SELFS- INCLUDES BLACK, BLUE, CHOCOLATE, LILAC, RUBY EYED WHITE AND BLUE EYED WHITE. BLACK WILL BE A COAL BLACK WHEN BORN AND SOMETIMES THE BELLY WILL APPEAR LIGHTER THE FIRST FEW DAYS BUT WILL DARKEN AS THE COAT GROWS OUT. BLACK BABIES STAY PURE BLACK WITH NO BROWNISH TINGE TO THEM. WHEN THE WOOL GROWS OUT ON THE BABY THEY WILL APPEAR A FLAT CHARCOAL BLACK WITH A VERY BLACK FACE. BLUE WILL LOOK LIKE A SLATE BLUE AND WILL HAVE A LIGHTER BELLY JUST AS THE BLACK BUT IT TOO WILL TURN ALL ONE COLOR. CHOCOLATE WILL BE A CHOCOLATE BROWN COLOR WITH A LIGHTER BELLY COLOR THAT WILL TURN THE SAME COLOR AS THE REST OF THE BODY COLOR AFTER A FEW DAYS. LILAC IS A DOVE GRAY COLOR AT BIRTH, AGAIN THE BELLY WILL BE LIGHTER THE FIRST FEW DAYS AND THEN DARKEN TO MATCH THE REST OF THE BODY. PLEASE NOTE THAT DUE TO THE GENES THAT MAY BE PRESENT IN THE ANIMALS THAT YOU ARE BREEDING, CHOCOLATE AND LILAC CAN VARY GREATLY IN THE INTENSITY OF THEIR COLOR PRESENTED. MANY CARRY THE SHADED GENE WHICH CAN PLAY WITH HOW THE COLOR IS DISPLAYED. RUBY EYED WHITE WILL BE PINKISH WHITE AND TURN COMPLETELY WHITE WITHIN A FEW DAYS. BLUE EYED WHITE WILL ALSO BE PINKISH WHITE LIKE THE REW BUT THE AREA UNDER THE EYES WILL SHOW A DARK CAST AND THAT IS HOW YOU WILL KNOW THAT YOU HAVE A BEW BABY AND NOT A REW BEFORE THEIR EYES OPEN.
AGOUTIS- INCLUDES CHESTNUT, CHINCHILLA, OPAL AND SQUIRREL. CHESNUT THESE WILL APPEAR BLACK WITH A LIGHTER BELLY COLOR. AFTER A COUPLE OF DAYS THE BELLY WILL BE WHITE, DISTINGUISHING THEM FROM SELF BLACKS. BY THE END OF THE FIRST WEEK OF LIFE, THE FIRST RING COLOR SHOULD BE EVIDENT AND THAT WILL BE A TAN COLOR. THE WHITE MARKINGS IN THE EARS, INSIDE OF NOSTRILS, TRIANGLE AND THE BOTTOM OF THE TAIL WILL BE EVIDENT. CHINCHILLA WILL APPEAR THE SAME AS A CHESTNUT UNTIL THE FIRST RING COLOR IS EVIDENT AND THAT WILL BE A PEARL WHITE AND THE BABY WILL GET A BLUISH BLACK CAST TO IT. THE WHITE MARKINGS INSIDE THE NOSTRILS, EARS, TRIANGLE AND BOTTOM OF THE TAIL WILL ALSO BECOME VISIBLE. OPAL WILL BE BLUE WITH A LIGHTER BELLY COLOR THAT WILL TURN WHITE AFTER A FEW DAYS. THE FIRST RING COLOR THAT BECOMES VISIBLE IS TAN. THE INSIDE OF THE EARS, NOSTRILS, TRIANGLE AND BOTTOM OF THE TAIL WILL ALSO BE VISIBLE. SQUIRREL WILL ALSO BE BORN BLUE WITH THE LIGHTER BELLY THAT WILL TURN WHITE IN A FEW DAYS. THE FIRST RING COLOR THAT WILL SHOW ON THE SQUIRREL'S IS PEARL WHITE AND THE INSIDE OF THE NOSTRILS, EARS, TRIANGLE AND BOTTOM OF THE TAIL WILL ALSO BE PEARL WHITE.
SHADEDS- INCLUDES SIAMESE SABLE, SMOKE PEARL, BLACK TORT, BLUE TORT,SABLE POINT AND SEAL. SIAMESE SABLE ARE A DARK SABLE BROWN WHEN BORN EASILY DISTINGUISHED FROM BLACK. THEY WILL GET A LIGHT FROSTING ON THEM THAT SOMETIMES APPEARS SILVER AFTER A FEW DAYS AS THE HAIR STARTS TO GROW OUT. SMOKE PEARL IS A BLUISH COLOR AND IT TOO, DEVELOPS THE SILVER FROSTING ON THE COAT IN A FEW DAYS. BLACK TORT IS A PINKISH ORANGE WHEN BORN AS THE FUR COMES IN IT BECOMES MORE ORANGE AND THE NOSE, EARS, FEET AND TAIL BECOME MORE BLACK. BLUE TORT IS MORE OF A FAWN COLOR WHEN BORN AND WITHIN A FEW DAYS THE NOSE, EARS, FEET AND TAIL DISPLAY A BLUISH COLOR. SABLE POINT WILL BE AN OFF WHITE COLOR AND IN A FEW DAYS THE COLOR ON THE POINTS (NOSE, EARS, FEET AND TAIL) WILL START TO DARKEN IN AND WILL HAVE THE DARK SABLE BROWN LIKE THE SIAMES SABLE. SEAL IS BORN LOOKING LIKE A CROSS BETWEEN DARK SABLE BROWN AND BLACK. A SEAL IS NEVER BLACK WHEN BORN, JUST A VERY DARK SABLE BROWN. AS THE FUR COMES IN YOU WILL SEE THE BROWNISH CAST TO IT. BEST TO HAVE THESE IN NATURAL LIGHT. THE SEALS WILL HAVE A RUBY CAST TO THEIR EYES AND THE BLACKS WILL NOT.
TAN PATTERN- INCLUDES BLACK OTTER, BLUE OTTER, SMOKE PEARL MARTEN, SABLE MARTEN AND BLACK, BLUE, CHOCOLATE AND LILAC SILVER MARTEN. BLACK OTTER WILL BE BORN BLACK WITH A LIGHTER BELLY THAT WILL TURN WHITE WITHIN A FEW DAYS. AT ABOUT A WEEK YOU WILL SEE THE TAN COLORED MARKINGS START TO SHOW IN THE EARS AND IN THE TRIANGLE ON THE NECK. THE INSIDE OF THE NOSRILS WILL BE WHITE. TAN COLORED TICKING WILL ALSO START TO SHOW ALONG THE BLACK AREA NEXT TO THE WHITE BELLY. THE BLACK ON THE BODY WILL SHOW NO RINGS LETTING YOU KNOW THAT THIS BABY IS NOT AN AGOUTI. THE BLUE OTTER WILL BE BORN BLUE WITH A LIGHTER BELLY THAT WILL TURN WHITE WITHIN A FEW DAYS. YOU WILL SEE FAWN COLORED MARKINGS APPEAR IN THE EARS, TRIANGLE AND ALONG THE BLUE BODY COLOR NEXT TO THE BELLY. THE INSIDE OF THE NOSTRILS WILL BE WHITE. THERE WILL ALSO BE NO RING COLOR IN THE BODY TELLING YOU THAT THIS BABY IS NOT AN AGOUTI. THE SILVER MARTENS WILL ALL FOLLOW THE DESCRIPTION FOR THEIR SELF AND SHADED COLOR COUNTERPARTS. THE DIFFERENCE WILL BE THAT THE BELLIES WILL BE WHITE ALONG WITH THE INSIDE OF THE NOSE, EARS, TRIANGLE AND BOTTOM OF THE TAIL. THEY ALSO WILL HAVE NO RING COLOR ON THE BODY PORTION OF THE COAT.
AOV - INCLUDES BLACK AND BLUE POINTED WHITES. BLACK AND BLUE POINTED WHITE WILL BE A PINKISH WHITE WHEN BORN WITH THE BELLY LIGHTER FOR THE FIRST FEW DAYS. SOME BABIES DISPLAY THEIR POINT COLOR IMMEDIATELY AND OTHERS WILL TAKE A WEEK OR SO DEPENDING ON THEIR BREEDING. BLACKS WILL APPEAR BLACK AND BLUE WILL APPEAR BLUE. IF THE POINT COLOR IS EVIDENT RIGHT AWAY DUE TO THE GENES THAT PRESENT IN THE BREEDING, THE FIRST PLACE YOU MAY SEE THE COLOR IS THE TOP OF THE TAIL. WHEN POINTED BABIES GET CHILLED THEY CAN AND DO SHOW WHAT IS CALLED FROSTING ON THEIR BODIES. IT CAN RANGE FROM LIGHT TIPPING TO SEVERE. MANY PEOPLE ARE THROWN OFF BY A POINTED BABY WITH VERY HEAVY FROSTING ON THEM. THE FROSTING DOES NOT GO AWAY UNTIL THE BABY MOULTS OUT IT'S COAT.
BROKENS- BROKEN GROUP INCLUDES ANY RECOGNIZED VARIETY THAT IS APPROVED FOR SHOWING BY THE ARBA. REFER TO THE DESCRIPTION OF THE ABOVE VARIETIES. IT CAN BE SOMEWHAT TRYING TO CORRECTLY IDENTIFY A COLOR IF THE BROKEN PATTERN IS VERY MINIMAL. THIS IS WHERE KNOWING WHAT YOU RABBITS CAN PRODUCE IN THE FIRST PLACE IS VERY HELPFUL. THERE ARE OF COURSE SUPRISES BUT THAT IS TO BE EXPECTED. WHEN YOU LOOK AT A PEDIGREE YOU ONLY SEE THE COLORS OF THE ANIMALS THAT APPEAR ON THAT PARTICULAR PEDIGREE. IT IS DIFFICULT TO KNOW EVERY COLOR THAT WAS IN EVERY LITTER FOR ALL OF THE ANIMALS ON A PARTICULAR PEDIGREE.
