Thrianta doe born 2/6/10

[Demi]

Aww she's lovely

[Briana]

I modified the post a bit. Just made it so the images are under eachother. lol Makes it so they didn't stetch out the board. ;D

Very nice girl! Such a cute face on her. And I love the red bunny butts in the background!

[Dutchess]

So! This young lady is nearly eleven weeks old? She has a nice even coat and colour for that age. I notice how long her fur appears to be in comparison to ours. Is that the usual length of coat you'd expect for this age over in the States?

Hey Ken, I think your camera's date needs re-setting! lol!

D.

[Briana]

I was going to mention that too. lol It does look rather long. And I am from the states. Hahaha

[leah]

She looks a good colour. Do you exhibitors in the States go for the darkest, richest coloured ones?

[Briana]

As long as they have good type. lol

[leah]

Thats interesting .. because here, we were mistakenly thinking the deeper, darker the colour, the better, when, to quote Dutchess, it should be an reddish orange, not an orangey red. Type does count here too .. I had a lovely typey buck, but he was found to be too dark... and there was me all pleased as he was like a shiny conker! ;D

[Demi]

Lol I've no idea what the perfect top colour, so I'm just aiming for type (including head and hears) and undercolour as together they get lots of points.

[Briana]

Hhhhmmmmm....I'm kinda confused. lol

Standard here says this:
"The color is to be fiery, brilliant shade of red, as uniformly carried over the body as possible. Color must be carried well down the hairshaft to the skin. Belly color may be slightly lighter in shade. Underside of tail and eye circles may be a lighter shade of red."

Here is a good specimen, I think.


Glen Carr's senior doe at 2007 ATRBA
Nationals, winning Best Opposite of
Breed.

[rachel]

It would be interesting if we could all take pictures of our rabbits and compare, because I think the only way you can really get a good feel for it is by comparison, but I can't for the life of me get a good picture of my buck Frank, or of how far down the hair shaft the color carries.

Ken, I would love to see more pictures of this girl as she develops. Is strong color that young usually a really good indicator of good color as an adult, or is there still any chance that the adult coat could come in a completely different shade? When choosing among juniors for your keepers, is one of the factors the best color, even at that stage?

[Demi]

The only problem of comparing pictures is that a Thriantas colour changes with the light. I have a picture of Rory outside, and he's very orange, but inside he's reddy brown.

[Briana]

She looks excellent, Ken! Chunky head! <3 lol