Summer Kits VS Winter Kits

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Summer Kits VS Winter Kits

Posted by Silver Ridge Rabbitry on January 21, 2010 at 7:06 PM

I have noticed that summer kits and winter kits are different in the way they grow and develop, below are some photos, the winter kit has a thicker coat, and noticeably shorter ears, and a shorter body. The summer kit (not really summer just raised in my basement at a constant 70 degrees.) has much longer ears and and a longer body and better fur quality. Please feel free to comment on why these rabbits from the same genetics (the mothers were sisters) are different

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4 Comments

Reply Mike

05:55 PM on July 11, 2010

Was the same buck used.......?

Reply Sarah Ouellette

07:49 AM on July 12, 2010

Mike says...
Was the same buck used.......?

No, but their mothers were half sisters.

Reply Mike

12:36 PM on July 12, 2010

I passed this on to another better qualified than I,,but if it were me,I'd put the inside doe outside and the outside doe inside,and repeat the mating,but to be honest if just sounds like genetics to me,,with it being only a half sister,and a non related buck,but again I'm no expert....
Keep us posted,if you reverse this mating this year,for this is very curious,,too me atleast..........

Mike

Reply Dave

02:11 PM on December 27, 2011

Could it possibly be due to the temp differences? The longer ear will help the hotter climate rabbit regulate body heat, where the shorter ear will not lose as much body heat. Just a thought. I am in SE Ga and have never seen a short ear NZ.

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