Day 6 and Keebler the elf turned brown overnight!

The browns look very agouti today, with sun and overhead light.  Since Keebler's the furthest "behind" on development, I'm expecting the 3 blacks will not turn. So it looks like I have 2 black girls, 1 black boy, 3 agouti boys, 1 agouti girl, and Nilla.

I was thinking last evening and again this morning that other than the 1st day when I got peed on my finger, I haven't seen any pee at all. Nilla answered my concern, letting me know while I was weighing her, that her peepee is just fine, tyvm. She went so far as to ensure that I inadvertently caught it for  posterity!

The blacks versus browns show up loud and clear when juxtoposed:

 I've been having a good time determining the color genes that Oreo and Snickers have, based on their phenotypes and now their babies. There are 5 basic color genes:

A is agouti, which is actually a very common, wild pattern that modifies the base color so that when blown open, the fur looks like it was tie-died. A is dominent; a bunny that lacks agouti is genetically "aa" and is called a "self" color.  Snickers is A?;   Oreo is a self-black, ie he lacks agouti so is aa.

There are 2 base coat colors; black and chocolate. B is black and is dominant.  Bunnies that lack B are "bb" and appear chocolate. Oreo is B? .  Chestnut agouti is based on black, so Snickers is also B?. Their 2nd base color gene is unknown since B dominates the color phenotype.

C stands for color; "cc" bunnies lack color and are albinos, called REW in the rabbit world for red-eyed white. Since neither is REW, both Oreo and Snickers are C?

D stands for not dilute and is dominant; D bunnies are full saturation. Dilute babies are "dd." Since both are full color, Oreo and Snickers are both D?

E stands for Extension and refers to how much color extends up the hair shaft. E is dominant and shows full extension; ee modifies the color to either red or fawn when combined with A, or to tortoise with aa.

So far, based on parent phenotype alone, that leaves us with:

Oreo:      aa  B_ C_ D_ E_
Snickers: A_ B_ C_ D_ E_

However, Nilla was the first bunny to fill in a blank. As a fawn, she has agouti present with ee. That means both Oreo and Snickers have "e" as their 2nd E gene.

The bunnies that have remained solid black have filled in a second blank, as they lack the A gene. Therefore, Snicker's second A gene has to be "a."

Since no REWs or Dilutes turned up, it seems likely that one or both is CC and/or DD, but that could only be confirmed with DNA testing.

The first 3 bunnies that turned brown look agouti, but it's still possible for Keebler to end up tortoise. It's just a little too early to tell. In the meantime:

Oreo: aa B_ C_ D_ Ee
Snick: Aa B_ C_ D_ Ee