If I breed my castor buck with my REW doe will any babies be REW?

[Tonya]

Ok thanks for the info might just get her a REW buck instead to avoid that issue, she is fed hay & water & pellets that help in digestive system both my rabbits eat it. I just stick with my castor buck for now he loves her lol! Tommorow is day 31 i will post some pics!!

 

[Tonya]

So i have a few questions, my friend is retiring from her mini rex rabbit bussiness she has a doe & buck left and she asked me if i want them i can have them. The doe is a harelquin & the buck is a himi looks like its a simese color. So my idea is to breed the himi buck with my REW will she have any white babys then? As for the harelquin doe i prob breed her with my castor buck. Would this set up be ok?

 

[Bunnylady]

There are a bunch of different genes that affect coat color, and they are found in different location within the rabbit's gene pool. Some of these genes have several possible forms. Himi and REW happen at the same place, known as the C locus. Himi is dominant to REW, which means that if a rabbit inherits one himi and one REW gene, the rabbit will be a himi. A "good" himi has two himi genes; it will have relatively intense color on the legs, ears, and tail, and a good big splash of color on its face. A rabbit with one himi and one REW may be a little washed-out looking on the "points," and usually has only the nose or just a little bit more than the nose covered with color on the face. If the buck has a large splotch of color on his face, he most likely has 2 himi genes, which means he will give himi to all of his offspring, so when bred to a REW, all of the babies will be "poor" himis. If he is a "poor" himi himself (only color on his nose, little or none on the rest of his face), then he has one himi and one REW gene, so he could give REW to his offspring, and you could get REW's if you breed him to a REW doe.

Castor to a harlequin has the potential to be a problem. Depending on what else the rabbits have in their genes, there are plenty of perfectly good color possibilities that could come out of this cross, but sometimes you can get the harlequin markings bleeding through on a castor. I'm not sure how that happens, but I have seen it (I have several castors like that right now); it's a disqualification on a show rabbit.

 

[Tonya]

Ok thanks so I went go see both my rabbits doe & buck, the himi buck has just color on nose, but the harelquin doe i decided not to get she had a pretty red castor doe so i decided i get her instead, will the red castor be fine for my castor buck? Im breeding for pet quality, but if someone wants to show i want them to be show quality to!! Thank you!!

 

[Tonya]

Ok so I breed my REW doe & castor buck 32 days ago no babies, and no sign of babies in her i figure she didn't get pregnant, so i put her back in with buck this mourning, this time i watched them from a distance i think it work this time, but to be sure I'm put them together again in mourning hopefully shes pregnant this time. Hopefully i will have some pics to post of second litter!!

 

[promiseacres]

While Most does Kindle by day 32, they can Kindle later. I usually wait until day 35 or 36 to rebreed. I would at least keep the nest box in just in case.

Ok so I breed my REW doe & castor buck 32 days ago no babies, and no sign of babies in her i figure she didn't get pregnant, so i put her back in with buck this mourning, this time i watched them from a distance i think it work this time, but to be sure I'm put them together again in mourning hopefully shes pregnant this time. Hopefully i will have some pics to post of second litter!!

 

[rabbitmeat]

My question is can I breed granddaughter to grandfather? Sorry this site is a little complicated for me. I tried to post a new thread and don't know if I did it or not and it asked me to invite others to look and I didn't have a clue who to invite so I found a thread that had something to do with breeding hoping to get some guidance. The Doe Hazel is the daughter of Ebony and Oso which are no relation to one another. Hazel's parents are Ebony a mix rex?? and Oso a Californian. Hazel's babies are huge and I would like to perpetuate that but want to be sure line breeding is ok in rabbits. Any guidance is appreciated I think it's ok with what I've read about dogs. Does it apply to rabbits.

 

[Bossroo]

My question is can I breed granddaughter to grandfather? Sorry this site is a little complicated for me. I tried to post a new thread and don't know if I did it or not and it asked me to invite others to look and I didn't have a clue who to invite so I found a thread that had something to do with breeding hoping to get some guidance. The Doe Hazel is the daughter of Ebony and Oso which are no relation to one another. Hazel's parents are Ebony a mix rex?? and Oso a Californian. Hazel's babies are huge and I would like to perpetuate that but want to be sure line breeding is ok in rabbits. Any guidance is appreciated I think it's ok with what I've read about dogs. Does it apply to rabbits.

NO problem at all ... how do you think that Purebred breed rabbits are first developed ?

 

[rabbitmeat]

Thanks Bossroo. That seems logical to me but I'm inexperienced and wanted a little reassurance.

 

[Tonya]

So after 3 times rebreeding she finally had babies just 3 days before Mother's Day!!