Guess the colour!

[ponynut]

As I said I was blessed with accidental issue- I bought a mare that was THREE WEEKS PREGNANT! She is dapple grey and sire is chestnut. My filly was born dark brown with a black mane and tail and two hind socks and a large star and snip. (May sound muddled but she is gorgeous.) Kismet is now going black as her Winter coat comes through. Has any one any suggestions to her final colour as I can't make up my mind but favour grey.


Any Ideas?

 

[larri]

Hmm...I reckon grey in the end. Though I always thought that chestnut was the dominant colour gene!?

My filly is by a very dark bay stallion, out of a grey mare. She's bay roan now but will be all grey, possibly rose grey by the time she's six (2 now). She had black legs, mane and tail when I got her a year ago, and they're already going white.

Larri

 

[elle]

Possibly grey, i wouldnt have thougth vhestnute becasue she has a dark mane and tail

 

[LindaAd]

Is Kismet the baby? Perhaps she'll stay dark bay. I think greys are often born black; I don't know if they're evey born bay. How exciting!

 

[elle]

the sire to my aunties foal was born bay and then turned gey when he was about 2 or 3, were hoping my aunties foal will turn grey too, she does have grey on her legs even though the rest of her is bay.

 

[Barkless]

Let's see, I hope I'm remembering horse color genetics correctly:

If your mare is homozygous for gray (that is, she has two copies of the gray gene), then the foal will be gray since your mare will always pass on the gray gene and gray is dominant. If she's heterozygous (has only one gray gene), then there's a 50% chance of a gray foal (assuming that the sire doesn't have a gray gene). Do you know the colors of your mare's sire and dam?

Graying usually shows up around the eyes and muzzle first.

 

[Jaz]

It wont be chestnut as this is the recessive gene so you need two chestnut parents to have a chance of a chestnut. I'm going to favour grey bu the sound of her. Grey horses are often born dark

 

[elle]

Hi, just somthing i found in a book

'' there are dominant genes, for example bay is dominant to black whereas grey is dominant to both black and grey. Chestnut is recessive to all other colours.'

 

[ponynut]

colour

Thanks for the inputs.
So grey seems possible. I ish I knew Mom's lineage.
I think Kizzy will be grey or bay.
She is sound and affectionate and as the saying goes "there is no such thing as a bad colour".
Time will tell.......