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Update:
BunnyCam - November 09
Bunnycam should be up
and running shortly fingers crossed |
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Updates November 2009
New litter
Chub x Sweet Susannah |
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The United Colours of Angora and their genetics |
 Colours
(under construction)
The BRC comments:
The judges are requested
to judge the Coloured Angora to the
Breed Standard laid down by the
Specialist Club and not to confuse
the colours with any other breed
standard for short haired varieties
Angoras are unique in the
fact that they possess a
multi-layered coat. The tips of each
new coat are therefore darker than
the previous coat which lightens as
it gains length. This produces
BANDING IN COLOURS. Rabbits should
not be excessively penalised for
lighter bands of the top colour
appearing in the coat, but the more
uniform the colour the better. WHITE
BANDS are unacceptable, with the
exception of the GOLDEN which is of
a yellow origin and therefore has a
CREAMY-WHITE band at the base of the
coat
Colours of Angoras
Red Eyed Whites (REW) **cc****
REW stands for Red Eyed White , if you ever see
this in a show critique. Please note it does not stand for
ROO.. Roo is a Kangaroo NOT a rabbit !!!!
The REW can carry any colour underneath it's
white blanket. The double recessive genes wipe out ALL
colour from the animal leaving white coat, pink skin and pink
eyes, the colour from the red blood cells in the eye mass.
Bred to a colour , coloured rabbits will be
produced which is handy in determining what the REW carries
beneath.
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UK Colour Breed Standard :
White
Eyes: Ruby bright and bold |
Smoke (Black) aaB*C*D*E*
The Smoke is genetically a Black Rabbit. Because the Angora
coat is predominantly undercoat it appears as a Grey Rabbit with
a black face and ears. It is a self rabbit so has two recessive
genes on the A allele ie: aa , It can carry other dilutes but
MUST carry dominant genes on the B D and E allleles in order to
be black.
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Head and
feet black. Wool dark bluish-grey without white base. Tips to
match head. Nose and ears to be free of silvering. Tips to
match head. Ears and nose to be free of silvering. Eyes
bluish-grey. (I disagree that their
eyes should be blue-grey.. Smoke is a BLACK rabbit, black
rabbits generally have dark brown eyes. They do not carry blue
recessive genes that produce blue eyes. If you had blue
grey eyes on a Smoke I would be worried it was a self chin
rabbit ) |
Blue aaB*C*ddE*
Blue is a dilute Black (Smoke) Once again a self rabbit aa
but the black is dulted to blue by making both genes on the D
allele recessive ie: dd It must carry aa and dd recessives and
dominant genes on C and E to be a self blue.
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Head, feet
and ears blue, as dark as possible. Wool blue without white
base. Tips to match head. Ears and nose to be free of silvering.
Eyes blue-grey. |
Brown Grey (Agouti)
The Wild colour rabbit. It is the most dominant colour hence
why all wild rabbits (well most) are Agouti. Agouti
is a natural camouflage hence their success in the wild.
It must carry dominant ABCDE genes to be Agouti but can carry
recessives on each of those alleles without you knowing ! |
Head, ears
and feet wild grey, a mixture of black and gold. Wool blue, as
dark as possible with tips to match head. Eyes brown. White
belly with blue undercolour |
Golden A*B*C*D*ee
The Gold is an Agouti Rabbit carrying non extension recessive
genes ie: ee
It must carry dominant ABCD genes to be Golden but can carry
recessives on these Alleles. |
Head, feet
and tips a rich, clear orange gold. Wool lighter with colour
carried down as far as possible shading to a creamy-white base.
Belly creamy-white, eyes brown. |
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