Information about netherland dwarfs
Basic care and feeding
An average netherland dwarf should weigh between 1 1/2 to 2 1/2 lbs. They should be fed between 1/4 to 1/3 cups of food per day. A netherland dwarf can be fit comfortably in a cage that is at least 24" by 18". They need alfalfa pellets as their main source of food. Hay in the winter. You need to clean the cage at least twice a month and if the cage has a tray the tray needs cleaned at least once a week.
The Points
How the body should look
According to standards of perfection, the netherland dwarfs body should be short and compact. The shoulders are to be deep and broad, with the shoulders being the same width as the hindquarters. The depth and the width of the body should balance. The topline is to show that the depth of the shoulders is carried throughout to a deep, well rounded, and well filled hindquarter.
The colors of the Netherland Dwarf
Netherland dwarfs come in five color groups. In these five color groups they come in 25 colors. The first group is self. Self comes in; black, blue, chocolate, lilac, ruby eyed white and blue eyed white. The second group is shaded. Shaded comes in; sable point, siamese sable, siamese smoke pearl and tortoise shell. The third group is agouti. Agouti comes in; chestnut, chinchilla, lynx, opal and squirrel. The fourth group is tan. Tan comes in; otter, sable martin, silver martin, smoke pearl martin and tan. The fifth group is called aov (any other variety.) Aov comes in; fawn, himilayan, orange and steel and broken. The self colors are in my mind the easiest colors to do. The shaded are hard because you have to get the right darkness and lightness of every color in the fur. (They have multiple colors in one overall color) Agouti colors have 3-5 rings when you look at the undercolor. They are very pretty. Tan colors are easy, except for the martins. To get the martins both parents have to have a certain gene.
The History of the Netherland Dwarf
In about 1930 a Polish was bred to a small wild rabbit in the
Reproduction Information
This is Liberty our black otter doe born on 9-11

