Monthly Archives: September 2018
Agouti colours Brown-Grey english angora
Brown-Grey breed standard Head, ears and feet wild grey, a mixture of black and gold Wool blue, as dark as possible with tips to match head Eyes brown White belly with blue under-colour
Cream English Angora rabbit
Cream breed standard for the English Angora rabbit Head and feet cream, wool lighter cream with tips to match head Creamy white belly, eyes blue-grey preferred but brown acceptable The Cream is an Agouti colour. The Cream can be thought of as a dilute Golden (picture on the right) , and a Cream bred to… Read more »
The Coloured Angora by Gill Holford
It has taken many years to develop the lovely coloured angoras we now have, many of which match any white in quality, so let us preserve these colours. Recently many people I have talked to have expressed a worry that in order to prevent too much inbreeding of their stock they were beginning to cross… Read more »
Self colours Lilac English Angora
Lilac breed standard Head, ears and feet dove grey with a very distinct warm tone Wool pale dove grey, the tips (guard hair) to match the head and ears Eyes blue or shades of brown, from dark to pale ochre, often with a warm glow Under colour to match top colour Nails horn coloured in… Read more »
Blue English Angora
Blue breed standard Head, feet and ears blue, as dark as possible Wool blue without white base Tips to match head Ears and nose to be free of silvering Eyes blue-grey The Blue is a self colour, and when bred to Blue for several generations has the genotype aaBBCCddEEll. It can be thought of as… Read more »
Needle Felting
Needle Felting (Art therapy with my Angoras) by Rachel Dunscombe I have been keeping rabbits since I was 7 years old (first rabbit was and English lop/cross called Loppy) I met my first angora rabbit a few years later, when the mother of my best friend bought a smoke (Blossom) so she could spin and… Read more »