JAK Rabbitry
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So lets start from the begining.
I boght two purebred pedigreed French Lops from a reputable breeder. Their names were Darko and Ziad. I crossed the two and kept a doe whom I named Jaidyn.
Part 2
A very close friend of mien was selling out of French Lops and offered me ther est of her herd for cheap. I picked up an opal named ''Opie'' and his 2 offspring from the same litter, Paris and Chad.
Now I've gotten 4-6 litters from Paris over the years. And I've gotten 3 litters from Chad. And one from Opie. No problems here.
A few months ago, I decided to let Jaidyn and Chad have a roll in the hay so to speak. And LO! A healthy litter of 5 featuring 3 broken opals, 1 broken Chestnut, and 1 solid opal.
They were all born on May 31, 2008. So they're about 6 weeks old. They weigh about 5 pounds, They're eating well, hopping around, binkying like crack addicts, basically, like all the other litters I've seen from both sides of this line...veryv ery normal everything!
Except in the last week or so, I've really been noticing something strange with the solid opal in the litter. Now French lops are classified as having ''normal'' fur...but it is a bit longer and denser. But this little opal.... His fur is LONG. Compared to his siblings and every other French Lop baby who's passed through my rabbitry....this is very abnormal. I'm not worried for his health at all, he's fien as far as I can see. But his fur is definitely 2 1/2 - 3 inches in length. Its most notable on his head, he's got big long cheek tufts like....well not including his ears his head looks exactly like a Jersey Woolies head.
Now the first thing I would consider as explanation Is that this isn't a purebred French Lop. However I havet he liens traced back so far through reputable breeders, I know most of them personally and all have very strong reputations... I just can't consider that an option. If there is something else int he mix, I would think it were so incredibly far back it shouldn't be making a difference.
What I'm asking is, Is there some funky long haired French Lop gene I don't know about that just randomly pops up here and there? Like a blue-eyed Dutch or an Astrex-furred rabbit?
I'll post pictures in the morning but right now my camera is dead and my cable for it is MIA since vacation,i' ll havet o dig it out...
comments?
I boght two purebred pedigreed French Lops from a reputable breeder. Their names were Darko and Ziad. I crossed the two and kept a doe whom I named Jaidyn.
Part 2
A very close friend of mien was selling out of French Lops and offered me ther est of her herd for cheap. I picked up an opal named ''Opie'' and his 2 offspring from the same litter, Paris and Chad.
Now I've gotten 4-6 litters from Paris over the years. And I've gotten 3 litters from Chad. And one from Opie. No problems here.
A few months ago, I decided to let Jaidyn and Chad have a roll in the hay so to speak. And LO! A healthy litter of 5 featuring 3 broken opals, 1 broken Chestnut, and 1 solid opal.
They were all born on May 31, 2008. So they're about 6 weeks old. They weigh about 5 pounds, They're eating well, hopping around, binkying like crack addicts, basically, like all the other litters I've seen from both sides of this line...veryv ery normal everything!
Except in the last week or so, I've really been noticing something strange with the solid opal in the litter. Now French lops are classified as having ''normal'' fur...but it is a bit longer and denser. But this little opal.... His fur is LONG. Compared to his siblings and every other French Lop baby who's passed through my rabbitry....this is very abnormal. I'm not worried for his health at all, he's fien as far as I can see. But his fur is definitely 2 1/2 - 3 inches in length. Its most notable on his head, he's got big long cheek tufts like....well not including his ears his head looks exactly like a Jersey Woolies head.
Now the first thing I would consider as explanation Is that this isn't a purebred French Lop. However I havet he liens traced back so far through reputable breeders, I know most of them personally and all have very strong reputations... I just can't consider that an option. If there is something else int he mix, I would think it were so incredibly far back it shouldn't be making a difference.
What I'm asking is, Is there some funky long haired French Lop gene I don't know about that just randomly pops up here and there? Like a blue-eyed Dutch or an Astrex-furred rabbit?
I'll post pictures in the morning but right now my camera is dead and my cable for it is MIA since vacation,i' ll havet o dig it out...
comments?
