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6 day old kits with partial coat

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Question
I have a lionhead pair that I acquired last year. We decided to breed for 4-H. This is our first live littlere first litter were all stillborn. Six days ago my doe gave birth to five kits. 3 of the kits have delveloped normal looking coats. Two of the kits have only a diamond shaped patch of fur on the back, and a little fur on the head. The rest of the body is quite bald. :) Just wondering if I have some strange anomaly here or if ot if this is normal? Will the kits have a normal coat eventually??

Answer
Hi Susie,

It is actually quite normal. What you have is kits with a double mane gene.  They are the ones that have really full manes and the ones you should show.  Now if you keep the ones with a double mane gene and you breed them back together you will get all double manes.  If you breed one to another breed of rabbit each of the offspring will have a single mane.

Here is a web-site to help you.

http://www.circuslionsrabbitry.com/lionheadrabbitmanes.htm


I hope this helped.

Pam