Rex X NZ? Will this work out at all?

[Cuttlefishherder]

We have a Rex buck that needs to get a Doe or else. Our first female died spontaneously one day for no obvious reason, she was a Rex/ Lop cross. I checked on them at noon, they were fine, two hours later, shes dead as a door nail!

Now Bucky(the rex) needs a lady because that's the whole reason we got him, so can a rex breed with a NZ? Is it possible?

 

[rabbitlady4433]

I am not an experience rabbit person, and have only recently got into the rabbit business. However I have a NZW doe, a Cali Buck (Who I hopes to breed to the NZ) and two Rex's. So far my Cali Buck has not been at all interested in mating, so I paired my NZW with the Rex. She had 8 kits born last week. Though sadly she delivered in the middle of the night on the wire and it was cold so they all passed on. So to answer your ?, yes it's possible. A guy at the feed store told me that he bred the two types as a boy for the NZ size but the Rex fur.

 

[Hooligan Farm]

Yes a lot of people actually cross Rex with NZ. Thats what I'm doing.

 

[lovinglife]

Hooligan Farm, I am curious, is there a specific reason for the Rex/NZ cross?

 

[Hooligan Farm]

Hooligan Farm, I am curious, is there a specific reason for the Rex/NZ cross?

For me its what was available but people like Rex for fur but they are used for both. NZ has become commercial meat rabbit so they are bigger. People combine to get good fur and meat. I just had my first litter and she only had 3 but if there are males they won't make freezer camp cause I already had offers for them cause out here people are hurting for bucks

 

[rabbitlady4433]

Hey Hooligan Farm, do you happen to be in Kansas?

 

[Hooligan Farm]

Hey Hooligan Farm, do you happen to be in Kansas?

Nope I'm in New Jersey

 

[Cuttlefishherder]

Thats awesome to hear, We live in AZ and are currently looking for some ladies for our Rex.

Thanks for your help! X)

 

[RabbitMage]

Unrelated question: how does one herd cuttlefish?

 

[Bunnylady]

The standard, full-sized Rex (as apposed to the Mini Rex) is supposed to have commercial type, being a dual-purpose breed (meat and fur). You might get a slightly better dress-out from a Rex/NZ cross (hybrid vigor and all that), but a good Rex won't be far off from the meaty ideal of the commercial breeds. Since the gene causing the Rex coat is recessive, you wouldn't get Rex-coated offspring in the first generation of this cross. If you bred two of the F1 generation together, or saved a doe and bred her back to her Rex sire, you should get Rex coats in the next generation.