Magpies.
Magpies are quickly becoming one of the most desirable colors in Holland Lops but are not a showable color.
“The Japanese brindling gene is responsible for magpies, harlies and tris. It basically creates a striped/ block effect (or mottled in the case of tris) This gene sits on the E Locus. A brief explanation of the Locus below. The E series very simply governs the distribution of black (or what ever color is being displayed in its place ie blue, choc, lilac)”
Solid black magpie doe.
Solid black magpie buck.
7 day old solid black, lilac & chocolate magpies.
SHL’s homegrown broken chocolate magpie buck.
Broken black magpie buck.
Broken chocolate magpie buck.
Broken Magpies.
To get a “broken”, at least one of the parents must be broken. The gene for broken colors is Enen, meaning that a broken patterned rabbit has a white coat with a “broken up” color on it.
Newborn solid & broken magpie kits.
(From left to top right: solid black magpie, broken chocolate magpie, solid chocolate magpie & solid blue magpie.)
Broken black magpie buck.