I'm looking to cross a few breeds to sell & keep some as my own stock. So far the team I'm working with have gotten 4 barns, to produce several lines of this cross (to minimize in breeding) and like the lineage we've come up with. Males are listed on the left, females on the right. Sire/Dam # represent the gender we'll keep to breed the next cross. The purpose of this program is to produce an excellent meat and fur type. Our targets are FFA/4h and commercial meat producers.
Generation 1: Californian, New Zealand = Sire 1
Generation 2: Sire 1, different New Zealand = Dam 1
Generation 3: American Chinchilla, Dam 1 = Dam 2
Generation 4: Different Californian (or Am Chin), Dam 2 = Dam 3
Generation 5: Sire 1, Dam 3 = Final Product
So far the only changes I can think of are adding more NZ for fur quality and maybe cross the Final Product with rexs for color if we arent totally satisfied with Gen 6. (anyone wanna talk about rex genes? I know their fur is reccessive but I am a huge fan of black otter and castor & whould like to see some in my line of this 'breed') Thoughts and opinions will be welcomed! There's not any resources on rabbit crossbreeding like there are cattle or even hogs.
Generation 1: Californian, New Zealand = Sire 1
Generation 2: Sire 1, different New Zealand = Dam 1
Generation 3: American Chinchilla, Dam 1 = Dam 2
Generation 4: Different Californian (or Am Chin), Dam 2 = Dam 3
Generation 5: Sire 1, Dam 3 = Final Product
So far the only changes I can think of are adding more NZ for fur quality and maybe cross the Final Product with rexs for color if we arent totally satisfied with Gen 6. (anyone wanna talk about rex genes? I know their fur is reccessive but I am a huge fan of black otter and castor & whould like to see some in my line of this 'breed') Thoughts and opinions will be welcomed! There's not any resources on rabbit crossbreeding like there are cattle or even hogs.