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Question
If you breed a large breed doe to a small breed buck will the kits grow up to be large rabbits?

Does breeding mini-lop to Holland lop give you some of both or just one size?

Answer
Hi Tom:

The rabbits might be the size of the buck, the size of the doe, or a mix of both in the same litter.

Depends which parent passes on the most genes.

If you breed a mini-lop to a holland-lop, you might get kits that look like mini-lops, you might get some that look like holland lops or you might get some of each.

Rabbits are unique - you can get many different results in one litter.  In addition, if you breed the doe to more than 1 buck, you can have several fathers to one litter which gives an even greater variety.

Hope this helped.

Lisa