silver fox blues and blacks?? BunnyLady???

[20kidsonhill]

Someone explain the silver fox coloring to me, please.

I know Black is dominant

a black with no blue gene bred to a black or even blue will give you only black.

What about black x black with both having a blue gene, will you get any blues?

blue x blue will you get all blues, I am assuming you wouldn't.

If I were investing in the start of my silver fox herd, should I try to make sure they will give me some blues?

Thanks for any information.

 

[20kidsonhill]

Bunnylady: Can you explain any of this to me?

Do I have to have a blue bunny to sell rabbits to other people, and consistantly offer the blue genes, or can I have black bunnies that carry the blue genes and beable to offer these to people as blue gened bunnies. I am sooo confused. I need to tell the seller what I want.

 

[Bunnylady]

Blue is recessive, so blue x blue always equals blue (unless you maybe have chocolate or something like that lurking about!) . Black is dominant, a black could be hiding a blue gene without you knowing about it. A black with a blue parent will definitely be carrying a blue gene, though it won't look different from one that has two black genes. If you take two blacks that are known to carry a blue gene (either because they have a blue parent, or because they have already produced blue babies) and breed them together, they should produce blues about 25% of the time. You may not get any blues in any particular litter, or there may be a couple, or even the whole litter might be blue - you never know! Some of the black siblings of these blues will also be carrying the blue gene, but you can't tell which ones are, and which are just carrying black. In theory, about 2/3 of the black kits should be carrying a blue gene, but the only way you can be sure whether one particular one is, is to raise it up and see what it produces.

So, if you want to be sure that a black kit is carrying a blue gene, it needs to have a blue parent. Otherwise, you can't be sure.

 

[20kidsonhill]

That was so helpful thankyou very very much. Know we will talk about what we should do. I asked the seller, but I haven't gotten a response, either they are busy or annoyed that I am depending on them for an answer.