Broken patterned rabbits have spots of color on a white background. All breeds that recognize broken disqualify for complete absence of color around either eye, on either ear, or on the nose. However, the disqualifications pertaining to amount of color vary from breed to breed.
Broken : A color pattern. A broken patterned rabbit is. white with at least 10% of another color on its fur, resulting in a splotchy, broken pattern. A broken bunny will usually have color over its back and across its nose.
A Charlie is not actually a rabbit that has too little color; it's a rabbit that has two broken parents and can only produce brokens when bred to a solid. Thus, in the rabbit world, a true Charlie is usually referred to as a "Genetic" Charlie.
The Broken Gene (En):
The broken gene, En, turns a solid rabbit into a patterned one by removing pigment from part of its coat. A rabbit with this gene and a solid gene (en) will have a coat with more then 10% color.
The term 'broken' refers to a breed's color pattern. A rabbit with a broken color pattern is predominantly white with patches of color on its fur. The broken pattern varies depending on how much of the coat is colored and how much is white.
The breeds English Spot, Checkered Giant, and Rhinelander are just brokens bred to a specific pattern. Tri-colored rabbits are also genetic brokens.
New Zealands
This breed is available in many colors and are the most popular meat rabbit breed to raise. The NZ rabbit weighs between 9 to 12 pounds and matures quickly. Butchering time for New Zealand rabbits is as early as 8 weeks of age.
“En/En” – Charlie
These rabbits have 2 broken genes and are almost all white, with barely any color showing (less than 10%). Charlie is created by breeding two broken rabbits.
netscheri is considered to be the world's rarest rabbit.
The French named the breed "Lapin Papillon Anglais", or the English Butterfly Rabbit from the butterfly marking on the nose. Previous generations of the breed entailed a white rabbit with patches of color and through the years has acquired clearly defined markings.
If your rabbits look tucked up and quiet with their chins tucked in and noses not twitching this can be a sure sign of them feeling unhappy or stressed, as this is not a normal position for a rabbit. Moving or running away. Your rabbits may turn and move away from you (or each other) if they're unhappy.
Bonded rabbits can also break their bond. This can happen if they've been separated, for example if one bunny needs to spend a few days at the vet. It can also happen if you move house, move or change your rabbit enclosure, or upset the hierarchy by introducing new rabbits.
Floppy Rabbit Syndrome (FRS) is considered an acute neurological condition characterised by a sudden inability to hop around. The muscles of the legs and sometimes the neck are flaccid. FRS remains a poorly understood diagnosis in rabbits, with research ongoing in an attempt to identify an inciting cause.
A rabbit's parents are known as the dam (mother) and the sire (father).
6-Class Rabbits--All breeds that have an ideal weight of nine pounds and over, consisting of Junior, Intermediate. (6/8), and Senior classes.
There are two ways to cull rabbits: soft culling and hard culling. Essentially, soft culling means selling the rabbit as a pet or simply not breeding the rabbit anymore, and hard culling, or terminally culling, means euthanizing the rabbit.
The name says it all: the Vienna Blue rabbit breed originally comes from Austria. With their shiny blue-grey fur, rabbits of this breed aren't just very attractive to look at, but also have a loving character. In addition, these pleasant long-eared pets are robust and low-maintenance.
The Gold Bunny is a harmless Critter. It is a recolor of an ordinary Bunny, with a 1/400 (0.25%) / 1/150 (0.67%) chance of spawning in place of the ordinary version. However, it cannot be spawned by a Bunny Statue. As with all other gold critters, it can be caught with a Bug Net and sold for 10.
Rabbits can live happily in male/female, female/female, male/male pairings and larger mixed groups.
First, you'll want to make sure that both rabbits are spayed/ neutered prior to bonding as it will make the process easier. While female – male bonding tends to be easier, you can certainly bond two females or two males together.
A Charlie is genetically a homozygous broken (two copies of the English Spotting gene). This results in a broken rabbit with minimal markings. Typically a Charlie will exhibit nose spots rather than a butterfly, colored ears, small eye circles, and possibly very minimal markings.
The most commonly farmed rabbit in Australia at present is the New Zealand White. This rabbit has good growth characteristics and is capable of attaining a slaughter weight of approximately 3 kg within 12–14 weeks of age.
First, rabbit isn't mass produced in confined animal feeding operations, so it's unlikely to find its way into big grocery stores. Secondly, the demand for rabbit meat in North America is quite low, especially compared to France, where rabbits can be found right beside the chickens at the grocery store.
Rabbits have never had a purpose as farm animals, meaning they did not have the same opportunity to become a popular meat in American households. Since rabbits never became a popular meat from the agricultural industry, a stigma was attached to the meat itself.