What color is she? Harlequin? Chimera?

I don't really know. I've just been calling her a magpie.

Can two solid rabbits actually produce a harlie? Is the chimera mutation as common in rabbits as it is in horses and dogs??

Mom was black, dad was opal. She was a rescue/sympathy buy and was pretty ill when I got her (only four weeks old!) but she has bloomed into a hardy, healthy little brat.



Sorry for the collages, I didn't want to upload them one by one. The first three are when she was 5-6 weeks old. The other ones are recent (3 months old).

Genetically speaking, it's sort of a crapshoot from all previous generations on both sides. Looks like a Netherland and Lion mix, but oh soooo cuuuuuute!

I'm only seeing magpie as her coloring. Harlequin colors come from the ej gene. I believe it's recessive but not positive. Chimera is very rare in rabbits just like it is in other animals.

How big is she? New Zealands are pretty big bunnies (9-12lbs). I see lionhead in your bunny

Haven't weighed her. I'm just comparing her to my meat pens I raised many years ago. Her parents were probably around 6-7lbs, NOT little "lionheads" (they obviously were not purebred). She's got a LOT more "meat"/muscle tone than the lionheads I have met although is definitely mostly lionhead, maybe 1/4 something else. I am going to fathom a guess of 2-3lbs at 3 months old. This is mom and dad, photos are not mine, they were on her ad when she was on Craigslist:

Yea they look like lionhead mixes themselves. You sure got an adorable bunny out of it though

She looks black more than blue, so I'd call her a harlequin rabbit with the black magpie colour variation. (make sense?)

either way, it's a pert little rabbit

though looking at bunny again... I have to wonder if maybe she's a lilac???? Do her eyes have a red glow when exposed to bright light? (like a camera flash?)

she won't be a small bunny upon maturity though.. based on dad's size I'd say a good 7-8 lbs.