In Your Community: 4-H holds rabbit clinic
Published 7:52 pm Tuesday, April 23, 2024
Amy Smith shows off the largest breed of rabbit, the Flemish Giant with it's Agouti pattern coat. Photo provided
Renae Clark shows another large rabbit breed, the French Lop, showing it's gold tipped coat of fur. Photo provided
Amy Smith, Renae Clark, and Lena Crouch showing a pair of their Holland Lops and their litter to show that you can breed two different looking rabbits together and get one of each in the litter. Photo provided
4-H members listen as they learn about rabbits at a recently held 4-H rabbit clinic. Photo provided
Renae Clark, Natalie Crouch and Diane Stundahl exhibiting the 3 coat patterns of rabbits, self, tan pattern and agouti. Photo provided
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The local 4-H hosted a rabbit coat genetics clinic that was held last night April 18.
The clinic was held to discuss with the 4-H members how there are only two basic colors of domestic rabbits, black and chocolate, and with the different genes that there are, there can be endless possibilities in coat colors and patterns.
After the genetics talk, Jake Mueller, a vet tech, talked about rabbit diseases.
