BLUE-EYED WHITE INFORMATION
A Blue-Eyed White (BEW) is a solid white rabbit with beautiful blue eyes. It is not related to the Red-Eyed White (REW). It is its own color. The gene that is the cause of the BEW is called the Vienna gene.
VC - Vienna Carrier. This means the rabbit carries the recessive Vienna gene (Vv), but doesn't show it. **BEW's & VC's are showable and VM's are not. BEWs have not been worked with to improve type as much as other colors of Hollands like the tort, and therefore don't fair as well on the show table. There are many breeders working to improve the type of this beautiful color of rabbit, and we will work to do the same. |
The Genetics of a Blue-Eyed White:
The Vienna gene must be present in BOTH parents in order to get Blue-Eyed White offspring. Here are a few crosses that could be made and the results that you should get:
BEW X BEW = 100% BEW
BEW X "Normal" = 100% Vienna carriers, 0% BEW
Vienna Carrier X Vienna Carrier = 25% BEW, 50% Vienna carriers, 25% "Normal"
Vienna Carrier X BEW = 50% BEW, 50% Vienna carriers
Vienna Carriers X "Normal" = 25% Vienna Carriers, 75% "Normal", 0% BEW
The Vienna gene must be present in BOTH parents in order to get Blue-Eyed White offspring. Here are a few crosses that could be made and the results that you should get:
BEW X BEW = 100% BEW
BEW X "Normal" = 100% Vienna carriers, 0% BEW
Vienna Carrier X Vienna Carrier = 25% BEW, 50% Vienna carriers, 25% "Normal"
Vienna Carrier X BEW = 50% BEW, 50% Vienna carriers
Vienna Carriers X "Normal" = 25% Vienna Carriers, 75% "Normal", 0% BEW