New to this, need color advice please
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What can you call them? Well, you can call them cute! 
Seriously, though, the buck is a dove satin (maybe also a poor angora--it's hard to tell). The female is a black marked (sometimes called "broken" although that is not exactly accurate).
The buck is a/a p/p S/S (black + pink eyes, carrying no spotting).
The female is a/a P/P s/s (black + spotting, carrying no pink eyes).
All the babies are black because the only genes the parents shared in common were a/a (black). If you breed the parents again, the babies will all be black again.
If you breed the parents to the children, or the children to each other, you'll get a little bit more variety.
Seriously, though, the buck is a dove satin (maybe also a poor angora--it's hard to tell). The female is a black marked (sometimes called "broken" although that is not exactly accurate).
The buck is a/a p/p S/S (black + pink eyes, carrying no spotting).
The female is a/a P/P s/s (black + spotting, carrying no pink eyes).
All the babies are black because the only genes the parents shared in common were a/a (black). If you breed the parents again, the babies will all be black again.
If you breed the parents to the children, or the children to each other, you'll get a little bit more variety.
The male looks like a dove (that's what it's called here in Europe, I believe it's called lilac in America) and the female is a piebald/broken black.
When a black mouse has red eyes, his fur is dilluted to grey. That is called dove.
Black eyes are dominant over red eyes and not-broken (don't know how to call this in English) is dominant over broken. That is why all of your offspring is black. But they all carry the red eye gene and the broken gene.
When a black mouse has red eyes, his fur is dilluted to grey. That is called dove.
Black eyes are dominant over red eyes and not-broken (don't know how to call this in English) is dominant over broken. That is why all of your offspring is black. But they all carry the red eye gene and the broken gene.
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It's called dove in most parts of America. In California, it's called lilac, though (after the rabbit color) so if you happen to be in California, it's called lilac. There have been a few other clubs over the years that called it lilac, but they were all short-lived. There are people scattered around who still call it lilac, but it seems like "dove" is the more popular these days. It causes less confusion on this forum, at least!Inge said:
The siblings bred (the all black ones), sort of an "oops" on my part, didn't separate them quick enough. Here are some pictures, two sisters got pregnant by their brothers, they both had about 6 babies each. The inbred babies are now 10 days old. There are a few dove ones of varying degrees, some very light to dark.
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