Rabbit Color Genetics: The Pattern Gene EN for Brokens, Solids, and Charlies

There are several genes involved in determining the color and pattern of a rabbit’s fur.  The topic of rabbit color genetics is sufficiently complicated to warrant whole books on the subject.  (Check out “A book About Bunny Colors” here.)  This page will consider only the En/en gene, which determines whether a rabbit will be a … Read more

Breeding Rabbits – In the Cage and in the Table

Techniques for Mating Bunnies There are numerous ways to go about the actual breeding process, but they all, except colony breeding, fall along a continuum.  On the one end, you put the doe in the bucks cage and remove her after the breeding.  On the other end, you pose the doe and make sure she … Read more