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Varieties

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	===New Zealand Red===		===New Zealand Red===

	C. ~~P. Gilmore~~, was the ~~first President~~ of ~~the~~ New Zealand ~~red club 1916. Back then~~, ~~there was not yet such a thing~~ as ~~a New Zealand white rabbit~~. ~~Cortland Palmer (~~C. P.) Gilmore ~~was born in 1889~~ and ~~died in 1981~~. ~~He was the first president of~~ the National New Zealand Red ~~Rabbit~~ Club in ~~1916~~, ~~a precursor~~ to the ~~American Federation~~ of ~~New Zealand Rabbit Breeders~~. ~~Together~~, with ~~National Pet Stock Association~~ of ~~America founder~~, Charles S Gibson, ~~Gilmore was responsible for the first New Zealand red rabbit Standard of Perfection which was adopted by~~ the ~~Association~~ in 1916~~. From his Santa Barbara rabbitry~~, ~~for many years Gilmore offered~~ a ~~correspondence course on raising rabbits and a 1917 hard-bound book titled “The New Zealand Red Rabbit and Rabbit Culture~~.”		The New Zealand Red rabbit holds a unique place in American rabbit breeding history. Though its name suggests an origin in New Zealand, the breed was developed in the United States during the early 1900s. According to the American Federation of New Zealand Rabbit Breeders (AFNZRB) guidebook, the breed is "as American as apple pie" (Whitman, 2006; Mangione, 2016).

			The first standard was written in 1916 by C.P. Gilmore and Charles S. Gibson and adopted by the National New Zealand Red Club and the National Pet Stock Association. Before that, in 1915, New Zealand Reds were to be judged similarly to Flemish Giants due to the lack of a specific standard (AFNZRB Guidebook, 2006).

			Red sports were originally selected from Belgian Hares, with added size from Flemish Giants. The so-called Golden Fawn, often mentioned in earlier accounts, was likely just a colored sport of the Belgian Hare (AFNZRB Guidebook, 2006).

			C.P. Gilmore, Charles Gibson, and others successfully resisted attempts to rename the breed “American Red” in 1916, following a vote that heavily favored keeping the name “New Zealand” (AFNZRB Guidebook, 2006).

	===New Zealand White===		===New Zealand White===

	The ~~white~~ variety was ~~created in 1917~~ by ~~William~~ S. Preshaw ~~.The first litter~~ of ~~what will become New Zealand White rabbits were born~~ in 1917 ~~when a~~ New Zealand Red ~~doe had four albino kits~~, ~~Angora~~ was ~~also used~~ in the ~~early development of the~~ White New ~~Zealand Variety~~. ~~Whites~~ were ~~recognized by ARBA~~ in ~~1920~~		The White variety was first developed by W.S. Preshaw of Ripon, California, in 1917, from sports that appeared in New Zealand Red litters. Preshaw line-bred the white offspring and publicly exhibited them as White New Zealands starting in 1919 (AFNZRB Guidebook, 2006).

			The variety was officially recognized at the Omaha, Nebraska convention in 1921. Judges Salisbury and Gibson both praised the animals as being true to New Zealand type (AFNZRB Guidebook, 2006).

			Initial White New Zealands had short, stiff coats. Angora rabbits were introduced to improve fur quality—though this cross occasionally produced Angora offspring in later generations (Fehr, 1930; AFNZRB Guidebook, 2006).

	===New Zealand Blue===		===New Zealand Blue===

	Blue was ~~originally accepted in~~ the ~~early 1900's but then was~~ renamed the Vienna Blue ~~which went extinct~~ in the ~~USA~~, Blue was ~~latter reintroduced years latter~~.		The Blue variety was recognized by the New Zealand Federation from 1931 to 1935. Conflicting stories exist about whether these were true New Zealand Blues or renamed Vienna Blues, a separate European breed. The AFNZRB Guidebook notes the Vienna Blue was likely imported to the U.S. in 1919. However, Howland's early breeding program may have also produced Blues by inbreeding his early Black line (AFNZRB Guidebook, 2006).

			The variety was dropped by ARBA in 1935, alongside the Rexed New Zealands, during a standard revision. The Blue New Zealand was officially re-recognized by ARBA in 2016 after a successful COD submitted by Daniel & Justin Lowe, Dave & Cathy Mills, Linda Esterline, and Al Esterline (AFNZRB Guidebook, 2006).

	===New Zealand Black===		===New Zealand Black===
			According to the guidebook, T.A. Howland of Seattle, Washington, began producing Black New Zealands around 1922 by crossing White and Red stock. These early Blacks had silver or red ticking. Inbreeding from this cross produced a blue variant as well (AFNZRB Guidebook, 2006).

			The modern Black New Zealand, however, is credited to Dr. Alfred DeCastro of Connecticut, who presented them at the 1956 ARBA Convention in St. Paul. They were officially accepted in 1958 at the Springfield, Illinois convention (AFNZRB Guidebook, 2006).

	===New Zealand Broken===		===New Zealand Broken===

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Care

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			==Interesting History notes==

			The New Zealand breed was created in America in the early 1900s, unlike many breeds that were created overseas. The New Zealand's bloodlines are not formally documented, but it is believed that the Golden Fawn, now an extinct breed, and the Belgian Hare were major contributors to its creation. The Golden Fawn was a small breed that developed in the United States around the same time as the New Zealand. The Belgian Hare is a breed developed in Belgium in the 1800s.

			The New Zealand Rex rabbit breed was developed in America sometime after the Rex rabbit was introduced. The exact date of its creation is unknown, but there are pictures of a buck New Zealand Rex that was shown in 1930.
			The New Zealand Rex rabbit breed was created in 1924 when the American Federation of New Zealand Breeders crossed the Rex rabbit with the New Zealand White. The breed had its own standards for Red and White varieties until 1935, when it was integrated into the Rex National Club and lost its individual standards. The breed has been extinct since that time.

BCAdmin: /* Safe Sport color, and intern steps while improving type or testing for modifiers. */

2024-01-15T23:34:43Z

Safe Sport color, and intern steps while improving type or testing for modifiers.

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	a steel from this pairing will always have the following gene pairs,		a steel from this pairing will always have the following gene pairs,
	"Cc" and "ESe", it will also have to be "A-" on agouti to show steel tipping.		"Cc" and "ESe", it will also have to be "A-" on agouti to show steel tipping.
	a chestnut or copper from this pairing will always have these gene pairs "Cc" and "Ee" and be "a-" at agouti.		a chestnut or copper from this pairing will always have these gene pairs "Cc" and "Ee" and be "A-" at agouti.

	select either of these rabbits and to breed back for red cross them with a typy red "A-" "C-" "ee",		select either of these rabbits and to breed back for red cross them with a typy red "A-" "C-" "ee",

BCAdmin: /* Breeding */

2024-01-15T23:33:03Z

Breeding

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	in development will do a full breakdown		* Section in development will do a full breakdown with pictures and detailed breeding probabilities *** if you have any immediate questions and want to pick my brain about color message me on facebook at [https://www.facebook.com/MMCFarmstead MMC Farmstead] or join [https://www.facebook.com/groups/1130884810984131 BunClub ]

			===semi-safe colors you can cross into a new Zealand===
			Steel*,
			Chocolate*,
			Lilac*,
			Amber,


			===Risky colors to cross into New Zealand that would best be avoided===
			Harlequin/ tricolor,
			Vienna-Blue eyes white,
			Silver/champagne,
			Dutch,
			Lutino.

	=== I read all that and I still want to breed a large New Zealand Type Tri-color or Brindled Rabbit===		=== I read all that and I still want to breed a large New Zealand Type Tri-color or Brindled Rabbit===

BCAdmin: /* Breeding */

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			=== I read all that and I still want to breed a large New Zealand Type Tri-color or Brindled Rabbit===

			Awesome. I have a side Project Developing a NEW BREED kept Separate from New Zealand's that fits all those categories with out bringing in potentially dangerous genetics to a breed I'd like to try to preserve and improve.
			Please check out the [https://mmcrabbits.com/BCWiki/index.php/Partiquin PartiQuin Page] that talks about our current Progress in Breed development.

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BCAdmin: /* Hybrids and Cross Breeding **New Zealand Focused Section */

2024-01-08T20:51:11Z

Hybrids and Cross Breeding **New Zealand Focused Section

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 Frequently, mostly newer breeders and those taught with a pretty black and white mindset on breed purity, will scold or shame, or bad mouth, even newer breeders or older more knowledgeable breeders without realizing it. When a " sport" color is shown, or someone, normally a newbie has produced their first litter and had a non-standard color pop up. Typically, the exchange goes like this (paraphrased actual conversation I have seen multiple times) “Obviously your breeder lied to you and your rabbit can not possibly be " purebred" because your New Zealand white was bred to a New Zealand black and produced a chinchilla kit.” “You should cull your whole line and buy from me because we ONLY produce showable colors, that’s how we know they are pure. “ (looks at persons rabbits, yup they are white, but narrow, long shouldered and lack depth).
 This is unfortunate and does 2 things. First, it is gatekeeping teaching new breeders that their stock is “ bad”, without actually addressing the quality of the rabbit.
 Secondly, it ignores the fact that rabbits are judged on Phenotype; and with some very basic understanding of genetics, corrections can be made to selectively get your herd back to standard.
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 *New Zealand Broken  any color + Enen
-Hidden Recessives that  occur :
+====Hidden Recessives that  occur :====
 *A loci Agouti Red base color: A can hide "a" self,    "at" tan typically is not seen in New Zealand  but can hide on Reds "A"
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 A lightly marked ej - can appear RED, this is dangerous and  while  New Zealand's can be crossed into Harlequins to improve type , harlequin should not be crossed into New Zealand. When you do label that line and fully disclose what is in it. I have one line labeled composites that typically only gets sold with disclosed ancestry as meat stock.  I do 7 generations of test breeding back to pure reds  before I would feel safe calling it a red again.
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BCAdmin: /* Hybrids and Cross Breeding **New Zealand Focused Section */

2024-01-08T20:14:15Z

Hybrids and Cross Breeding **New Zealand Focused Section

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2024-01-08T20:06:20Z

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+===Hybrids and Cross Breeding **New Zealand Focused Section===
 I want to talk about "hybrid" and crosses to improve type and other qualities. Mainly because I see this over and over and over on meat rabbit groups… well, any of the rabbit groups…even the ARBA groups.
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 The 5 recognized colors of New Zealand's as of 2023 are:
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	The 5 recognized colors of New Zealand's as of 2023 are:		The 5 recognized colors of New Zealand's as of 2023 are:
	New Zealand Red A-B-C-D-ee or A-bbC-D-ee		*New Zealand Red A-B-C-D-ee or A-bbC-D-ee
	New Zealand White ----cc----		*New Zealand White ----cc----
	New Zealand Blue aaB-C-ddE-		*New Zealand Blue aaB-C-ddE-
	New Zealand Black aaB-C-D-E-		*New Zealand Black aaB-C-D-E-
	New Zealand Broken any color + Enen		*New Zealand Broken any color + Enen

	Hidden Recessives that occur :		Hidden Recessives that occur :

	A loci Agouti Red base color: A can hide "a" self, "at" tan typically is not seen in New Zealand but can hide on Reds "A"		*A loci Agouti Red base color: A can hide "a" self, "at" tan typically is not seen in New Zealand but can hide on Reds "A"

	B loci is Black, some Reds had Chocolate bred into them to hide smut, so occasionally Bb ( phenotypically black), or bb chocolate based		*B loci is Black, some Reds had Chocolate bred into them to hide smut, so occasionally Bb ( phenotypically black), or bb chocolate based

	C loci Red, Black, Blue and Broken should all be "C", chd, ch, can hide on this loci and be brought out when bred to a White "cc", chl shouldn't be in New Zealand but shaded can also hide under "C" and only become visible if bred to a white. self Chinchilla black rabbits(aaB-chd-D-E-) came from AM chinchilla and Satins bred into the Blacks during development. the "chd" gene sometimes causes marble eyes a DQ.		*C loci Red, Black, Blue and Broken should all be "C", chd, ch, can hide on this loci and be brought out when bred to a White "cc", chl shouldn't be in New Zealand but shaded can also hide under "C" and only become visible if bred to a white. self Chinchilla black rabbits(aaB-chd-D-E-) came from AM chinchilla and Satins bred into the Blacks during development. the "chd" gene sometimes causes marble eyes a DQ.

	D loci: Full density of Color, Reds, and Blacks "D" or "Dd"-, Blues are Dilutes "dd"		*D loci: Full density of Color, Reds, and Blacks "D" or "Dd"-, Blues are Dilutes "dd"

	E loci" Blacks, and Blue ideally should be "E" for full color regular extension. Reds are all "ee" for non-extension		*E loci" Blacks, and Blue ideally should be "E" for full color regular extension. Reds are all "ee" for non-extension

	other combinations on specifically Black and Blue rabbits that can appear to be solid but care actually cryptic are : Super Steel: a Black presenting rabbit that may genetically look like any of the following :		other combinations on specifically Black and Blue rabbits that can appear to be solid but care actually cryptic are : Super Steel: a Black presenting rabbit that may genetically look like any of the following :

	aaBCDESES-Self hiding super steel black		*aaBCDESES-Self hiding super steel black
	aaBCDESe - Self hiding super steel black		*aaBCDESe - Self hiding super steel black
	A-BCDESES- Agouti super steel appears self black		*A-BCDESES- Agouti super steel appears self black
	A-BCDESe - Agouti super steel appears self black		*A-BCDESe - Agouti super steel appears self black


	a lightly marked ej - can appear RED, this is dangerous and while New Zealand's can be crossed into ~~harlequins~~ to improve type , harlequin should not be crossed into New Zealand. ~~when~~ you do label that line and fully disclose what is in it. I have one line labeled composites that typically only gets sold as disclosed ancestry as meat stock. I do 7 generations of test breeding back to pure reds before I would feel safe calling it a red again.		*Ed- dominate black make and Agouti rabbit appear self black.

			A lightly marked ej - can appear RED, this is dangerous and while New Zealand's can be crossed into Harlequins to improve type , harlequin should not be crossed into New Zealand. When you do label that line and fully disclose what is in it. I have one line labeled composites that typically only gets sold with disclosed ancestry as meat stock. I do 7 generations of test breeding back to pure reds before I would feel safe calling it a red again.

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