[Matt Haslam]

I finally got my chocolate self mice, big thank you to Harlequin stud.

3 does and a buck

here is a picture of a couple of the does. they are all too young to breed from yet, but i will be looking to darken the chocolate up through the generations.

 

[miss.understood]

Cute xx

 

[SarahY]

Aaah, such pretty ladies

Sarah xxx

 

[Autumn2005]

It looks like she has some darker and lighter patches of chocolate on her sides. My doe has that too. Is that just a chocolate thing, or does it mean there are other modifiers in the genes?

 

[Matt Haslam]

as far as i am aware with chocolates, it is just a chocolate thing. Not sure of other modifiers but then i'm not a genetics wiz.

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[Rhasputin]

It happens with blues too.

 

[Matt Haslam]

It happens with blues too.

thats for sure!

 

[windyhill]

Cute!

 

[zany_toon]

She looks amazing in the first piccie!

 

[moustress]

Very pretty mousies. A good start for a chocolate line. Those tan hairs are a common fault, but I'm sure you'll work them out.

 

[Autumn2005]

Will breeding the ones with the least tan to the least tan get rid of the tan eventually? How long does it take?