Clyde is good.  he has some white hairs, but he is soooo soft and his coat is very shiny.  I also really like his body.  He was never the biggest rabbit in the litter but he seemed to start growing faster just the last few months, as it got cooler.

7 mo.     12.14      November 15, 2010

11 mo.    13.02     March 14, 2011

Clyde is from TA’s Eartha and PJ’s Big Jake

    Big Jake black 13.0

                MM Blue blue 15.0

                                Panther black 13.0

                                x Minnie blue 16.0

                x WB Jackie black 17.8

                                BB blue  16.0

                                x Delila black 14.05

  x Eartha black 13.04

                Samson black 13.02

                                    BC steel 15.8

                                    x RS black 16.0

                Blueberry blue 14.0

                                    Hinto blue 13.0

                                    x Miley blue 14.0

I would like to try using this buck with Ella, for black, but I’m sure to get blue too.  I am not sure if the blue from this pairing would be true to color. I have bred this pairing and hope to see kits March 24, 2011.

I have also heard that sometimes the white hairs come out with a molt, and that would be lovely. If I breed two black rabbits that both have white hairs, will I find that the double black gives a better coat, or that the white hairs come along?

I am hoping to keep going through generations and getting further from the steel, REW and light grey in the backgrounds of these nice rabbits.  That’s my plan.