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frighten Offline Visit My Farm Visit My Farm Joined: Fri Oct 09, 2015 5:09 am Posts: 8

Black out of pally & brown(grey)?

Post by frighten »

Hi guys! I know a tiny bit about RL horse genetics as I am a 'real' horse person..

This was my first breeding pair.

There's not much doubt the mare is pally, and I owned the sire when he was less grey, he was definitely brown and not black.
Is the foal going to change colour as she ages, or have I got a genetic anomaly?

This is the foal:
http://www.horseworldonline.net/farm/pasture/5621

The dam:
http://www.horseworldonline.net/horse/profile/78665

The sire:
http://www.horseworldonline.net/horse/profile/71082


Thanks guys!
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Re: Black out of pally & brown(grey)?

Post by Argent »

Not an anomoly. Pretty standard, actually. The palomino mare is e/e -/a and the greying brown stallion is E/- At/a. Dominant E makes the horse black-based (bay, brown, or black), and recessive a/a makes the horse black (rather than bay, A, or brown, At, or wild bay, A+).
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frighten Offline Visit My Farm Visit My Farm Joined: Fri Oct 09, 2015 5:09 am Posts: 8

Re: Black out of pally & brown(grey)?

Post by frighten »

Thanks! I don't really know much about agouti.. I was banking on the foal being either creme influenced or boring brown :P

Do you think the foal is going to grey? I can sort of see goggles but can't zoom in to have a better look.
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nyraeia Offline Visit My Farm Visit My Farm Joined: Tue Aug 04, 2015 2:47 pm Posts: 621

Re: Black out of pally & brown(grey)?

Post by nyraeia »

No, it's just the skin around the eye being a bit shiny. By one year, grey would be a bit more obvious.
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frighten Offline Visit My Farm Visit My Farm Joined: Fri Oct 09, 2015 5:09 am Posts: 8

Re: Black out of pally & brown(grey)?

Post by frighten »

No problemo, thanks heaps to both of you for such swift replies :) Feeling like a lot of a newb!

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