Bunnylady
Herd Master
Steel only appears on agouti-patterned rabbits; steels that have self (aaEs_) would always look like selfs. Steel acts by allowing the black to extend further from the tip of the hair onto the lighter middle band on an agouti-patterned rabbit's body hairs; since a self has no lighter band, you couldn't tell the difference. The typical gold- or silver-tipped steel is EsE; with their red sire, these babies would be Ese. They may technically be steels, but they will probably be darker; looking more like a black with ticking rather than a very dark agouti. But, since no obvious steel is showable in the NZ, it really only matters from a breeding standpoint.
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