TRI ?

[manybirds]

I wouldstart with some of the genetic websites. No ... you don't just breed orange to something to get tri ... you will just get ... the parents or some agouti combination of both. But tri, more than likely, will not happen. That is a specific gene pattern. You need to find two animals that carry the tri gene ... and pray! I'm no expert on the gene, by far ... since angoras, NZ, CG, & AFL don't play that game ... but I have seen it in Rex's (standard not mini). There are other breeds that carry it ... that would be the best place to start ...

But that is just my opinion ... have fun ...

In rhinelanders and some english spots (though it's not a reconized color in the U.S) come in tri.

 

[manybirds]

ARBA Nationals are in Indy this year. You could get an animal/animals shipped in there from almost anywhere across the country. This is a great time to look. plus there are people heading all points this direction that are willing to transport... or you could go up to indy and visit! Just a thought.

We'll be there! So exited!

 

[bluemini]

Thats cool, wish i could go but too far away . I have only seen one TRI colored in person and it was $50 at trade days in april and I had already spent my money i brought with me buying a goat . Then the next day I went back and it was gone so i bought my blue mini rex .

I guess I will just have to keep looking .

 

[crazyturkeydesigns]

Andd i didnt say ALL babys will be that way , i ment that with broken to solid you have better chances of getting broken , or at leat it worked with me and thats what the site said . Every rabbit is diffrent so you never know . My white doe was bred with a broken black and had 3 broken,2 white, and a black .

When you breed a charlie (less than 10% color broken...these are tricky as you can get false charlies, too) to a solid (including harlequins as they are genetically a solid), you'll get 100% brokens. Ex: Charlie is ENEN (double broken gene) and solid is enen, so all offspring would be Enen, broken. You do run the risk of getting booteds, but if they have good type they can be used in a breeding program.

Anywho, when I saw this thread post I was all TRIS!! I'm actually working on developing a quality line of mini rex tris right now! My very very very first bun was a black/orange mini rex named meadow and I've been in love with them ever since. It's an incredibly tough variety though as most tris have iffy type. The tri gene also messes up just about every other color but self.
In order to get a tri, you must have parents who carry the tri gene. You don't need both to carry it, just one. It also depends on what each parent's background is. My advice is to get a trio (or pair) of good tris. If you can't get two, get a tri and a red. Stay far far away from tan patterns (otter, marten, etc), try to avoid using selfs (includes torts) because you'll get unshowable torted tris, and but you can use agouti colors as tris are actually agouti. Stick with castors and reds, though. I wouldn't use any dilutes as you run the risk of messing up colors. There's also 4 different varieties of tris (not counting magpies): Black/Orange, Chocolate/Orange, Blue/Fawn, Lilac/Fawn.
Confused yet? LOL I know I was when I first started reading about all this stuff. It's fascinating, but it's certainly a lot of information.
GardenShed Bunnies is a great website with info on *just* tris. Sally is a great lady and has helped me in the past. I believe she's in Southern Ohio, too.
Icebox Rabbitry also has some great stuff.
Good luck and keep us posted! Tris are truly stunning and frustrating varieties to work with.

 

[bluemini]

Andd i didnt say ALL babys will be that way , i ment that with broken to solid you have better chances of getting broken , or at leat it worked with me and thats what the site said . Every rabbit is diffrent so you never know . My white doe was bred with a broken black and had 3 broken,2 white, and a black .

When you breed a charlie (less than 10% color broken...these are tricky as you can get false charlies, too) to a solid (including harlequins as they are genetically a solid), you'll get 100% brokens. Ex: Charlie is ENEN (double broken gene) and solid is enen, so all offspring would be Enen, broken. You do run the risk of getting booteds, but if they have good type they can be used in a breeding program.

Anywho, when I saw this thread post I was all TRIS!! I'm actually working on developing a quality line of mini rex tris right now! My very very very first bun was a black/orange mini rex named meadow and I've been in love with them ever since. It's an incredibly tough variety though as most tris have iffy type. The tri gene also messes up just about every other color but self.
In order to get a tri, you must have parents who carry the tri gene. You don't need both to carry it, just one. It also depends on what each parent's background is. My advice is to get a trio (or pair) of good tris. If you can't get two, get a tri and a red. Stay far far away from tan patterns (otter, marten, etc), try to avoid using selfs (includes torts) because you'll get unshowable torted tris, and but you can use agouti colors as tris are actually agouti. Stick with castors and reds, though. I wouldn't use any dilutes as you run the risk of messing up colors. There's also 4 different varieties of tris (not counting magpies): Black/Orange, Chocolate/Orange, Blue/Fawn, Lilac/Fawn.
Confused yet? LOL I know I was when I first started reading about all this stuff. It's fascinating, but it's certainly a lot of information.
GardenShed Bunnies is a great website with info on *just* tris. Sally is a great lady and has helped me in the past. I believe she's in Southern Ohio, too.
Icebox Rabbitry also has some great stuff.
Good luck and keep us posted! Tris are truly stunning and frustrating varieties to work with.

Thank you so much ! Yes im very confused lol but im going to take a look at the sites . All I have right now is a solid blue mini rex buck as i sold my others and im wanting so broken colors ,but I have been wanting a tri so bad , I think they have the coolest colors , and haha you can tell I know nothing about tri's I thought they just came like black and orange ! And I just found out today that im getting my rabbits next month , I was going to wait til april but have changed my mind , im ready !

 

[bluemini]

Those sites amaze me lol im going to be reading for a while , I love mini rex , the colors and density to the fur just amaze me really, wish I had one of every color !

 

[manybirds]

Thats cool, wish i could go but too far away . I have only seen one TRI colored in person and it was $50 at trade days in april and I had already spent my money i brought with me buying a goat . Then the next day I went back and it was gone so i bought my blue mini rex .

I guess I will just have to keep looking .

national convention is never to far away. we're getting someone to milk goats and take care of all our animals (ALOT of animals like i said it's never too far/too hard for nationals)