Ryan McBride from Elkhart IN |
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How may years have you raised Dutch? |
1 to 3 years |
What recognized varieties do you raise? |
Black, Blue, Chocolate, Tortoise |
What non-recognized varieties do you own? |
Lilac |
When using other breeds of rabbits in the development of these new colors, it will take many years to get animals that consistently show a good Dutch type. What about the colors we could have just crossing the varieties we already have? Lilac Dutch for example were very popular back in the days of the AOV class. |
My daughter and I are interested in Lilac Dutch. We've got our first Lilac babies currently. We like the color. |
If we start adding new colors of Dutch to the Standard will we get carried away with the entire thing? for example, the Netherland Dwarfs and Mini-Rex. Will this benefit our club or the Dutch breed? |
It makes sense to have the dilute of Chocolate. My daughter would like to see a red Dutch, but it is unlikely that we'll work on one. |
Will the Chinchilla Dutch complement the Gray and/or Steel varieties? This would still need to be proven. |
Chinchilla is one of our family's favorite colors. Having it in Dutch would be interesting, but I am not real thrilled about Agouti Dutch. |
Would the Red Dutch complement any other colors? |
I don't know, would it? <grin> |
Instead of adding more classes of Dutch to be judged, would it be better to have an agouti class in place of the Gray? |
I don't believe so. |
At many shows the number of Steels shown is not very good. Will more colors hurt the Steel numbers even more? Plus will it add to having more varieties with poor showings? |
The more varieties make for more cages if one wants to breed all varieties. It's hard to work on 1 variety unless they are complimentary (self/dilute). More varieties leads to smaller numbers shown in some classes. |
Having more colors of Dutch may just add interest from people who haven't raised Dutch before. |
I don't believe so. Markings are either liked or disliked. Having colors will not change that interest. |
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