WELCOME TO RAMBLE LEDGE RABBITRY
THE LILAC SATIN IS A BEAUTIFUL COLOR. THIS DILUTE OF THE CHOCOLATE SATIN IS AN ENCHANTING DOVE GRAY DEEPENED BY THE TRADE MARK SATIN SHEEN.
I HAVE BEEN BREEDING THIS RARE VARIETY FOR MORE THAN SEVEN YEARS NOW, EVER SINCE MY FIRST ONES SHOWED UP IN A LITTER FROM MY FIRST CHOCOLATE PAIR. I HAD NEVER SEEN ONE UNITL MY BROKEN CHOCOLATE DOE KIT KAT AND SOLID CHOCOLATE BUCK GOVERNER THREW ME A SOLID AND BROKEN LILAC. I WAS HOOKED.
I IMMEDIATELY STARTED BREEDING THIS NEW VARIETY AND WORKING TO IMPROVE THEM. THIS IS NOT AN EASY TASK. THERE IS A CERTAIN GENE YOU NEED IN ORDER TO GET THE LILACS TO SHOW UP. THIS RECESSIVE GENE CAN BE HIDING FOR GENERATIONS THEN WHEN MATCHED UP RIGHT IT WILL COME OUT.
JUST BREEDING CHOCOLATE TO BLUE WILL NOT NECESSARILY GIVE YOU LILACS. YOU WILL USUALLY GET BLACKS. IF THE LILAC GENE IS PRESENT YOU MAY GET BLUES. THESE BLUES SHOULD CARRY THE LILAC GENE. A LILAC CAN BE USED TO SET THE GENE IN YOUR HERD. ONCE YOU HAVE IT SET YOU CAN GET LILACS FAILRY EASILY.
I HAVE OPTED NOT TO USE ANOTHER BREED TO SET THE LILAC GENE. INSTEAD I TOOK THE HARDER PATH AND BRED PURE SATINS, CAREFULLY SETTING THE LILAC GENE INTO MY HERD. IT WAS WELL WORTH THE EXTRA EFFORT TO BRING OUT THIS BEAUTIFUL COLOR WHILE PRESERVING THE PURE SATIN LINIAGE OF THIS BREED I LOVE. I NOW HAVE MANY LILACS HERE WITHOUT HAVING TO WORRY ABOUT THROW BACKS. THIS ENSURES THAT OTHER BREEDERS CAN BRING THEM INTO THEIR HERDS AND START OFF WITH NICE STOCK, AS MANY ALREADY HAVE.
SELF LILACS ARE VERY USEFULL IN THE SATIN BREED. THIS CAN NOT BE SEEN MORE AS WITHIN THE OTTER VARIETY. THEY CAN BE USEFULL IN BRINING OUT THE RARE AND ELUSIVE LILAC OTTER. THE LILAC OTTER NEEDS THE RECESIVE GENE THE SELF LILACS ALSO USES IN ORDER TO BE PRODUCED. I REALIZED THIS EARLY ON AND HAVE BEEN PREPARING THE LILACS ACCORDINGLY. I HAVE LINES HERE I HAVE BEEN WORKING OTTER INTO TO HELP INCREASE THE LILAC OTTER NUMBERS. THIS INCLUDES BLUE OR BLACK OTTERS WITH A LILAC OR LILAC OTTER PARENT. MY HOPE IS TO GET THIS WONDERFULL VARIETY RECOGNIZED BY THE ARBA AS A SATIN VARIETY AS WELL AS TO INCREASE THE LILAC OTTERS PRESENCE ON THE SHOW TABLE.
IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN THE LILAC SATINS I WOULD BE HAPPY TO HELP YOU GET STARTED. SHANNON HUBNER, RABBIT REGISTRAR. CURRENT COD HOLDER FOR LILAC SATINS
