[windyhill]

These arent the best marked brindles, but Im working on that.

Buck 1:

Buck 2:

Doe 1:

Doe 2:

Doe 3:

Litter:

I have a few more brindles, but dont have current pictures of.
Im also working on broken brindles.

 

[windyhill]

Brindle cant be carried, but you can have an unmarked brindle.

 

[windyhill]

With unmarked brindles, you cant tell by looking at them,but you can tell by breeding them.
If you breed them to a non-brindle, then you should still get some brindles.

I believe this boy is an unmarked brindle, but I wont know for sure until I breed him:

 

[windyhill]

It sounds like the doe is a poorly/sotty marled brindle, but without a picture it can be hard to tell.
In order to get brindles, 1 parent has to be brindle(includes showing & unmarked)
My best guess is on the doe

 

[windyhill]

Brindles can be bred into several colors(blue,beige,chinchilla,etc) but the most common is Fawn(RY) Brindle.
Brindles are dominant to every gene except Lethal Yellow (Ay) and
not fully dominant over Tan (at).

Broken brindles and tri colors arent the same. Broken brindles cant be bred into tris.
Tri colors are made up of 3 parts: Splashed, spots & c-dilutes.

That brindle buck has pretty good markings, which is what a judge is looking for.

 

[windyhill]

Judges look for good, clean & clear markings, not thin, smudge markings.
The markings have to the clearly visable and spaced apart, not all smushed together.
Judges look for brindle markings on the bellies.

 

[windyhill]

Thanks
Yep a good brindle will have tiger stripes.
Judges usually look for stripes on the bellies, but theres some breeders who breed for clean bellies.

I like the look of broken brindles, but theres some people that dont.
Theres a white brindle, but its from breeding a brindle to a beige. The gene that causes beige, bleaches out the orange, making it a a BEW with pastel stripes

 

[windyhill]

Brindles are prone to being overweight, it can range from being chubby to being HUGE.
The overweight problem can also cause some issues with breeding, so alot of breeders breed right at the 3 month mark just to make sure they can breed them before they have breeding problems(due to the weight issue)
They are also more prone to getting tumors.

I have no idea what could of happened to your doe, sorry for your loss though

 

[windyhill]

Some breeders put their brindles on a diet,etc, but usually they all get fat, no matter what is done.
She may or may not be able to breed again. It seems all tey get bigger they become less fertile and harder to breed, but sometimes you can get lucky.
Most of my brindles have white bellies, but they arent fox. Its common for them to have white bellies, either solid or with some stripes on them.

Brindle is dominant over agouti.
She can be agouti and still be a brindle (either marked or unmarked)

Agouti brindle: Avy/A B/* C/* D/* P/*

 

[windyhill]

Your welcome.
if you ever have any other questions about brindles, feel free to ask.
I've never tried to force a mouse to exercise, and Im not sure if you can or not.

 

[windyhill]

I havent had a tumor in my lines, but I know that theres some other breeders who do.
Alot of breeders swear by having their brindles on a diet they dont get as big, but who knows.
and as for breeding, Ive found that as my bucks got bigger and older then 6 months, they were less fertile.
Never tested it with a doe, I just breed my brindle does once and thats usually it, but Ive heard other breeders say that they can usually only get 1 litter from a brindle doe.