Genetics is not my strong suit.

[Marie28]

We just bought a blue silver fox doe and the breeder e-mailed me her pedigree. I didn't realize she had chocolate (& lilac) in her line. Can anyone help me with the probability of getting chocolate or lilac kits from her? Our rabbit are for meat but colors are still fun :]]

 

[Bunnylady]

Each of your doe's parents were carrying chocolate, since she isn't chocolate herself, she has a 50/50 chance of carrying it. Chocolate is recessive, as is dilute, so to get chocolate, blue or lilac in a litter, the buck has to at least be carrying the genes for them as well. I believe you have a blue buck; if you breed her to him, all of the babies will be dilute colors. If he carries chocolate, you might get lilacs, otherwise, they will all be blue.

 

[Marie28]

Thank you, that is a great explanation :]

Our blue buck has no chocolate genes, so we won't be getting any lilacs from him.

Both our black and doe have blue in their lines and have blue siblings so does that mean they have a good chance of carrying blue? The parents were all black.

 

[Bunnylady]

A blue parent would guarantee that a rabbit was carrying a gene for dilute; blue siblings only indicate that the parents were carrying it. Once again, both parents had to be carriers, so the chances are 50/50.