American Checkered Giant Rabbit

American Checkered Giant

American Checkered Giant

The Checkered Giant rabbit is one of the nation's largest, easily recognizable by the distinctive colored markings. They are active, energetic and rabbits can be great fun.

Size: Giant
Hair type: Short

Origins

The Checkered Giant originated in the Lorraine region of France by the end of the nineteenth century and is known there as the great Lorraine.

Raised from the Flemish Giants, French lop-eared rabbits big and see rabbits, they initially colorful or natural-colored wild but further development of the characteristics produced signs 'butterfly', which has made the breed popular since the 1920s.

Exported to the United States in the early twentieth century, they are known there as places of giants, and in the UK as a giant Papillon. They are considered the same type, although Checkered Giant was elected bred for distinctly different types of Giant Papillon.

Appearance

The Checkered Giant is one of the nation's largest with a minimum weight of 5kg (11 pounds) and a lot more weight 6kg (13 pounds).

The Checkered Giant has a lean, muscular build. Rabbit body like a long, arched back, long, powerful legs and broad head with large, erect ears firmly held width.

Giant boxes have a white coat with colored markings. They have colored ears, rings around the eyes, cheeks and flashing butterfly-shaped mark on the nose. A dorsal stripe (herringbone) walk down the spine from ears to tail, with colored patches on the thighs.

Characterized by good breeding Checkered Giants indirectly. In most litters about half of the young have a sign of good will, there is usually a self-colored (one plain color) and some younger marked as well. Rabbit with a semi-often called 'Charlies', is thought to have come from butterfly semi-marks on his nose that looks like a mustache 'Charlie Chaplin'.
Checkered Giants have smooth, short hair.

Colour

• Black
• Blue

Temperament

Checkered Giants have a fairly quiet temperament and generally good-natured. They are active, energetic and rabbits can be great fun.Checkered Giants need a lot of practice.

They are sometimes said to be prone to aggressive behavior.

Special requirements

Select a rabbit with a good temperament, the leading breeders