Self Group (Non-Agouti)
The self group consists of black, blue, chocolate, and lilac. Also rew and bew fall into the self group but have to be bred a certain way. Self is to have the same color over the entire body including feet, tail and ears.
Genetics: The non-agouti gene (aa) prevents the yellow band on the hairshaft to produce the characteristic agouti type marking resulting in a solid or self colored rabbit. Out of two self rabbits (aa),(aa) you can not get an agouti. Example: You can not get a Chestnut out of a black and tort.
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| Holland Lop | American Fuzzy Lop | Color at Birth |
Black
aaB_C_D_E_
Surface color: Rich, jet black
Undercolor: Dark slate-blue
Eyes: Brown
Breeding: Black is a universal color you can pretty much bred it to any vareity. |
 Sugden's Cup of Coffee
solid black VM buck
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 Sugden's Emily
solid black
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Color at birth: Completely black, belly might appear pink but will turn black in 4 days.  5 day old black far right
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Chocolate
aabbC_D_E_
Surface color: rich chocolate but can vary from a dark chocolate to a milk chocolate.
Undercolor: dove gray
Eyes: Brown
Chocolate is a rare color in hollands and fuzzies. |
 Holland Haven's Mordor
Chocolate Holland
Laurie Vitale
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 Sugden's Sabrina
Chocolate fuzzy Doe
| Color at birth: Completely chocolate, belly might appear pink but will turn Chocolate in 4 days.  5 day old chocloate in middle |
Genetics: The recessive (dd) form dilutes whatever pigmentation would produced by the other genes so that it changes a black rabbit (aaB_C_D_E_) into a blue rabbit (aaB_C_dd_E); a Chocolate (aabbC_D_E_) into a lilac (aabbC-dd-E) and a Chestnut (A_B_C_D_E_) in to an Opal (A_B_C_ddE_). |
Blue
aaB_C_ddE_
Surface color: Rich, dark Blue
Undercolor: medium blue
Eyes: Blue-gray
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 Sugden's Bubble Gum
Solid Blue
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 Old Orchard's Moody Blue
Solid Blue Fuzzy lop
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Color at birth: Completely blue, belly might appear pink but will turn Blue in 4 days.5 day old blue far left |
Lilac
aabbC_ddE_
Surface color: Dove gray with a pinkish tint
Undercolor: pale dove gray
Eyes: Blue-gray
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 Lilac holland
Bunny Paradiso
Bangkok, Thailand
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 Sugden's Theodore
Solid Lilac fuzzy
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Color at birth: Completely lilac, belly might appear pink but will turn lilac in 4 days.
5 day old lilac far left |
Rew *Ruby-Eyed White*
----cc----
Surface color: Pure White
Undercolor: Pure White
Eyes: ruby red with a lighter pink color in the iris.
Genetics:(cc)or the albino gene is the most recessive out of the C series of genes thus it covers all color, including brokens. So you could have a black rabbit with (cc) and it would look like a rew but breed like a black. It's like throwing a white sheet over the rabbit you can't see the color but you know it is there.
Breeding:Treat it as the color it is hiding. |
 Sugden's Ruby
Ruby-Eyed White
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 Sugden's Athena
Ruby-Eyed White
| Color at birth: Kit looks pink till fur comes in White. Red eye color visible when they open their eyes at 10 days.
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Bew *Blue-Eyed White*
----------vv
Surface color: Pure White
Undercolor: Pure White
Eyes: Bright Blue.
Bews are an interesting color to work with. The vennia gene (vv) that produces the bew is like the rew with one exception. Those that are carriers (Vv) are mismarked, sports, or also called vennia marked (VM). These are bunnies that are, for example a pure black bunny with a white foot, or white nose, sometimes you also get half blue eyes. These are called VM. Those that are out of a bew parent and show non of the white marking are called Vinnea Carriers (VC). To see some VC, VM, and Bews check out the rest of our website |
 Sugden's Spice
Blue-Eyed White
 Sugden's Poptart
Vennia marked Blue
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 Louie
Blue eyed Fuzzy Lop
Double D Rabbitry
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Color at birth: Kit looks pink till fur comes in White. Blue eye color visible when eyes open at 10 days, will look gray but get brighter blue with age.
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Broken is any color in conjunction with white.
The body color is to be evenly disturbed in a patched, spotted, or blanketed patterned. Both breeds require any broken shown, to have color on the nose, around eyes, color ears and a least 10% color. The idea markings are balanced markings on both cheeks. Full eye circles and full colored ears with balanced marking on both sides down the back of the rabbit. | |
Broken
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To start off you CAN NOT get a broken out of 2 solids. It is impossible! One parent has to be broken unless it is a rew. A rew can be a broken, masked. Below is a chart that gives you an ratio of what you would get if you bred a:
Charlie-- A broken that has very few markings (color), usaully less then 10%. ENEN
Self-- is a soild or full color- enen
Broken-- more the 10% color- ENen
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100% Self |
| Charlie X Charlie |
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100% Charlie |
| Broken X Broken |
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50% Broken
25% Self
25% Charlie
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| Broken X Charlie |
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50% Broken
50% Charlie
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| Broken X Self |
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50% Broken
50% Self
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| Charlie X Self |
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100% Broken
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 Sugden's Black Cherry
broken Black Sugden's Jelly Bean, Coco
2 Charlie does
Both only have a spot of color the size of a quarter on the backs rest of body white.
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 *GC* WH's Oscar
Broken Black
 BT's Coco
Broken Chocolate fuzzy Can you figure out why this broken is not showable?
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Shaded is to have the color darker on the feet, ears, tail and head, shade back to a lighted color on rest of body.
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| Holland Lop | American Fuzzy Lop | Color at Birth |
Tortiose Shell (Tort)There are 4 diffrent kinds of tort, black and blue which is accepted in both breeds and chocolate, lilac which is only in hollands.
Black Tortoiseaka: Tort, Madagascar
aaB_C_D_ee (Black tort)
Black tort, tortiose shell, madagascar are all the same color with madagascar being darker.The most common color you would see a holland in is tort. The black tort being the most common and know simplely as tort.
Surface color: black, or charcoal-gray mask, ears, feet,tail and shading on the lower rump and haunches. Which blends in to the body color of bright orange on the saddle(back).
Eyes: Brown
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 Brasby's FT Rapunzel
solid tort
 Sugden' Rootbeer
6 week old solid tort
|  Shari's Blush
solid tort Fuzzy  Broken Tort Fuzzy |
Color at birth: Dark golden pink that turns orange tan on back. The head, feet, tail and sides will be dark.
Picture donated by Katie Espin |
Blue Tortoiseaka: Isabella, Blue Cream, Blue fawn, Beige
aaB_C_ddee
Blue tort is the dilute version of the black tort. Surface color: blue mask, ears, feet,tail and shading on the lower rump and haunches. Which blends in to the body color of bright fawn on the saddle(back).
Eyes: Blue-Gray
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 Nadurra's Queen Isabelle
Solid Blue Tort
Why is this Holland Not a correct blue Tort?
Hint: it's not her coat color.
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 WH's O'Hara
Blue Tort
Fuzzy Lop
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Color at birth: Dark pink that turns fawn on back. The head, feet, tail and sides will be gray turning blue.
 5 day old blue tort far left |
Chocolate Tort
aabbC_D_ee
Surface color: Dark Chocolate to milk chocolate mask, ears, feet,tail and shading on the lower rump and haunches. Which blends in to the body color of bright orange on the saddle(back).
Eyes: Brown
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Chocolate tort
Picture Needed.
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Fuzzy lop
chocolate Tort
Not recognized.
Picture Needed.
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Color at birth: Dark golden pink that turns orange tan on back. The head, feet, tail and sides will be brown.
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Lilac Tort
aabbC_ddee
Lilac tort is the dilute version of the chocolate tort.
Surface color: lilac or dove gray with a pinkish tint mask, ears, feet,tail and shading on the lower rump and haunches. Which blends in to the body color of bright fawn on the saddle(back).
Eyes: Blue-Gray
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Fuzzy lop
lilac tort
Not recognized.
Picture Needed. |
Color at birth: Info Coming |
Sable Pointaka: sable point siamese, or seal point
aaB_c(chl)_ D_ee
Surface color: Cream body with a sepia brown mask, ears, feet,tail and shading on the lower rump and haunches. Which blends in to the body color of Cream on the saddle(back).
Eyes-Brown.
Sable point can come in a variety of diffrent shades, from light correct color to the not so desireable smutty version. When sunburned they get an orange cast to their coats. To see more sable points check out our holland bucks and does. |
 Sugden's Milk Shake
Light Sable Point Grand Champion Sugden's Rocky
Sunburned Solid Sable Point
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Sable Point Fuzzy
| Color at birth: Will appear pink with gray nose, feet,ears and tail. Will appear silver to brown on points with pale gray to creme body by day 4.
5 day old Sable Point far right. |
Siamese Sableaka: Siamese or Sable
aaB_c(chl)_D_E_
Surface color: Dark sepia mask, ears, feet, tail and shading on the lower rump and haunches. Which blends in to the body color of lighter sepia on the sides, chest and belly.
Under color:Slighty lighter then surface color.
Eyes-Brown |
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 Bonsi's PIA
Siamese Sable
Fuzzy Lop
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Kits are almost black when born,will have a ruby glare on eyes.
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Smoke Pearlaka: Siamese Smoke Pearl (Fuzzy lop)
aaB_c(chl)_ddE_
Surface color: Rich smoke gray on head,ears,back,legs,and top of tail. Which blends in to the body color pearl gray on the sides, chest and belly.
Under color:Slighty lighter then surface color.
Eyes-Blue Gray
Similar to the sable points the smoke pearl can come in a very dark version to a light version. |
 Sugden's Gummy
Smoke Pearl
| Smoke pearl Fuzzy picture needed |
Color at birth: Info Coming
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Seal
aaB_c(chl)c(chl)ddE_
Surface color: Rich dark sepia (almost black) that runs down the lentgh of the back fading to a slighty lighter sepia on the sides, belly and chest.
Under color:undercolor to match surface color.
Eyes-Brown
Black or Seal? On a Seal the under color will be more of a brown. On a black the undercolor is blue. |
| Seal Fuzzy picture needed
Not recongized | Color at birth: Appear as funny colored black, slight brown tinge.
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The Agouti group consits of those that have the top side of the body banded and ticked. Banding is a ring pattern in the coat when blow into. Ticked is the tip of the hairs being a different color. The ears are to be laced with the same color as the ticking. There should be (ether white or tan) eye circles,inside of ears,the nape of neck (triangle behind head). Nostrils, underside of jowls, belly and underside of tail should be white or tan also, as the picture shows.(For those worried, This animal was not hurt in any way on taking this picture)
Genetics: The dominant Agouti gene (A) produces the agouti markings of the eye circles, nostril and chin markings. It also produces the ring pattern in the coat, but a rabbit can still have the dominant (A) with out the coat ring pattern if the eye circle, jowl and nostril marking in ether white or tan are present. | |
Chestnut Agouti
A_B_C_D_E_
Surface color: The top and sides of body are to be a chestnut brown. The ticking on the tip of the hairs should be jet black. The chest should be a light brown and the top of the tail should be black with brown ticking. Ears are to be laced in black.
Intermediate color band:Should be a well definded bright orange, the same color orange as the nape of the neck.
Under color:Dark slate-blue
Eyes-Brown |
 Sugden's Sprinkles
Solid Chestnut
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 Grand Chapmion Bastet's Pierre'
Soild Chestnut
fuzzylop
| Color at birth: Will appear black with pink bellly,nostrils,eye cicles and tail. Sometimes orange will be visible at nape of neck.
 Two 8 day old chestnuts
You can see orange nape on neck and under black tipping of hair. Places that where pink have gone white. |
Chocolate Agouti
aka:Cinnamon,Chocolate Chestnut
A_bbC_D_E_
Surface color: The top and sides of body are to be a chestnut brown. The ticking on the tip of the hairs should be chocolate. The chest should be a light brown and the top of the tail should be chocolate with brown ticking. Ears are to be laced in chocolate.
Intermediate color band:Should be a well definded bright orange, the same color orange as the nape of the neck.
Under color:Dark slate-blue
Eyes-Brown with ruby glow |
Holland lop
Chocolate Agouti |
Fuzzy lop
Chocolate Agouti
Not recognized |
Color at birth: Kits look chocolate on top with a white belly. Sometimes the orange nape is visible if looked at closely. |
Opal (Blue Agouti)
A_B_C_ddE_
Surface color: The top and sides of body are to be a dark blue with orange mixed in. The chest should be a light blue and the top of the tail should be dark blue. Ears are to be laced in fawn/cream.
Intermediate color band:Should be a well definded bright orange, the same color orange as the nape of the neck.
Under color:Dark slate-blue
Eyes-Blue-Gray |
 Sugden's Mouse
Solid Opal buck
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Fuzzy lop
Opal |
Color at birth: Kits look Blue on top with a pink belly that eventually goes White. Sometimes the orange nape is visible if looked at closely. |
Lynx (Lilac Agouti)
A_bbC_ddE_
Surface color: Fawn mixed with lilac.Tipping of hairs in lilac.Top of tail in lilac.
Intermediate color band: bright fawn
Under color: white to off white
Eyes-Bluegray
BREEDING: Wondering if you have a true Lynx?
Bred your lynx to a orange or fawn. If you get Chestnuts you have a true lynx. If you get Oranges/fawns you have a smutty fawn. |
 Veteran Bailey's
Solid Lynx
Owned by Petra Schian
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Fuzzy lop
Lynx
| Color at birth: Appear lilac with white belly. |
Chinchillaaka:Black Chin, Chin
A_B_c(chd)_D_E_
Surface color:Pearl white with tip of hairs in BLACK. Black earlacing and top of tail.White triangle behind head.
Intermediate color band:Black band over a white band
Under color: dark blue
Eyes- Brown
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Chinchilla
Holland Lop
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Chinchilla
Fuzzy Lop
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Back appears black with pink triangle behind head and pink belly which later turns white. |
Chocolate Chinchilla
A_bbc(chd)_D_E_
Surface color: white mingled with hairs tipped in chocolate. Ears laced in Chocolate, nape of neck white
Intermediate color band: Chocolate band over white band
Under color: dove gray
Eyes-brown
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Chocolate Chinchilla
Holland Lop
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Chocolate chinchilla
Fuzzy lop
Not Recongized
| Color at birth: Chocolate with nape of neck and belly being pink that eventually turns white |
Squirrel (Blue Chinchilla)Dilute version of black chin
A_B_c(chd)_ddE_Surface color:White mingled with Blue tipped hairs.Earlacing, top of tail Blue
Intermediate color band: Blue top band over white band
Under color: blue
Eyes-Blue gray
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Squirrel
Holland lop
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Fuzzy lop
Squirrel
| Color at birth: Light blue with nape of neck and belly being pink that eventually turns white |
Lilac Chinchilladilute version of chocolate chin
A_bbc(chd)_ddE_Surface color:White mingled with lilac tipped hairs.Earlacing, top of tail lilac
Intermediate color band: Blue top band over white band
Under color: blue
Eyes-Blue gray
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lilac Chin
Holland lop
Not recongnized
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Fuzzy lop
Lilac Chin
Not recongnized
| Color at birth: Lilac with nape of neck and belly being pink that eventually turns white |
Sable Chinchillaaka:Sable Agouti
Not recognized in either breed. Very hard to distigish in a fuzzy lop.
A_Bc(chl)_D_E_
Surface color: white with mingled sepia colored hairs. From distance shaded appearance.
Intermediate color band: light brown band over a white band
Under color: slate blue
Eyes-brown
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 Sugden's Olive
Solid Sable Chin
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 Fuzzy lop
Sable Chin
Not Showable
| Color at birth: browishblack shading on sides with white ears, belly and nape of neck. Sable tipping of hair is more visable by 4 days.  7 day old Sable agouti |
Smoke Pearl Chinchilla
Not recognized in either breed.
A_B_c(chl)_ddE_
Surface color:White mingled with hairs tipped in smoke gray. ear lacing and top of tail smoke gray. From distance shaded appearance.
Intermediate color band: Smoke gray band over white band
Under color: gray
Eyes-blue gray
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Holland lop
Smoke pearl Chinchilla
Not Showable
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Fuzzy lop
Smoke Pearl Chinchilla
Not showable
| Color at birth: info coming |
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Bunnies in the wide band group look similar to those in the Agouti group, with the white belly,eyecircles, jowls, bottom of tail, and lacing of ears. the difference is the hair shaft. Instead of multiple bands of color on the shaft a wide band consists of two colors, the top and under color. Sometimes there is a third band when unwanted smut occurs on the tips of the hair.
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| Holland Lop | American Fuzzy Lop | Color at Birth |
Genetics: Most people have a hard time distigishing fawns from oranges and Oranges from reds. Their genotype is the same on the scale we are looking at, however there are different modifiers that change the intensity of the rufus coloring. A fawn has less rufus modifers then an orange and a red has more then an orange. |
Red
A_B_C_D_ee
Surface color:
Undercolor:
Eyes:
Other markings: |
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Color at birth: Dark redish pink at brith, till 4 days old when they start looking red. |
Orange
A_B_C_D_ee
Surface color: Bright Orange fading to a lighter orange on sides and chest.
Undercolor: Off White
Eyes: Brown
Other markings:The belly(except orange lap spots), back of forelegs,inside and top of hind feet and underside of lower jaw are to be white with an off white undercolor. Eye circles, nostils and inside of ears are to be creamy white. |
 Saynora's Bart
Solid orange
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 Sugden's Liz
Broken Orange
Fuzzy Lop
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Color at birth: Dark pink at brith, till 4 days old when they start looking orange.  5 day old orange far left, fawn on right |
Fawn
A_B_C_D_ee
Surface color:Bright straw coloring that fades to a creme on the sides.
Undercolor: Off White
Eyes: Brown
Other markings:The belly(except fawn lap spots), back of forelegs,inside and top of hind feet and underside of lower jaw are to be white with an off white undercolor. Eye cirles, nostils and inside of ears are to be creamy white. |
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 Fawn Fuzzy Lop
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Color at birth: Looks pink at brith, till 4 days old when they start looking fawn.
5 day old fawn on right, orange on left |
Cream
A_B_C_ddee
Surface color:
Undercolor:
Eyes:
Other markings: |
holland lop
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fuzzy lop
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Frosty
Also known as a Frosted Pearl, Ermine
A_B_cchd_D_ee Surface color:
Undercolor:
Eyes:
Other markings:
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 Sugden's Yoplait
Solid Frosty
holland lop
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Color at birth: Pink at brith, till smutty white fur comes in. White triange behind head. Top of tail slightly gray. |
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Pointeds also know as himalayans come in 4 diffrent colors, black,blue, chocolate and lilac. In both hollands and Fuzzies the body color is to be pure white. The colored points are the nose, ears, feet and both sides of the tail.The whole tail should be one solid color. The points are to be clean cut and distincted, with rich color. Toenails are to be dark. Eyes- ruby red with pink iris. Juniors points can be lighter. This varitety is cold sensitive. The colder it is, the darker the points. Being too cold can cause smut(black ticking) on the white part of the rabbit. | |
Black Pointed
aa_B_ch_D_E_
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Wabbit World's Venus
black pointed
Holland Lop
Exibiting Poor ear carraige
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black pointed
fuzzy lop
| Color at birth: Kit appears all pink with possible hint of dark on nose, tail, ears or/and feet. Pink area turns white and rest start to show some dark coloring.Back side of tail best place to look. |
Blue Pointed
aa_B_ch_dd_E_
Dilute version of a black pointed |
Picture coming
Blue pointed
Holland Lop
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Blue pointed
fuzzy lop
| Color at birth: Kit appears all pink with possible hint of blue on nose, tail, ears or/and feet. Pink area turns white and rest start to show some darker blue coloring.Back side of tail best place to look. |
Chocolate Pointed
aa_bbch_D_E_
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Chocolate pointed
Holland Lop
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Chocolate pointed
fuzzy lop
| Color at birth: Kit appears all pink with possible hint of brown on nose, tail, ears or/and feet. Pink area turns white and rest start to show some chocolate coloring.Back side of tail best place to look. |
Lilac Pointed
aa_bbch_ddE_
Dilute version of a chocolate pointed |
lilac pointed
Holland Lop
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Lilac pointed
fuzzy lop
| Color at birth: Kit appears all pink with possible hint of very pale gray on nose, tail, ears or/and feet. Pink area turns white and rest starts to show some light lilac coloring depending on temperature. Back side of tail best place to look. |
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Most of these varietys listed below are colors that are in the process of being aproved for the show table. | |
Black Otter
Surface color:Black
Undercolor: Belly- Gray
Eyes: Brown
Other markings:The belly, nostrils, eye circles, back of forelegs,inside and top of hind feet and underside of lower jaw are to be creamy white with highlighted by orange as it meets the black. The triangle and colr behind the head are to be orange. The ticking (tip of the hair shaft) should be orange and scattered thru out the chest, sides and lowe hindquarters. |
Black otter holland Doe
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Otter Fuzzy
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Above is just a sample of the different possible colors you could get. For all 144 possible colors and genotypes check out Rabbit Coat Color Genetics~ All 144
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Unsure your kits color? check out Kit Color Guide
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