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'Charlie Marked' ?-U/D Another Question for WalnutEarth on Page 2!!

I Think Its A Butterfly Marked Rabbit Which Has Too Much 'white' And Not Enough Coloured Markings.
 
Its like English markings, ie spots on the sides, stripe down the back and typically a 'Charlie Chaplin' moustache (hence the name ;))

You get them when you mate a butterfly to a butterfly - doubling up ont he butterfly gene just means the markings go to pot! :lol:

When i post up some piccies in my thread later I'll post up piccies of a Charlie German lop I hand reared from 3 weeks old so you can see. :D
 
Oh thanks. I was reading something about breeding.........:shock:.... ( thats got a few tongues wagging ) and the term was mentioned and I had never heard of it before

Janex
 
Think my recent rescue Lola is one of these. Guess they're rejects of the breeding process :( but I think she's gorgeous!

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The Charlie markings are a stripe down the back, a few spots on each side (instead of having lots) and a mustache instead of the whole coloured nose area (yes, hence the term "Charlie" after Mr Chaplin) Think they also usually still have a spot on each cheek, coloured ears and markings round the eyes.
 
Yes shes a Charlie, but they're not rejects!! Thats a bit harsh. Charlies are actually very useful in a breeding program, if you mate them back to a solid rabbit you get a full litter of butterflies and the legend is that they'll be perfectly marked but I think thats more wishful thinking! :lol: Also as Charlies are so pretty they are easy to find pet homes for, more so than their agouti or black counterparts :(
 
Yes shes a Charlie, but they're not rejects!! Thats a bit harsh. Charlies are actually very useful in a breeding program, if you mate them back to a solid rabbit you get a full litter of butterflies and the legend is that they'll be perfectly marked but I think thats more wishful thinking! :lol: Also as Charlies are so pretty they are easy to find pet homes for, more so than their agouti or black counterparts :(

I adore Agoutis and Blacks. I cant understand why some people think they are a 'boring' colour. Mind you, I'd adore a Rabbit even if he/she was fluorescent green with purple points!! :lol::lol:

Janex :wave:
 
lol thanks to this thread i now know what my Flopsy was :lol: he had a brown stipe down his back with a few surrounding brown spots :love: but do you only get them from 2 butterfly marked parents? because flopsy's dad was a butterfly but his mum Crystal isnt :? but maybe one of her parents were? :? breeding is so confusing well to me anyway lol
 
lol thanks to this thread i now know what my Flopsy was :lol: he had a brown stipe down his back with a few surrounding brown spots :love: but do you only get them from 2 butterfly marked parents? because flopsy's dad was a butterfly but his mum Crystal isnt :? but maybe one of her parents were? :? breeding is so confusing well to me anyway lol

You can get them out of Butterfly x solid matings yes - it just means although the rabbit looks like a charlie it is genetically just a badly marked butterfly. So if you were to mate one of them to a solid you wouldn't get a full butterfly litter. (Not that that matters to any of you but i thought you might be interested :lol:)
 
ah thats interesting, not like im planning on breeding but its great learning something new :) i never really did understand genetics and colors and stuff lol
 
This has been a very interesting thread. Great to be able to learn genetic stuff from a learned breeder.
 
Walnut how would Michael's marking be descibed ?

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And my Jack was a Castor Rex, yes ?
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And Zac a Cinnamon ?
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Janex
 
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