The Checkered Giant Enhancement Project,
This project is one of the Crossbreeding of the Flemish Giant and Checkered Giant breeds. The purpose of this project it to bring back lost qualities to the Checkered Giant breed gene pool that have been bred out by breeding finer light boned recessive animals . Heavy bone is a dominate trait , once it is gone it is gone. so the only way to re introduce it is to breed back to heavy boned dominate animals in order for reconciliation of the lost soundness and correctness of the frame work of the checkered giants. This project started in July of 2015 and this link is the link of the trace ability of the animals used and created from this project. It is about putting Yesterdays bone on todays style rabbit.
Index
Blood Line foundation animals Flemish line used
A1 Blood Line =TB375 (Tayler) Blue Doe
B2 Blood Line =TB371 (Tayler) Blue Doe
C3 Blood Line = BDF017 (Vortex Hollow) Blue Buck
D4 Blood Line = BDF023 (Hall Lines) Blue Buck
E5 Blood Line = BDF020 (Hall Lines) Blue Doe
F6 Blood Line = Sheba (Vortex Hollow) Black Doe
G7 Blood Line = Grace (Swanson) Light Grey Experimental Line
The links below show the pictures of all the kept individual animals and bred forward in the project showing the results of the project.
more individuals will be added as they mature and are bred into the program. i have bred full circle.Meaning that i also bred the Half breed F1 Crossbreeds not only back to Checkered Giants to enhance the Checkered Giant. But Also bred them back to Flemish giants to Create a larger flemish F2 like rabbit with the broken coat pattern ingrains so i can breed them F2 3/4 bred flemish back over to f2 and f3 3/4 and 7/8 bred checkered giant in order to promote cycling back in the big mass and frame while refining the markings back over the resulting off spring. these will be documented under line bred backs further down the page.
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TB375 and TV ART
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TB371 and DL536
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TV868 and BDF017
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MB VIPER and BDFO23
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BDF020 and (? has not been bred yet)
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SHEBA and B IAN (Charlie Checkered Giant Buck)
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Grace and B IAN (Charlie Checkered Giant Buck)
Below Are the links to the rabbits used as breed backs of the F series or enhancement rabbits. Examples of such, is crossing F1 lines over to other F1 Blood Lines (F1-A1 bred over to F1-B2) resulting in (F2-AB) blood line.... or breeding F1 half breeds F1-B2) Back to Flemish resulting in (F2-BE) line...(Each Flemish used in this project is given a blood line letter designation . such as BDO20 is blood Line E) See index above for designation of flemish blood lines. THE REASON THIS IS DONE, IS TO PREVENT BOTTLE NECKING THE GENE POOL IN THE PROJECT AND NOT LINE BREED TO HEAVY WHILE KEEPING A GOOD HEALTHY AMOUNT OF GENETIC DIVERSITY AND VIGOR IN THE PROJECT. this also helps to prove out consistency in the cross breeds from blood line to blood line to see if any common faults or strengths crop up and how to correct or enhance such traits.
Index of Project cross back F series lines
BE Blood line = Tayler line flemish, bred over Hall line flemish = 1/4 bred Checkered Giant from B2 project blood line
AB Blood Line = Project blood line F1-A1 crossed over project blood line F1-B2 .
Checkered Giant
Flemish Giant
F1 1/2 Bred Flemish/Checkered Giants
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