I am resolved to breed Silver Foxes, but those sweet grayish-blue eyes peering out of that gorgeous silver-tipped fur on that little Chinchilla hybrid are making me think strange thoughts. Like, I wonder what a Chinchilla with the SF stand-up fur might look like. Now that it is out where I can see it, there are three options: Ignore the recessive c chd Chinchilla that will not show with a dominate "C" on the C-locus. What is the likelihood that I would ever run into another Silver Fox with it? Eliminate the recessive c chd  Chinchilla that should not be in the Silver Fox line by striving for "CC" in the C-locus. Use the c chd  Chinchilla by breeding with a double recessive "cc" REW or at least a recessive "c" White carrier to possibly get another Chinchilla. In other words, work to develop it. I was thinking if my Chinchilla is a doe, so I would either need a Silver Fox REW buck or a SF buck at least carrying a recessive "c...

There are three big milestones in the life of a kit.  Being born alive.  Thriving until about ten to twelve days old when the eyes open and ears start lifting— so  very cute!    Weaning at around six to eight weeks.  Of course, the first one is very important, and all of them are wonderful, but I think I am partial to day when we can see each other eye-to-eye  and they begin to look and move around more bunny-like with their quick and not so controlled hops. It is kind of like the day a baby begins to walk. I am fairly confident in the colors I am seeing now, so here is my list of their phenotypes (how they appear so far): BMB1 - Chinchilla Agouti BMB2 - Chestnut Agouti BMB3 - Black Gold-Tipped Steel BMB4 - Solid Black  BMB5 - Solid Black with SF fur This is the first time I have had Agoutis, so it was fun to find tiny kits with white ears and bellies, but it was not what I was hoping to see thrown from NZW-B for my...