I have a pure white Belgian Hare. I defiantly do not want to sell him, I am just curious as to how much he is worth.

I have a standard red Belgian Hare doe (who people have offered me $100 and up for) and I think I am going to breed her with the pure white male. They could potentially produce pure white babies, right?

Any info would be greatly appreciated!

I am assuming we are talking about a pink eyed white albino rather than a blue eyed white. He might be worth something as an oddity but he is worth nothing as a breeder if you are interested in breeding him for competition rabbits. White is not a recognized color in Belgian Hares in any country's standard that I know of. I sort of doubt that it ever will be either since color is an important section in the show standard and the unique rich agouti color is one of the breed signatures. If you went to the trouble of trying to get it standardized in the US, you would need to obtain a certificate of Development from the ARBA, present a working standard and get it accepted by the standards committee for its first showing. If your presentation passed, it would then have to be accepted by the American Belgian Hare Club which I think would be highly unlikely. I wouldn't even start the process without first feeling out the Hare club on their attitude to a white variety.

The odds of your getting whites from your buck to a show hare doe in the first generation is almost non existent unless she is somehow related to him. Albino is a recessive gene which means that both parents must contribute a copy for a kit to be white. Most hares do not carry the albino gene. If they are related, there is a possibility she carries the gene. If so, on average half the kits will be albino. If not, none will be white. If you are dead set on getting whites, breed her to him and be prepared to get a bunch of poorly colored kits. Breed a doe (or does) from the litter back to him and you will get, on average, half whites.

40+ years raising and showing rabbits, 27 years as an ARBA lisenced rabbit judge and a PhD in Biology with a lot of years teaching about genetics

He's worth absolutely nothing in terms of breeding value without a certificate of development from the breed club sanctioning the development of a white coloration within the breed. A white coloration is a serious fault, and many/most breeders would have culled the buck. The breed has only one permitted coloration- red. The breed club in the US is very concerned with preservation of the breed as-is, which is considered a threatened heritage breed. They would not look kindly on him ever being bred, and any white kits would have no value at all beyond for meat use.

At about $6 a pound at the butchers an average hare would be worth about $20.

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