Best mixes for meat rabbit?

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It's fine, already have my breed.
Mine don't have white paws or legs. The buck does have a slight bolt on his nose, really the only way I could tell them apart w/o flipping them over, lol. I'm trying to think of a name for him related to the hint of white.
Wow, it is insanely hard to find the ARBA standard for the Silver Fox rabbit, no real detail.

 

[Ms. Research]

Sorry, guess I overstepped my helpfulness.

But can't help myself.

Maybe this could help with your search for Silver Fox Standards.

http://www.nsfrc.com/bluechoc.php

Good Luck

 

[secuono]

Yea, I'm not seeing any info on them there either...weird...

 

[Ms. Research]

Yea, I'm not seeing any info on them there either...weird...

Then I would suggest you contact ARBA and get the right information then. I know that when you join you get a book of Standards. I will be attending my first ARBA rabbit show in Mullica Hill, NJ on September 17th. If you went deeper into the site I posted you will see e-mails of the Person in charge of each show in each State. Try e-mailing them. I know the one running the show in Mullica Hill was very helpful and actually e-mailed me a program and welcomed me to the show.

Sorry the information just doesn't jump right out at you. Good Luck.

 

[secuono]

Ok, each dog and cat breed has a page that tells you specific requirements. Fur colors, patterns, lengths, etc. Ear shape, position, size. Feet characteristics, hieght, body shape, head shape, etc etc. But rabbits don't, at least not this breed, has no info about anything.
Ah well, I'm not breeding for shows, so it can wait.

 

[Ms. Research]

Ok, each dog and cat breed has a page that tells you specific requirements. Fur colors, patterns, lengths, etc. Ear shape, position, size. Feet characteristics, hieght, body shape, head shape, etc etc. But rabbits don't, at least not this breed, has no info about anything.
Ah well, I'm not breeding for shows, so it can wait.

Found this:

The Silver Fox Rabbit is listed as "Critical" by the American Livestock Breeds Conservancy, meaning there are less than 200 registered breeding adult Silver Fox rabbits in the United States and a global population of fewer than 2,000.

Weighing 9-12 pounds, two color varieties are available in this breed: black and blue, black being the only one recognized by the ARBA's Standard of Perfection. The Silver Fox's fur is more coarse than the fur of other rabbits, one and half to two inched long, and when stroked from tail to head, the fur stands up. This is referred to as "no flyback" fur. The guard hairs are white. This combined with the length and coarseness of the fur resembles the fur of the Arctic Silver Fox for which the Silver Fox rabbit is named.


ARBA Standards of Perfection will have the required head shape, body shape, etc. Don't know why rabbits don't have their own seperate page like cats and dogs, but their Organization has a book which when you join will tell you what the actual requirements for a Silver Fox is.

But if you are not breeding for show, I guess you can wait. But wouldn't it be wise to know the standards before you breed if you are thinking of breeding for show? :/

 

[terri9630]

I couldn't find the breed standards anywhere and finally just went to the ARBA's web site and sepnt the $20 or so to buy the book. You don't have to join to buy it.

 

[secuono]

I couldn't find the breed standards anywhere and finally just went to the ARBA's web site and sepnt the $20 or so to buy the book. You don't have to join to buy it.

Can you tell me the SF info when the book comes in?



I don't plan to breed for anything but meat now, from the two I have, from any I save from the pair. Later on I may get registered rabbits for show/standards, but for now, none of it matters really. I was just curious, it's weird they won't 'allow' it to be public info.

 

[Ms. Research]

I couldn't find the breed standards anywhere and finally just went to the ARBA's web site and sepnt the $20 or so to buy the book. You don't have to join to buy it.

Can you tell me the SF info when the book comes in?



I don't plan to breed for anything but meat now, from the two I have, from any I save from the pair. Later on I may get registered rabbits for show/standards, but for now, none of it matters really. I was just curious, it's weird they won't 'allow' it to be public info.

All organizations run things differently. I don't know why, nor do I care. Maybe they feel they worked hard to gather that information and feel they would like to get paid for their work? It's public. You just have to pay for it. Or ask someone who will get a copy of it to send it to you for free, which you just did.

 

[terri9630]

I couldn't find the breed standards anywhere and finally just went to the ARBA's web site and sepnt the $20 or so to buy the book. You don't have to join to buy it.

Can you tell me the SF info when the book comes in?



I don't plan to breed for anything but meat now, from the two I have, from any I save from the pair. Later on I may get registered rabbits for show/standards, but for now, none of it matters really. I was just curious, it's weird they won't 'allow' it to be public info.

There are 2 pages of info (1 front and back) I will see if I can get a picture of it and send it to you.