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BlueJeans_Ranch Offline Visit My Farm Visit My Farm Joined: Tue Oct 16, 2018 2:25 pm Posts: 38

What color is my colt?

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Im guessing hes an Apricot Dun or Apricot buckskin like his sire but im not 100% sure can anyone help me out?

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Aela Offline Visit My Farm Visit My Farm Joined: Sat Aug 15, 2015 8:19 am Posts: 574

Re: What color is my colt?

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BlueJeans_Ranch wrote:Im guessing hes an Apricot Dun or Apricot buckskin like his sire but im not 100% sure can anyone help me out?

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He's Bay Dun :)
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BlueJeans_Ranch Offline Visit My Farm Visit My Farm Joined: Tue Oct 16, 2018 2:25 pm Posts: 38

Re: What color is my colt?

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Thank You! :D
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UniqueSteeds Offline Visit My Farm Visit My Farm Joined: Sun Jul 29, 2018 12:48 am Posts: 17

Re: What color is my colt?

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Actually, he is not a bay dun. He is a Buckskin Dun or Dunskin
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Aela Offline Visit My Farm Visit My Farm Joined: Sat Aug 15, 2015 8:19 am Posts: 574

Re: What color is my colt?

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UniqueSteeds wrote:Actually, he is not a bay dun. He is a Buckskin Dun or Dunskin
No, he's definitely Bay Dun

He's just a really heavily diluted one. The red-ish outline + dorsal is a dead giveaway that he's Bay Dun and not Buckskin Dun
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Tjigra Offline Visit My Farm Visit My Farm Joined: Mon Jun 06, 2016 11:27 am Posts: 467

Re: What color is my colt?

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I agree, dunskin would be much more yellow. Like this:

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Jayde2202 Offline Visit My Farm Visit My Farm Joined: Sat Nov 03, 2018 1:04 pm Posts: 9

Re: What color is my colt?

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I think he is a Buckskin
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Aela Offline Visit My Farm Visit My Farm Joined: Sat Aug 15, 2015 8:19 am Posts: 574

Re: What color is my colt?

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Jayde2202 wrote:I think he is a Buckskin
He's 100% Bay Dun :)

A buckskin would look more like this,



while a Buckskin Dun / Dunskin looks more like the excellent example Tjigra posted
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UniqueSteeds Offline Visit My Farm Visit My Farm Joined: Sun Jul 29, 2018 12:48 am Posts: 17

Re: What color is my colt?

Post by UniqueSteeds »

Wow I didn't know that. I'll have to give my dunskins a good look, thanks!

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