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Lutino is a rare color gene, first discovered at a rabbbitry in Denmark in 1985. The gene works similar to the chinchilla gene except instead of stripping out the red and yellow pigment, the Lutino gene strips away the black or brown base color. Self black is lightened to a pinkish tan color called Dove and chocolate Lutino is a lighter version called champagne. The yellow pigment remains so the non extension colors like orange, red and torts remain that color, although torts are missing their dark shading which instead becomes cream or white in those areas. Oranges and reds lose their smut.
The gene also causes the eyes to become lighter and often, a lavender color.
The four self color names for Lutinio
Dove=Black+Lutino
Champagne=Chocolate+Lutino
Silver=Blue+Lutino
Lavender= Lilac+Lutino
Shadow is the word used for agouti:
Dove Shadow=Chestnut Lutino
Brown Shadow=Chocolate Agouti Lutino
Silver Shadow=Opal Lutino
Lavender Shadow=Lynx Lutino
There's also:
Dove Otter
Champagne Otter
Silver Otter
Lavender Otter
Using the Lutino gene with chinchilla produces a very light colored rabbit
The Lutino gene is a simple recessive gene. This means you need both parents to be Lutino or carry for Lutino to produce a baby in the Lutino color.
Heinz is our main Lutino program herdsire. He was imported from the Netherlands in October of 2021.
he is a mild mannered boy and even prefers privacy when his ladies visit.
He loves his outings to the exercise pen for a tasty treat of fresh
grass or dandelions.
Heinz has excellent type and passes that on to his babies.
He is dad to "Little Lulu."
This is one of our European Imports. She is black but a Lutino carrier.
Pearl is built very stocky and round with nice heavy bone and a very dense coat. Her round shaped head has those cute cheeks that add character to the face and her expression. She is a good mama and doesn't mind humans checking on her babies one bit. In fact I think she likes to show them off. A sweet little lady.
As her name states, shes chocolate. She is also a Lutinio carrier and was imported from the Netherlands in January of 2022.
"Cocoa" as we call her for short has the most dense smooth coat we've ever felt. She is so docile and will lay in our arms like a baby. she has produced the most amazing babies!
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