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 »
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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 »
Blue-Cream English Angora
BIue-Cream breed standard Mask and feet blue Wool as for cream but with blue shading on ears and flanks with the colour extended across the belly A blue tinge to the wool and blue tipping is desirable but NOT essential Eyes blue-grey Blue Cream is a self colour, not an Agouti colour, and a Blue… Read more »
Golden English Angora
Golden Head, feet and tips a rich, clean orange gold Wool lighter, with colour carried down as far as possible, shading to a creamy white base Belly creamy white, eyes brown This is one of the oldest colours of Angora, but sadly now is relatively rare. It is an Agouti colour, and when Golden has… Read more »
Sooty Fawn English Angora
Sooty Fawn breed standard – This has changed in 2021 Tortoiseshell (Sooty Fawn) Black mask and feet, wool as for Golden, but with Black and Sooty shadings on lower flanks and ears Belly creamy white Chocolate Tortoiseshell Chocolate mask and feet, wool as for Golden, but with Chocolate shadings on lower flanks and ears Belly… Read more »
Breed standard for coloured English Angoras
The breed standard of the national club for English Angora rabbits Judges are requested to judge the coloured Angora to the Breed Standard as laid down by the Specialist Club and not to confuse the colours with any other breed standard for short haired varieties. Points are the same for Whites except that 5 points… Read more »
Siamese Sable english angora
Siamese Sable Light Shade A medium sepia colour similar to fur breed Ears, face and tail a deep sepia Body wool shaded from a medium sepia on back to lighter on chest and flanks Under-colour fawn Siamese Sable Medium Shade As for light sable except for dark sepia colour instead of medium Siamese Sable Dark Shade… Read more »
Chocolate english angora
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