PICTURES OF KITS, YOUNGSTERS AND ADULTS TO HELP DETERMINE COLOURS.. THE ANGORA RABBIT FACE COLOUR IS THE WAY TO DETERMINE THIS, AS THE COAT CHANGES COLOUR AND LIGHTENS AS IT GROWS LONGER. TIPS - AGOUTI COLOURS ARE BORN WITH LIGHTER BELLIES, SELFS ARE BORN THE SAME COLOUR ALL OVER, CHINCHILLA ARE BORN BLACK WITH WHITE INNER EARS, SMOKE ARE BORN BLACK ALL OVER.
IF YOU PLUCK RATHER THAN CLIP, THIS WILL ALLOW THE TRUE COLOUR TO RETURN IN REGROWTH, AS OPPOSED TO A WHITENED / LIGHTER LOOK.. OBVIOUSLY PLUCKING SHOULD ONLY BE DONE AS THE COAT NATURALLY FALLS AWAY FROM THE RABBIT IN MOULT OVER A PERIOD OF WEEKS AND SHOULD NEVER BE DONE UNTIL THEN TO AVOID DISTRESS TO RABBIT. YOU CAN TELL WHEN IN MOULT BY THE TRAIL OF WOOL BEHIND THEM !
SOME BREEDING OF MIXED COLOURS MEANS THAT DIRTY COLOURS OR UNDEFINED COLOURS OCCUR, WHICH IS WHY ITS ALWAYS ENCOURAGED TO BREED LIKE TO LIKE, (SAME COLOUR TO SAME COLOUR) OR THOSE COLOURS WHICH ARE COMPATABLE WITH EACH OTHER .. EG REW WITH REW, BLUE WITH SMOKE.. I WILL UPDATE THE GUIDES HERE LATER AS THE WEBSITE IS UNDER DEVELOPMENT AND LOTS TO ADD :) PLEASE NOTE THAT BREEDING WHITE TO SMOKE WILL RESULT IN WHITE TOENAILS AND LIGHTENING OF THE COAT COLOUR.. A GOOD SMOKE SHOULD BE BRED SMOKE TO SMOKE FOR THE DEPTH OF COLOUR TO BE MAINTAINED.
ENCHANTED STUD IS PROUD TO HAVE BRED ALL OF THE FOLLOWING COLOURS. WE ARE STILL WORKING ON REVIVING LOST / NEW COLOURS TO HELP MAKE THEM MORE READILY AVAILABLE THROUGHOUT THE UK. ALL OUR NEW COLOUR RABBITS HAVE BEEN BRED FROM 'ACCIDENTS' POPPING OUT IN OUR FOUNDATION STOCK SHOW LINES AND THEN ISOLATING THE GENE, AND DOCUMENTING ACCORDINGLY. WE HAVE NEVER IMPORTED COLOURS * AND ARE PROUD TO HAVE PEDIGREES NAMING LONG STANDING / FOUNDER MEMBER LINES AND SHOW WINNERS FROM PRESENT AND PREVIOUS YEARS AMALGAMATED INTO OUR LINEAGE, SO THAT THE COLOURS BRED ARE OF SHOW QUALITY AND TYPE, SHOULD OTHER BREEDERS WISH TO TAKE FORWARD FOR STANDARDISATION IN THE FUTURE.
Various stages of colour shown .. includes kit and clipped where possible