fur last week but not kindled. Well, she gave birth to four wriggly, energetic kits ... and THREE have the Dutch banding coat pattern! Woohooo! I only had one born last year to Belle and Blue-Boy, who was regular furred and could not take the August heat and died. My goal since crossing in the Dutch gene has been to get a blue Dutch-banded Rex-furred rabbit with the heat tolerance of the Florida White I crossed in last year.
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| four newborn rabbit kits |
Newborn rabbits have very little fur, so it isn't a certainty, but I think I have one black banded (the runt of the litter) and two blue banded. Since Cassie is a Rex-furred daughter of Jack, and Blue-Boy (the sire of the litter) is the son of Shalimar who was Rex-furred, there is a decent possibility of getting at least one of them with Rex fur. Wish me luck!
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| The three Dutch banded kits |
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