Wee roan Chubs

[TEKrats]

What beauties!! now, these guys aren't considered blazes or high whites right? Roan is completely different, right?

No, not high white at all (and I would NEVER want them mixed into those lines - hence my extreme overprotectiveness of these kids!). They are blazed (obviously), but it is a recessive blazing gene that is directly linked to the fading that causes them to "roan out". For example if you breed a roan to a roan carrier - all the pups in the litter that have blazes will be roans- you can tell that as soon as they start to color up

 

[chicky82]

I don't know anything about colors, all I know for sure is that your babies sure are cute :kisses: I :heart: the first pic of the 14 day old, the baby is like hey, you! Lookit how cute I am :baby:

 

[lilspaz68]

For anyone curious I had a previous conversation with TEK about these bubs and their colours. If I remember correctly the lightest babies are platinums, the next lightest is platinum agouti, the chestnut sweeties are cinnamon and I believe the darkest boy is a mink.

Now you can watch them grow into their colours

 

[ratamataz]

:heart: :heart: :heart:
They are amazing! Soooo beautiful!

 

[mamarat]

They are sooo gorgeous. :heart:

 

[Fidget]

Breathtakingly beautiful kids!
I didn't know what a roan was before.

 

[Annbritt]

They are so beautiful, I love roans. My first rat was a roan. It's funny, that they are so rare in the US, when they are so normal in DK

 

[TEKrats]

Here are a few more photos taken - btw ignore the use of the phrase "hooded" in the description of the one boy - I'm currently working on writing the US standards for the RSA for the Roans and just like the UK standards they will be called Striped Roans, as it fits much more appropriately than hooded!

 

[ratamataz]

Aww, he's got his liddle arm around his brother! How cute is that, they are so gorgeous.

 

[jorats]

Oh god... you're killing me! :love4:

 

[mamarat2]

I think ya need to put some more pics up Dan, we need to investigate this roan thing further.... :stickpoke:

 

[Bati]

DU Roan - as in Down Under og is it dumbo? If it's down under, I'd love to see pics from under :wink:

 

[TEKrats]

 

[Bati]

Wauv - that looks very beautifull :lovestruck:

 

[Annbritt]

DU roan, wauv :shock: Please, send it my way
Do they turn white on the belly or do they keep the marking?

 

[TEKrats]

I'll tell you once I know This guy is my first! He's also the little odd-eye pup pictured in the previous photos!

 

[Annbritt]

Please do I'm hoping to get DU into my roan lines too, so I'll keep a close eye on yours to see how they turn out