BEW in flemish giants?

[flemish lops]

My flemish giant had a smaller litter about 3ish weeks ago. All of the kits have had there eyes open for a few days now and I noticed that a white one has blue eyes. Is this known alot in the flemish giant breed or is this little bunny like one of those BEW bunnies that you see for hundreds of dollars I seen an add "bunnies for sale" and the BEW ones were a lot more money then the others. Here's some pics.

 

[Bunnylady]

No, Flemish don't do BEW. What you have is a color called Ermine (non-showable in Flemish), also known as a Frosty in some breeds where it is showable . Ermine is the result of a combination of Agouti, REW, Chinchilla, and Non-extension genes, all in the same rabbit. Some Frosties have dark ticking on their coats, some have brown eyes, others have blue-gray.

Blue-eyed White is the result of a rabbit having 2 copies of the Vienna gene. A BEW rabbit has bright, cornflower blue eyes, rather than blue-gray. Most rabbits that are carrying only one copy of the Vienna gene have a coat splashed with white in what often looks like a poor-quality Dutch pattern (called Vienna marked).

BEW is a rather unusual color, but it isn't rare. BEW's are not more valuable than any other color, based on color alone, though some people seem to think otherwise. In fact, in most breeding programs, a BEW rabbit is a nuisance rather than an asset, since in the first generation almost all of the offspring are guaranteed to be unshowable. Like chocolate, BEW is a color that is best bred only to itself.

 

[flemish lops]

Thanks Bunnylady for the info . The add that I saw was for some holland lops for sale a while ago asking $100 or $150 each for a bunny because it was a BEW.

 

[Mark758]

My flemish giant had a smaller litter about 3ish weeks ago. All of the kits have had there eyes open for a few days now and I noticed that a white one has blue eyes. Is this known alot in the flemish giant breed or is this little bunny like one of those BEW bunnies that you see for hundreds of dollars I seen an add "bunnies for sale" and the BEW ones were a lot more money then the others. Here's some pics.

Hi got 2 white doe's flemish giant after about 7 years of breeding out the other colors. Was going for white and fawn of what I got. Then was surprised to get a blue eyed buck(the doe kept kicking him out, then put him in the water bowl before his eyes were open. )one month before I fell in fall creek myself during spring thaw and almost drowned, being sucked down by under tows.by the grace of God after darkness I survived .
Anyway I happened to get him out in time and put him in the back of the litter box so it would be harder for her to kick him out. When eyes opened "blue "
I saved him and bread him to his aunt (white sister of his mom)
I got 5 white blue eyed bunnies. so awesome !
Will continue to perfect this line and blue eyed bunnies.
Disagree with other answers...(started with 2 3/4 flemish giants the only omittion ) but I don't think it matters that much as with any breed mistake or not, you can repeat the dominant gene's you want and achieve your goals, colors or lack of color named him Prince charming BTW lol
Call it a new breed if you like, but I love them.
All very healthy. I'll see if they get to the standard size ...but have waiting list for them. Very mellow and we have a special bond because we both almost drowned. I just praise God for his grace and love
I think $100 is a fair price or more as I've never found one and now I'm hoping to get them on a consistent basis. But mom and aunt have brown eyes, but all kit's have blue eyes.