Chocolate breed standard

The breed standard for the Chocolate English Angora rabbit should be:-

  • Rich chocolate on head, ears, legs and tail
  • Body lighter shade with tips to match head
  • Under colour pale chocolate
  • Eyes to glow ruby red in subdued light, but brown acceptable

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The breed standard of the national club.

Wool Quality

  • Texture as silky as possible
  • 30 points

Wool Quantity and Length

  • Even and full all over, clear to the skin
  • 25 points

Front

  • Full and prominent on the chest and sides of the neck
  • 10 points

Head, Neck and Ears

  • Broad short head. Short well woolled and tufted ears  
  • 10 points

Size and Shape

  • Round and snowball like
  • Weight at 5 months approximately 5½lbs (2.494kg)
  • An adult ideally not to exceed 7½lbs (3.402kg)
  • Type and quality always to be taken into account
  • 10 points

Feet

  • Thickly covered with long wool, well furnished
  • 5 points

Condition

  • Clean well nourished and well groomed
  • 10 points

Total 100 points

Eyes: Ruby, bright and bold

Legs: Straight, heavily woolled

Tail: Large and well woolled

Head: Wide across the nostrils, bold appearance, densely furred, wool to be long and thick between and behind the ears.

Serious Faults: Narrow wedge head, long plain ears, plain feet,matted coat, coarse coat, bad condition, lop ears.

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The National Angora Rabbit Club UK Facebook page was originally set up for National Angora Club members. However over the years there are a number of people who have let their memberships lapse. Please can members renew as soon as possible to continue access to the Facebook group. Please send subscriptions to Sally May, Treasurer, before 1st August 2018. The cost up to the end of the year is £2.50. This will bring you up to date to rejoin as normal in January 2019, when the full cost of membership for the year 2019 will be £5.
Those who decide that they do not wish to renew will be removed from the Club Facebook page in August, as the page is for National Angora Club members only. Paypal email is nationalangoraclub@gmail.com, cheques to Sally May at address in Yearbook or pm for address.”

There are various awards upon winning an angora show including trophies, certificates, cups, stars and rosettes. However, it is not just about the winning, it is important to take part and support the shows to ensure that the English Angora rabbit profile is maintained as well as the breed standard.

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A key fault with angora rabbits it lopped ears, the cause is not easy to diagnose but it quite common in periods of excessive heat with summer litters. They can lop them due to damage and infection and in some cases it may be one or both ears. Sometimes depending on what caused them to droop in the first place, they do go upright again, but this is less likely. Therefore angora rabbits with droopy or lopped ears are unlikely to be show, exhibition or breeding rabbits and more likely pets.

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This is not an easy process, like any animal they are keen to move about and tend not to want to pose for the camera. It does depend on each individual and they all have their own personalities and behavioral traits.

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When your show rabbit has finished being shown, its wool can be used to enter the products competitions held by the National Angora Club at London and Bradford shows. You can pluck some ripe wool from the back of the rabbit in stages you only need 7gms (1/4ozs). 

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Clipping a angora rabbits should be done approximately once every 3 months to ensure they remain healthy. Once you have all the necessary equipment ready put the rabbit on your knees and brush any debris out of the coat. I usually clip the top coat first. Have your bag ready to put the wool in. Start clipping at the neck, discard any knots and short wool. The wool you should be clipping will hopefully be over 2”, if not it can be bagged and sold as felt. Put all the decent wool in a bag from the top and when you have finished that close that bag and get another.

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