You went farther with this than anybody I've seen on yt... I wanted to be a genetic engineer, all these terms are right up my alley and I didn't even know rabbiters did this!!!!! So Awesome!!!!!!!!!!
Like you, I did some independent study of genetics (some years ago when I was breeding horses). It’s both a fun and fascinating subject, especially when mutations occur and shuffle the deck. The neat thing with rabbits, is that with such a short gestation period, you get to see the results of your breeding program so much sooner-almost instant gratification when compared to horses (11 months). I found both your content and presentation excellent... and very glad someone already helped you out with the correct pronunciation of “agouti”... “allele” is the one I had a little trouble with at first, but you nailed that one 👍
thanks for the basics - genetics can be tricky, but people make it seem confusing - it really is not. Just an FYI - agouti is pronounced 'a goo tee.' In rabbits, it is considered the "wild-type' coloring. In cats, it is aligned with tabby.
Thanks, it is very comforting to know I can line breed! We are saving two beautiful baby does to breed back to their father. They are American and Champagne D'argent cross babies.
Rabbit genetics is a very interesting subject. Really cool. Just FYI... agouti is pronounced uh-GOO-tee. I don’t like to be “that guy” but though the correction might help you as we’re all on a quest for more knowledge. I really enjoy your channel and keep up the good work, man!
Thank you so much. I´ll watch this video 1 miljon times until my brain gets it :) Loved the white board!!!!! I plan to start breeding again in soon, so again thank you! Big hugs from middle of sweden :)
Animals with the agouti gene will display two or more different bands of color on almost every strand of hair on their body. Rabbits with the agouti gene often have a lighter shade of hair on their belly that does not display the agouti trait. This trait gets its name from a rodent native to Central and South America. Cats with the agouti trait are called tabbies. Some dog breeds also have this trait.
Great info, I've been doing rabbits for years and had no idea this was a thing. I breed for meat but I like to sell a few for pets so I have always liked to have a good selection of colorings. I do silver fox, new Zealand, and have had Californians. My last batch has what is called an Alaskan red fox, it's a really cool coloring. Thanks for the vid.
Thank you for this info. This makes alot of sense now that I can see it written. I'm very visual and hands on so the chart and tables really help to spell it all out. Thanks for making it plain. I have a broken and a Harlequin. I plan to breed in the spring. So what I gathered is that the Broken is the dominant of the two and that trait is going to be strong in the offspring...correct?
Recently began rabbits we have nice rabbits my two Flemish are gorgeous plus the other nine. My boys both Flemish @6mo age one cinnamon other black agouti I think man said got from. So thx for info we be watching I do like ideas tunnels from crates great idea making for my boys play with . the cya@! Wish could get them friendly cos not siblings n both bucks.. First run wasn't good but stopped it fast. Hoping will calm down now they met.
Good luck to you sir, We have a step by step on how we built it if your interested But the music got sold so we had to change the audio- I recommend just watching it at low volume
Thank uuu soooo much for the informative ive just started my own Rabbitry I have 24 all together now Flemish mix there soo huge they just had there first batch and I couldn’t figure out how I ended up with a broken colour one now I know
Thank you soo much for Fast Response to my question on breeding. I will have fun and we'll be careful this video has helped and making my decision on how I want to breed and again thanks
Genetics is so confusing. That you for helping me understand this better. I have two American Blue rabbits. I was told were pure breed and was given papers. The doe had her first litter of 7 two days ago. One of which is all white. What would cause this? I'm assuming one or both rabbits were not really pure breed and had American Whites in the bloodline.
This is the albino gene which is triggered from the C locus. When two rabbits breed that both possess a recessive c locus gene. This will cause all color to be hidden. Once this albino rabbit breeds with another rabbit the offspring will possess color unless the rabbit you chose to breed also possesses a recessive(hidden) albino gene.
Genetics?!?! Head is swimming, ha ha. Breeding NZ's first time next week - 2 bucks (white, red) and 4 does (white, red, broken red, chocolate). Excited as the broken red doe is a Charlie. Mating with NZR buck, hoping for nice broken reds. Chocolate is unrecognized but told many generations/colors to create. Plan to mate with NZW as I understand white has hidden allele/color.
I have a black doe who's mom was black and her dad was white but I don't really know if she would be a heterozygous or a homozygous. From the two litters she has had most of the babies have been black a few white and some have had small white patches with spots of the agotui coloring.
It sounds like the two alleles are lining up to express black. Through test breeding you can find out what other alleles are in the mix. I'd research what the color is your getting and find what allele's are need to achieve that color.
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Hi, I'm very curious what will be the result if I breed my two holland lop with ruby-eyed albinism? Or if I breed my holland lop doe with ruby-eyed albinism to a colored holland lop. I'm very curious about this.
When you say smoke pearl, are you referring to sable point? Sounds like you have some recessive genes being expressed. I'm curious what your colors will be as well please keep me posted...
Hi Bobby, I need your help once again. One of our does gave birth last night. Though she had a ton of nesting material, she didn't build a nest, neither pulled any hair. I didn't expect her to be pregnant but still checked twice a day her cage. Since many months it goes like this, I breed her and nothing happens... Unfortunately all the kits (8!) died since it was freezing outside last night. She had the kits in her wooden box but they were all over the place. I have put much effort into breeding rabbits and try to make their life as nice as possible... You can imagine I'm devastated. My question is, when is it safe for her to be rebred and do you have any idea why she behaved like that? Food cannot be the issue, they get what you advise. They have plenty of room in the cage and an extra 6 square meters to run if they want to. Greetings. Michaela from Greece
You can breed her immediately. She'll lift easily. If she's a new mom it's common for rabbits to get better and better at caring for their kits with every litter.
@@MP-uz5ks The one doe here that didn´ t make a nest i culled (she was old enough at 13 months for it not to be a to young problem). Experience from another breeder was that this indicates an inherited trait for being a bad mother, so cull. This breeder didn't at first (only like 3 generations later) and the does all lost the whole first litter, major part of the second and only started to have a decent ish survival rate at litter 3 or 4. The does kept for breeding from these litters had the same rate of loss and for the same reason.
The steel gene (Es) is part of the E locus and is A hidden gene. Your rabbit can’t be steel if neither of the parents are steel. You’ll want to find yourself an agouti rabbit.
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There's very few cross-breeds that do well for pet sales, and the two most popular breeds of pet rabbit in America wouldn't be considered worth the time for meat. If you've got random/unknown farm type mixed rabbits, I wouldn't breed them or let them breed unless you like the meat and pelts plenty. Pelt buyers are also few and far between now, and picky, so unless you've got two pairs of Silver Foxes or are extremely cost efficient tanning those New Zealand pelts, there's probably not any profit in it. But a great skill to have for emergencies, or if you decide to go from meat to pets or do anything rabbit related. Knowledge is pretty fun on it's own.
Actually, I have a local business interested in buying all the babies to sell for pets or meat rabbits breeders. Have 3 litters set to kindle this week. And be weaned in time for Easter
As a side question, how do you get your rabbits to be more "friendly"? Does it all come down to handling? Or can it be personality? We have been raising rabbits for a little less than a year, solely for meat, but we love them and play with them and they have a good life.. but they are so skittish. One of our breeding does is very aggressive to the bucks and humans, but a great mom, so I wonder if that's something that is being breed into the babies? Does it work like that? I'm about ready to retire her because she's just so mean.
I had a doe like that. Not friendly even less friendly when she had a litter in the cage. Here's a video that shows how to handle her and it works. This method isn't for house pets. Only for farmers and rabbit Breeders. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-z87T4Ebm2oY.html&t I wouldn't cull her. I'd just try to handle her accordingly. Be sure to take her a treat when your inspecting the litter it makes things easier. If she lifts easily and produces well for you I'd try to keep her if possible.
Absolutely size and growth rate will be inherited by the offspring You can always entertain the idea of cross breeding for an increased growth rate as well
@@russeljamesalamer2332 right, he went over the a gene but like he was saying there's a b c d e genes, each representing a different thing (apparently)
Yes you can when breeding two related rabbits you may lock in traits that you want and others may inherit traits that you may find indescribable. So be prepared to cull if needed
I bred a pure bred Newzealand white doe to a pure bred newzealand white buck. And it resulted me in 7 bunnies ie 5 white bunnies and 2 black bunnies. Is this common for a black. Today they are 11 days old. Will the colour change as they grow older?
Hello, how can you have a purebreed rabbit if you only have one purebreed rabbits... Does a mix breed rabbit mate with a purebreed will result of F1? And does F3 rabbit breeds to F3 rabbit with the same Parents of F1 will result F4 or Purebreed rabbits?
If you breed a pure bred Rabbit with any Rabbit that is not purebred you no longer have pure bred offspring That is a crossbreed First generation will have a hybrid vigor
It's the same genetic diversity. siblings are a half of a half. so 25% as well. You'll get rabbits with favorable and unfavorable traits as long as your willing to cull it can be done.
Every rabbit has 2 genes they can pass on. Mixed with the other rabbits 2 genes. How ever those rabbits genes mix up will determine the offspring's traits. Thanks for watching
I have purchased a breeding trio of English Angoras and I understand about colors and wool types but since I haven’t shown rabbits I don’t know how to tell if the body type is good. They were from two reputable breeders so I’m just taking their word on it. I’ve read the standard of perfection so I know they don’t have any obvious disqualifications but it’s hard to tell body type on an angora when you are a beginner. Besides taking them to a show to be judged how do I know if I have the quality to breed them?
Good Question, If your breeding for just that reason I couldn't tell you. I breed rabbits for meat and to fill reservations helping folks get started with their own meat productions. Have you tried asking a facebook rabbit group? I bet you'd get about 50 good answers from very experienced and helpful people that show their rabbits frequently.
Hey Bobby. Am just puzzled that in one of my litters that was born 3 months ago, some bunnies are twice the size of others. Half of them grew so fast but the rest fell back alot. Could you have experienced this? What could be the problem and how can I make the growth uniform
There will always be some rabbits that inherit different traits some better than other. It's important to rebreed those rabbits that present the favorable traits your looking for so you can improve your herd. Be sure to really pack on the food when the litter is growing. from 3 weeks old to about 6 weeks old I'm packing on the pellet. I remove mama at 6 weeks so she doesn't over eat the food I'm feeding to the kits.
Hi Rabbit Center, i would like to ask what can you say about hypharm ("genetically enhanced" ) rabbits. Its now prevalent here in our country. Appreciate your feedback.
Would you not need to factor in the grandsire and granddam in your first breeding for line breeding? Since their genetics would be half of the sire and dams genetics. I'm simply curious.
Grandsire is 12.5% diversity With any line breeding you will need to prepare yourself to cull less favorable rabbits due to both traits good and bad being Accentuated. When line breeding close relatives this Will bring out those traits faster so you can Eliminate them and breed those traits that are favorable. When breeding grandsire to granddaughter you may not even see these negative traits there’s several different ways to line breed it just depends on what your goals are. Better looking rabbits, More favorable genes or just meat production.
Hi☺️ I started breeding rabbits only last November so I'm new at this. May I ask how much your Usa born and bread New Zealand white and Californian weigh please?
I would really like to know how long the reservation wait should be. My dad has put a reservation for a chestnut doe rabbit (Leland Hays) and I have been waiting for the news we could go get her. My current doe is going on 4 years now and if I can't get her to atleast have a litter of does a few does I may need to buy another one to breed for my 4h project on time
We haven't had any chestnut does in our litters. I'd recommend trying to find another rabbit elsewhere if you want one immediately. I apologize for not providing you with one sooner. Our rabbits do take a while to get due to our Reservation list. That's why we don't take any money down. In many cases folks are so excited to start their production they end up getting their rabbits elsewhere before their rabbits are ready. So I really appreciate the fact that you were waiting patiently. We do have other rabbits if your interested. I just can't guarantee chestnut does in the near future.
@@TheRabbitryCenter im fine waiting gives me time to get some more practice breeding with the doe i have now and see if I can get a doe with good traits from her. But I may see if I can get an other buck but I need to make more room first.
I love it LOL. Thanks Will, I appreciate you putting up with my mispronunciation of agouti. I'll be sure to work on it in the future. Uh-goo-tee. Rhymes with A-Booty I won't forget.
Yes You can breed for meat or favorable traits But when line breeding there will be good rabbits as well as bad rabbits so prepare to cull rabbits the possess any unfavorable traits. Breed the best and cull the rest
So I have a litter from 2 blue new zealand rabbits. Both parents had red patches and they had 2 kits that were basically ombre and they had tan kits too. There's one ombre kit, tan on top fading to blue, that has a white spot. What are your thoughts on that? Have you ever seen that before?
Sounds pretty cool looking. Our blue had a little white Mohawk when she was younger but sounds like you have some recessive genes showing. Do you belong to a rabbit Facebook group -id snap a pic and post - thousands of people can offer their opinions and advice. It’s fun let me know what you find out
@@Live_n_LearnHobbystead I am a member of several Rabbit groups and they are all terrific one great one to start with is meat rabbits-backyardhomesteaders.com
@@Live_n_LearnHobbystead Ashley I just tried to type it I don’t know why it came up as a link if you get on Facebook search that name and apply for membership
