The Silver Country

Over the downs, Madame Roux keeps the old silvered breeds of France. She knew your grandmother, and she has opinions about her, and about you.

The silvering gene

Si is dominant: one copy is enough. Kits are born dark and the silver comes in as they grow, frosting the coat with white hairs. On a white rabbit it can't show, so a white can hide it completely.

The breeds

The farm and the Season

Her farm is a place you visit, with her stock for sale, her requests, her letters about Gran, and Le Baron, her champion buck. The Silvering Season runs in rounds (the Downs, the County and the Grand), judged by Madame Roux herself.