Pictures of Holland Lops in the Ticked Group: Gold Tipped Steels in Black, Blue, Chocolate and Lilac. Silver Tipped Steels in Black, Blue, Chocolate and Lilac.
I'm combining Broken and Solid pictures on this page for right now. There are just too many pictures that I don't have and these are very uncommon colors.
| Few Days Old | Few Weeks Old | Adult Color |
| "(Black, Blue, Chocolate or Lilac) (Gold or Sliver Tipping) The surface color of the body is to be black, blue, chocolate or lilac, with color running as deep as possible. Coat is to be interspersed with an even ticking of gold or silver over the head, ears, chest, top and sides of the body, legs, and feet. The nape of the neck and around the nostrils is to be a basic color or match the ticking color. Lap spots are permissible. The upper tail color is to match the basic color, with the surface color of the underside of the tail to match the belly color as close as possible. Lighter color is permissible on the belly. Eyes: Black and Chocolate are to be BROWN. Blue and Lilac are to be BLUE_GRAY." | ||
| Black GTS, A_B_C_D_E(s)E | ||
Black GTS on left, self black on the right. Note the slightly lighter belly color of the steel. 
Left to right: Chestnut, Chinchilla, Steel kit. Note, that the Chestnut and Chinchilla have very obvious agouti markings. The agouti markings on the Steel kit are not as apparent. |
 4-week old Netherland Dwarf. Thank you Phil Batey for letting me use your picture. 
 3-week old Hollands. Their ticking is just starting to come in. |
 GBF's Black GTS.  GBF's Stella. 8th SSD 2017 ARBA Convention. 
Diduck's Salinger. Picture permission of Amber from Red Holland Lop Odyssey. |
| Blue GTS, A_B_C_ddE(s)E | ||
GBF Blue GTS youngster. 
GBF Blue GTS youngster. |
GBF bred Blue GTS youngster. Note belly is colored. 
GBF bred Blue GTS youngster. |
GBF's Goblin. 
GBF's Ranger. 
Picture permission of Amber from Red Holland Lop Odyssey. Amber says the color is not good though. |
| Chocolate GTS, A_bbC_D_E(s)E | ||
 Left - Chocolate Agouti, Right - Chocolate GTS.  Left - Chocolate GTS, Right - Chocolate Agouti. |
GBF's Stillson. |
A GBF Chocolate GTS. 
A Lionlop from the UK. Thank you to Phil Batey for sending me this photo to use. |
| Lilac GTS, A_bbC_ddE(s)E | ||
Two Lilac GTS kits at 7-days old. 
15-day old Lilac GTS. I could just see ticking on day-13. |
A GBF Lilac GTS. Ticking on a Lilac is very hard to see; look closely around the eyes. |
 GBF's Drop The Mic.  GBF's Layala - Lilac GTS Sr. Doe.  Lilac GTS Sr. Doe. |
| Black STS, A_B_c(chd)_D_E(s)E | ||
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STS on the left - white in the nosebed. GTS on the right - rufus in the nosebed. 
GTS on top. STS on the bottom. 
Silver Tipped Steel. |
A GBF bred Silver Tipped Steel doe. 
Magnum Slingblade. Beautiful ST Steel Netherland Dwarf buck. Owned and bred by Steve Carpenter of Magnum Opus Raboratory. |
| Blue STS, A_B_c(chd)_ddE(s)E | ||
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| Chocolate STS, A_bbc(chd)_D_E(s)E | ||
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| Lilac STS, A_bbc(chd)_ddE(s)E | ||
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| Black Sable Steel, A_B_c(chl)_D_E(s)E. Not-Showable. | ||
Notice the sepia shading on the body. 
Black Sable Steel top, self blue center, Black GTS bottom. |
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| Smoke Pearl Steel, A_B_c(chl)_ddE(s)E. Not-Showable. | ||
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| Chocolate Sable Steel, A_bbc(chl)_D_E(s)E. Not-Showable. | ||
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| Lilac Sable Steel, A_bbc(chl)_ddE(s)E. Not-Showable. | ||
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Added a bunch of Steel pix - May 26, 2019.
Pictured above: all four GTS varieties. Left to right: Lilac, Chocolate, Blue, Black.
Pictured above: all four GTS varieties. Left to right: Black, Blue, Lilac, Chocolate.
Pictured above: Left to right, Chocolate Agouti, Chocolate GTS, Self Chocolate.
Pictured above: Side by side comparison of a Black STS (left)vs Black GTS (right).
Steel is NOT a simple dominant gene like Black (B) or Agouti (A), and this trips up a lot of people. Although the steel gene (Es) is dominant over E, e(j) and e, it MUST (in most cases) pair with A and E in order to PROPERLY express the steel ticking. If Steel pairs with ANYTHING other then A or E (in most cases), it will not express properly. There MAY be some ticking to indicate the steel gene is there, but don't count on it. Note: Some commercial breeds seem to have modifiers that allow A-Ese animals to present proper ticking. It is not the case in the Fancy breeds.
To my knowledge (with my herd of Hollands), I have never had an A-Ese express as a proper steel. They are either self, or may have some ticking, that tends to come and go. I usually test breed these "self" to torts or a true self color. Why?
Breeding to a tort: Anything A (orange), proves the "self" must be A, (as tort can not have an agouti gene), and that is only possible if the "self" is a hidden steel (because if it is truly self, with the A gene, the rabbit would appear Agouti, not self). It also proves the "self" is carrying "e", giving the genotype of A-Ese. Any kits that are 'ee' are "clean" from the steel gene. They are NOT hiding steel. However, anything appearing self (as in aaE-, including Siamese Sable, Smokes, etc) are NOT necessarily clear of the steel gene, and should be marked as 'suspect'. One or two breedings may not be enough to prove/disprove steel is hiding.
If breeding to a self, again, pulling anything "A", points to a hidden steel, as is actually pulling a steel kit. Any 'ee' or Agouti kits are clean of the steel gene.
See my chart HERE showing the interactions of the A- and E- series genes on coat color and how it impacts steel!
Sable Steels are not recognized in Hollands. GTS have the "C_" allele; STS are c(chd)_; and Sable Steels are c(chl)_.
Pictured above, Left to right: dilute (I don't recall now what it was), 3 Black GTS, and a Sable Steel (far right).