Black Rabbits

[Sean]

Went away for the weekend and on friday afternoon i noticed a black rabbit sitting beside a hole in a field i was fishing beside. I thought to myself, hey thats a sight. then on saturday evening i seen 2 baby black rabbits in the same field. I always thought a black rabbit was a mutant, something like albino. But after seeing the two young rabbits im thinking it could be genetic? And if so will the hawk still attack black rabbits?

p.s do use think it may just be a escaped domestic rabbit?

[RabbitHawker]

Ther are several scottish islands known for their black rabbits, they are occasional colour mutations, but they usually don't last long, as they stand out from the crowd. They could also be escaped pets, I have twice bolted a grey rabbit with a white stripe around it in some local woods this season, both Harris's chased it both times, but seemed unwilling to connect, I guess it just didn't look right.

[ColdZero]

i have seen loads in the field i went to. I assumed they were escaped pets that had bred with the wild population, but why are they always pure black?

[HawkMan69UK]

we have quite afew different pockets of black bunnies in totaly different areas.. must have been an escape a few years ago but it always nce to see some varity but its more diffecult to dispatch cause they look like pets : :lol: :twisted:

[Ben C]

used to see brown/orange, grey and white and black one down a track in shropshire. Got to have been escapee but our house was the only cottage within a 5 mile radius, so must have mated with the local population. What I would do to get one now!!!

[Coedhirion]

we have had the odd gingery fawn ones turn up over the last 15 yrs. They seem to be around for a few months then dissapear, then next season they are back again. There are very few people who would have kept tame rabbits in the area, but I recon they are throw backs to a pet bunny. The fact they vanish for a while makes me think that something is happy to make a meal of them !!

[Gary.B]

We've got black and ginger rabbits in Caithness, I don't think they are ex-domestic, just colour variations.

[Sean]

And do use think a hawk would attack one though?

[HawkMan69UK]

my female harris did a couple of years ago without hesitating like i said it hard to dispatch something that looks like a pet ...untill they kick out and sctratch ya :lol: :twisted:

[Hawkmaster]

We have quite a few here in Devon, located in various areas.

[OutFlying]

Plenty of them at Malham - Yorkshire.

[Goldie]

[quote="Sean"]And do use think a hawk would attack one though?[/quote

In a word Yes
Never seen a bolted black rabbit yet that a hawk wouldn't chase. It doesn't seem to make any difference

[Albie]

Hey Sean,
We have plenty of black rabbits in this part of Devon where I live,
and they have bred here at a place called Coombe Lake on the coast, for long before I was born.
My mate Dave caught one last season with his young Female Harris no probs!
Albie.. :wink:

[Coedhirion]

:lol: :lol: :shock: :? :roll:

[HawkMan69UK]

see how could you dispatch that :twisted: :axe:

[ColdZero]

if that thing came towards me i would run like my life depended on it....that thing is so creepy.

[Gaz]

see how could you dispatch that
Chuck Bambi at the mother.... :twisted:

[Ben C]

I've shown all the kids that I teach who keep rabbits my pictures of Cody killing rabbits. You should have seen the letters from parents....AWESOME LOL LOL LOL......most of em wanted to come and have a go!!!

[Sean]

thanks guys

[HawkMan69UK]

came home from work tonight i counted 5 blacks and 1 dark grey bunnie are we having black throw backs coming out of the wood work anyone else in bristol or surrounding areas noteing this :?: :?:

[Gaz]

Yeah,.......you been on Aidys again aint you, :?: you naughty boy :wink:

[HawkMan69UK]

its mine allllllllllllllll mine :twisted: :lol: :wink: funnyly enough it was on aids

[Wightwings]

laughed my arse of last weekend me and the missus drove past a little blacky sat at the side of the road with a middle aged couple that had pulled over to try and pet the bloody thing. apparently they are on the increase and some peeps think they are lost domestics................aaaaarrrgg poor little hawk baits :twisted:

[GDN]

I've had few back rabbits round my place. Last year i 2 balck and 2 normal baby rabbits who used to like to run round the mews in the mornings when i turned up. Seen quite a few black rabbits in various places.

Also caught a rabbit that had a white fur in a strip going from 1 front leg ove it's shoulders to the other leg and a white stripe running down it's face. Was told it had what was known as dutch markings. Soon as it came out the bird went for it but it got away. Only once though. The second time the bird caught it

[Coedhirion]

in a lot of animals, black is a dominant gene, so if you put a black and an other colour together the chances are higher that the young will be black. I know there are exceptions like labradors etc. but may be that's what has happened in rabbits????????????

[Falcons7]

I believe the name for a black rabbit is a ''monk''

[Falconer1000]

hi there, sorry to but in but i,ve got a few black rabbits around me and i was told that that was how the introduced mixi, years ago and then they bread and that was how the black gene was introduced, i might be misstaken you tell me.

[Wightwings]

dunno F1000 sounds feasable, by the way welcome to the forum :D

[Jiff]

theres been black rabbits about as long as i can remember,in all my years
"wen i wer a lad" i've seen hundreds,when i was younger i used to think about it quite a bit, now at my time in life i hardly give it a thaught..........they all taste the same :twisted:

[North East Harris Hawker]

is it true that black rabbits have bigger tails than white rabbits?
pmsl :lol:

[Sparrow Hawker]

I have come across a few black rabbits and a couple of years back I was catching some blueish coloured ones similiar to that of blue hares. This year I came across a pure white rabbit.

Regards,

HH

[Ben C]

Your on bloody drugs mate.......LOL

[Sparrow Hawker]

LOL it's true I have got pics somewhere of the rabbits with a blueish tinge to them, I'll see if I can find them.

Regards,

HH

[Sparrow Hawker]

Here's the pic, we had quite a few of these bluey coloured ones a couple of seasons back.

[Ben C]

Yeah yeah you've used photoshop you drugged up nutter....LOL
You should get one stuffed they look quite cool actually. Like a slate blue, I wonder if it got shagged more?

[Wightwings]

pmsl...........if thats a pucker piccy sean i want one they look cool.....ps are you on the drugs dude :lol: :weedman:

[Coedhirion]

My neighbour recons he gets pink rabbits as well!!!
but it was him they caught racing up the railway line with the Huntsman after a Green fox :lol: :? :lol:

[Sparrow Hawker]

LOL it's not a wind up :lol: , if they were still about I would take some more pics but I think they must have died out as I haven't seen them again.

Regards,

HH

[Goldie]

Like a slate blue, I wonder if it got shagged more?

Hope not. The blue ones are male and the pink ones are female.
you not got kids :lol: :lol:

[North East Harris Hawker]

PMSL :lol:

[Kevin Massey]

Fern my hen harris with the "Prince"

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y40/mass2k5/blackbunny2.jpg

[Jack Merlin]

Black rabbits: What do they call them in your area? In Scotland, I've always heard them referred to as "ministers" (i.e. the Scottish name for a vicar).

[Rat Guy]

i've got mice and i bred a black one with a teek coloured one and i got a all black one in the litter.

[Berkut]

is it true that black rabbits have bigger tails than white rabbits?
pmsl :lol:
I don,t know about that but they,re meant to have balls like a minister and its bad luck to kill them.:evil: :evil:

[Rat Guy]

I don,t know about that but they,re meant to have balls like a minister and its bad luck to kill them.:evil: :evil:

i dont bileev in bad or good luck , who told ya that anyway?

[Rat Guy]

Fern my hen harris with the "Prince"

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y40/mass2k5/blackbunny2.jpg

pretty big rabbit that!!!

[Kevin Massey]

[quote=Jack Merlin]Black rabbits: What do they call them in your area?[quote]

"the prince" here

[Kevin Massey]

pretty big rabbit that!!!

it was like velvet....but tasted lush !!!

[Berkut]

i dont bileev in bad or good luck , who told ya that anyway?
Old wives tail.If I catch one so be it but I try and avoid them.