Baby English Angora Enjoying the Sun

English Angora baby brothers enjoy each other's company.

They also enjoy the winter sun. 

The look forward to go to shows to be with the big boys.

 

Kimekomi Rabbit Opens Fortune Attracts Happiness

Carolyn completed another Kimekomi Rabbit to celebrate 2023.

This Kimekomi Rabbit has a sign attached to the body, the sign says "Open up Fortune Attracting Happiness".

Kimekomi is a Japanese art form that requires precision and patience.  It takes tens or even hundreds of hours to complete a project.

Here is a closeup photo of the Kimekomi Rabbit.  If you notice, none of the stitches is visible while we know that hundreds and thousands of stitches are needed to complete this creation.

 

Color Genes: Filling in the Blanks

We saw photos of these three chocolate agouti French Angora bunnies in their condo a couple of days ago.   

This is a close shot of one of the buns.   
The basic chocolate agouti color codes are: A-bbC-D-E-
Translaton into plain English:
A-: Agouti pattern but don't know whether it carries a non-agouti or not.
bb: For sure this is all chocolate gene, no chance of carrying black or blue.
C-: Full color but don't know whether it carries chin c(chd), sable c(chl), himi c(h) or REW c.
D-: Dense color but don't know whether it carries dilute.
E-: Extension of color but don't know whether it carries non-extension of color.

Daddy of these three bunnies is Dasher who is also a chocolate agouti. 
His color code is also A-bbC-D-E-

Mama is Simone who is a black tort.
A black tort's basic color genetic code is  aaB-D-C-ee.

Babies get one copy of the color gene from each parent.  With the information of having a black tort mom, we can fill in several, though not all, of the blanks in both generations.

For the babies, we don't obtain additional information from sire Dasher as they are all the same color.  With Simone as the mom, 2 of the blanks of the babies are filled: a and e.    AabbC-D-Ee   

For Dasher, there is no additional information gained from his offspring.

For Simone, we can fill in 1 blank: b since all her babies are chocolate bb, one of the b has to have come from mom.   aaBbC-D-ee.

To summarize of the color genetics for:

the 3 chocolate agouti babies: AabbC-D-Ee

Dasher: A-bbC-D-E-

Simone: aaBbC-D-ee   

 

First Flowers of 2023

With the recent rain then the sun, the plants are getting the help to flourish.   Look at these beautiful flowers, they certainly brighten our day.   We thank Carolyn for these beautiful photos that she took in the last few days.

 

French Angora Bunnies Say Hi

The three French Angora bunnies want to say Hi to friends, they are ready to explore the world.

There are two boys and one girl, all chocolate agouti in color.

They are like three peas in the same pod, look almost identical.

 

Princess Quinzianne Peekaboo

It's the night-time ritual at Carolyn's place, Princess Qunzianne plays peekaboo.  Do you see me?

I am here, come play with me.

 

Celebrating the Year of the Cat 2023

Not only it’s the Year of the Rabbit, 2023 is also the Year of the Cat.  We can't forget about kitties.

Bao Bao (right) and Bei Bei are cute baby kittens.

Bao Bao (right) and Bei Bei are rumbustious young toddler kittens.

Bao Bao (right) and Bei Bei are handsome young gentleman cats.