Can you explain blue eyes?

SweetIron · 03-05-2005, 10:39 AM

can someone explain blue eyes as a trait, in layman's terms? Basically, if I bred a blue-eyed mare to a blue-eyed stud, would I definately get a blue-eyed foal, or not? I am just curious.

BestofPrincess · 03-05-2005, 10:46 AM

no garentee its just where the pigment isnt, it can have no pigment on any part of the body, some times the eyes some times not its the luck of the draw

circlea · 03-05-2005, 04:14 PM

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Originally Posted by BestofPrincess

no garentee its just where the pigment isnt, it can have no pigment on any part of the body, some times the eyes some times not its the luck of the draw

so true! last year i had a solid bay filly born with 2 blue eyes. she was out of a bay solid brown eyed arabian mare and a brown eyed paint stallion.

Top Dun · 03-05-2005, 04:53 PM

Blue eyes GENERALLY occur with Pinto type genes like sabino and splash name a few. Blue eyes are also seen on horses with excessive amountsof white on thier faces. Blye eyes can occur in any breed that has white markings, But are most often seen in horses with pinto type markings on their body. I don't know enought about the genetics of the blue eyes to say, but personally I'd guess that NO you cannot GUARANTEE getting a blue eyed horse just by breeding two blue eyed horses together.

03-05-2005, 10:39 AM	#1
SweetIron Senior Member+ Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: ARCADE, NY Posts: 1,960 Images: 143	Can you explain blue eyes? can someone explain blue eyes as a trait, in layman's terms? Basically, if I bred a blue-eyed mare to a blue-eyed stud, would I definately get a blue-eyed foal, or not? I am just curious. __________________ -Jen- and.. Cuesta 1999 solid APHA.. gotta register her.. a DocBar granddaughter.. Emma 1999 Tovero mare; as misunderstood as me..

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BestofPrincess Senior Member+ Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: USA MD Posts: 5,175 Images: 579 Blog Entries: 14	no garentee its just where the pigment isnt, it can have no pigment on any part of the body, some times the eyes some times not its the luck of the draw __________________ tjitske you never deserved to lose a foal 5/31/05 dolly we pray for you and your lost foal 7/26/05 Duct tape is the new glue

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Top Dun Senior Member+ Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: New Mexico Posts: 5,659 Images: 178 Blog Entries: 1	Blue eyes GENERALLY occur with Pinto type genes like sabino and splash name a few. Blue eyes are also seen on horses with excessive amountsof white on thier faces. Blye eyes can occur in any breed that has white markings, But are most often seen in horses with pinto type markings on their body. I don't know enought about the genetics of the blue eyes to say, but personally I'd guess that NO you cannot GUARANTEE getting a blue eyed horse just by breeding two blue eyed horses together. __________________ Real ID Act is not going to help create a NATIONAL ID, instead it is helping to create an INTERNATIONAL Biometric ID Card. The world is being enrolled into a single global biometric ID system through - passports, driver's license Social Security card, etc.

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