Lilac?

Oh the wonderful world of dilutes, my favorite, other then tan patterns. Tan pattern dilutes...don't even get me started.

Anyway, having a primarily dilute/dilute carrying herd, I have had to do my research on this gene, and with some help from the wonderful people at RH, have learned a great deal :)

I have a litter coming up out of two dilute parents. Blue x Blue Tort. The Blue is out of a Blue Tort and a Black, the Blue Tort is out of a Blue Tort and a Black Tort.

Will I get Lilac out of this, possibly? In the last litter, there were Lilac and Chocolate Torts from the same Blue Tort and Black Tort cross that produced the Blue Tort doe that is currently due to have her litter. Where I bred the self Blue (carrying the extension gene) and the Blue Tort (carrying non-extension) I hope I get some self Lilacs! Lilac Woolies are hard to come by around here, and I just love the variety. The soft dove gray color on a long, shiny coat of wool is just gorgeous!


So everyone, keep your fingers crossed for Lilacs!