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The Breed Book

Flemish Giant

Free gameMarket price about 130 carrots

Enormous, placid, eats like a horse. Children ride the rumour that they can be ridden.

The real Flemish Giant

The real breed comes from Flanders, in Belgium. One of the oldest and largest breeds, from Flanders around Ghent, standardised in the late 1800s. Big ones weigh seven kilos or more and are known for being calm.

What the standard asks for

  • not a dwarf
  • upright ears
  • a normal coat
  • no mane
  • a solid coat
  • size at least 72 on the game's 0 to 100 scale

A rabbit that meets every point counts as a Flemish Giant; among breeds it meets, the game counts it as the one whose standard it meets on the most points.

What the judge looks at

Once a rabbit meets the standard, the judge scores how close it is to the breed's ideal. Every point away costs it.

  • size: 95 on the game's 0 to 100 scale
  • ear droop: 0 on the game's 0 to 100 scale
  • ear length: 80 on the game's 0 to 100 scale

Coats that qualify

Every coat in the game that this standard accepts, painted. Tap one to see its genes and how to breed it, in the Coat Atlas.

25 coats qualify.