Unusual Coloured Rabbits

[Banter 1,751]

Edited October 12, 2013 by Banter

[Moorside 642]

Seen a couple of black bunnys during the week, never seen one the colour of that in youre pic

[craigluckyjihad 244]

Last year had a pure white 1.

[blackmaggie 3,375]

on one place we use to go when we saw a black rabbit mixy wasnt far behind and that was year after year or when the numbers were up

[socks 32,253]

[Banter 1,751]

there lots that colour socks where i seen the ginger fella

[the pikey poacher 1,157]

seems to be getting more common i know where there is a black 1 he there evertime i put the lamp on caught 1 in the field over the road a few years back it was jet black with red eyes he ran like fook and tried everthing to shake off the dog hid 3 times behind some nettles in the middle of the field and i shot a yellow 1 like the first pic down in rhyl about 15 years back

[dogmad riley 1,337]

My pup his 1st rabbit was a black one. I have caught caramel and white ones before. I think it's people who let them go that causes the colour difference.

 

Don't no how to upload photos or could show you.

 

Happy hunting fellas

[wild rover 548]

[Stigodadump 64]

I have seen a good few variations over the years but I am positive that the numbers are on the increase, that or I am taking more notice. An old lad at the farm I worked at in England told me that pre mixi they used to keep 'em when they were ferreting and try and breed them on.I Suppose like all domesticated pets they start out as summat a bit different in the wild.

[jayjay 264]

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had a few like this last year on one of my permissions, also had a black one........, and went to another area lamping one night, and caught another ginger one with bright blue eyes, quite a pretty looking thing it was.......

 

all the best,

 

jay.

[TOMO 24,953]

Had 4 black ones already this season,,, and a fawn golden one as in the first pic,,here's a pic of two fawns caught out one burrow a few year back

 

[jayjay 264]

forgot to mention on earlier post.......last year ferreting I also had about 5 or 6 bluey coloured rabbits, but their fur seemed a different texture to normal wild rabbits, it was more whispey and longer looking, so either a throw back.....or someone had dropped some kind of pet rabbits in the area recently to that time, and obviously mated.....

 

jay.

[birddog 1,354]

had a black one the other week, had a few parti coloured / patchy ones over the years........often see a few pale ginger ones in the spring but natural predators seem to pick these off early

[jack68 628]

here is on I had some years ago..