Dutch mark vs vienna?

[Roseatebunny]

Hi,

My baby rabbits are 4 days old now.
I have looked today and there is random white bits on them.

one looks like a Dutch mark (incomplete Dutch markings). But the other have a few odd white spot s.

it's not broken as neither is broke n.
I know the mum carries none of it (the man only breeds pointed white, marten smoke pearl and sable marten).
so it's the dad.
he's not a visual though.

how can I tell if it's single Dutch or vienna? (The eyes aren't open so can't check for blue eyes).

there pure breed Netherland dwarfs. I don't know the dad's heritage.

here's a pic of the one that looks Dutch marked.

 

[JirehFarmsTN]

The only time dutch markings are NOT Vienna are in the dutch breed. All other breeds they are considered VM, even if they don’t show blue eyes.

 

[Roseatebunny]

The only time dutch markings are NOT Vienna are in the dutch breed. All other breeds they are considered VM, even if they don’t show blue eyes.

thank you,
unfortunately, I have no rabbits anymore.
My three adult rabbits and four babies died on RHD.

 

[Larsen Poultry Ranch]

I'm sorry you lost your rabbits.

Dutch marking and Vienna are two different genes. Vienna (Vi) is incomplete dominant, meaning if a rabbit has one copy, they might show it or they might not. Two genes will definitely show it and cause the rabbit to have a solid white coat with blue eyes. I have a doe who has one copy, she has no white on her but her eyes seem to be a bit lighter than they should (she's chinchilla color). She has had babies with a non-carrier of Vienna, and most look normal but some had snips of white on their feet or nose/face.

Dutch (du) is incomplete recessive. Meaning to get the ideal belted pattern a rabbit needs 2 copies of the du gene (plus modifiers/other helpful genes). A rabbit with no copies of du, meaning they are DuDu, or normal, will not show any white markings (assuming there are no other marking genes). A rabbit with one copy of du, will probably have some markings but may also look solid; they could have a partial belt or just white on feet or face.