here are the rabbits!

[cattlecait]

so can anyone see any certain breeds in these guys LOL

They certainly seem to be Heinz 57 bunnies lol. The broken orange looks like he MIGHT have some English Spot (he does sort of have the spotted markings on the side and what looks like a broken herringbone along his spine) and some Dutch, the vienna pattern on its head would give it the blue eyes too. There's a Harlie in there, or a Harlie mix looks like. And the solid one...I haven't got a clue lol.

Mutts!

 

[samanthaj]

how old r they? looks to be a black, a harli and a broken orange. the broken orange looks like a dutch cross or dutch/rex/? cross going by markings. they have some weird long ears that r wide, specially the broken and the harli ones. with the ears on the broken possible a lop cross in the mix also but i'm thinking a big meat breed w big ears looks closer. to be honest they look like crossed meat rabbits to me and they look to be crossed more than 2 breeds. good luck to ur daughter she will have loads of fun, my kids love showing but they show open show w/ me. they r adorable and love the ears on the broken just to cute!

thanks! the are 6 months old. from an earlier question,the fur reminds me sorta cats fur,medium length straight and soft,if that helps!meat breeds are great,she will be doing a meat pen at the fair with the babies from these guys!i had also noticed the ears,i think they are so goofy the are cute LOL

 

[Bunnylady]

If these are the freecycle bunnies, they are supposed to be about 6 months old, right? That means that they are at or near their adult size. They look like they weigh, what, about 5 pounds? If this is as big as they are going to get, then the majority of their ancestry must be small breeds. I don't think they could have Netherland Dwarf or Dwarf Hotot as a parent and have ears like that, but I suppose there could be something like that further back. Their heads look a little too narrow to have any kind of Lop in their family tree, unless perhaps it was Velveteen Lop (but that breed is still under development, so there aren't a lot of those). They look like they have normal coats, and their type doesn't scream "Mini Rex," but the smutty-nosed Harlequin coloring on the one certainly could have come from a MR, as could the broken pattern on another one. The broken looks like Blue Tort rather than an orange, that color could have come from MR or Dutch. You said the one has blue eyes, are they a bright sky blue or more of a blue-gray color? Blue gray eyes are normal for Blue Torts, but bright blue eyes are the result of the Vienna (Blue Eyed White) gene. BEW is a somewhat uncommon color for several small breeds, so it doesn't really get you any further, other than to explain the sort of Dutch-looking blaze on the broken. They are certainly a mix! If I had to narrow it down to two breeds, I'd sat Dutch and Mini Rex, but there could certainly be a bit of some other breeds as well.

 

[ChickenPotPie]

If I had to narrow it down to two breeds, I'd sat Dutch and Mini Rex, but there could certainly be a bit of some other breeds as well.

Same here for a few reasons.

Those two breeds are pretty common and commonly crossed into other breeds. The blue eyes on the broken gold rabbit is due to the vienna gene. That gives it the "Dutch" like markings, too.

Even though any rabbit could have these markings and eye color because of the vienna gene, I do believe there is Dutch in them. They are all the same size a Dutch and they have the same type as Dutch and Mini Rex. I'm told that crossing the rex gene into other breeds often yields normal fur.

I fostered a Dutch doe and litter that were all definitely Dutch but there was also the vienna gene in there. Faces were longer than Dutch you'd see on the tables today. They were very old school you might say. They were just poor representatives of the SOP but they were absolutely Dutch mixed with something else.

BEW Mini Rex are not all that uncommon. Neither are the Vienna marked "biproduct" of that color variety project. I can imagine petting out or selling the vienna marks is a common practice of those working on BEWs who don't process their extras.

I think it stands to reason that Dutch, based on size, fur, body type, and probable availability, and Mini Rex, based on size, type, Tort being a very common color in MR, and the possibility of the vienna gene coming from a BEW MR project even a few generations back.

I don't know about the Harli pattern. I don't know enough about it. I do know that there are plenty of Harli marked rabbits of various breeds out there. I've seen harli marked ND, AFL, JW, and HL. Those animals had very good to excellent type for their breed. Looked nothing like a Harli type wise. I'm just sayin' the gene is out there and it does not have to have come from a Harliquin from a recent generation.

My guess would be same as Bunnylady. Cute bunnies. I hope your daughter thoroughly enjoys them.

 

[samanthaj]

thanks everyone, she really is enjoying them! the breed didnt really matter,i was just curious LOL we have two does and a buck that are alot younger, 9 weeks and i know they are new zealand,calafornia and something else! i cant remember but dd has it in her 4h journal!