Color experts please. Color test info. back from UC Davis post 25

Slowrider · 04-17-2007, 08:51 PM

Thank you Haas Horse Farm! I appreciate any and all info. I can get on color genetics. I find it very fascinating and have to admit that I got hooked on it here on this forum. Unfortunately, I'm still new to all of this so I also like to refer to others that know more than me. That's the best way to learn.

Glad to have you here on HGS. I'm sure you'll have a lot of knowledge to share with us!

JBandRio · 04-18-2007, 07:53 AM

Nice horses! It's not uncommon at all for a brown or dark bay horse to have light colored hair in his ears. But except for sun bleaching, I have never seen it in a *just* black horse.

JBandRio · 04-18-2007, 10:59 AM

Well, my friend can believe he's *just" a black horse. She wouldn't have believed it a year ago. But, she's had several foals born this year who are doing the same thing - they look black, but have tan ear hairs. She's had them tested - no cream. So I guess you have it - black!

Slowrider · 04-18-2007, 02:34 PM

LOL JB! I know what you mean. That through me off too! Oh well, even if she is just 'black' she's a real sweetheart and I love her!

JBandRio · 04-18-2007, 05:56 PM

If it's just killing you that she isn't a smokey black, you could ask to have the test run again - they've been known to make a mistake. My color friend that I asked had that happen to her - she was POSITIVE one foal was a Pearl, and the first test came back as Crcr which pretty much proved it - the foal looked very Perlino. However, the next day, UCD called her and told her there was an error, the filly really was CrCr.

04-18-2007, 07:53 AM	#42
JBandRio Senior Member+ Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: NC Posts: 21,274 Images: 129 Blog Entries: 12	Nice horses! It's not uncommon at all for a brown or dark bay horse to have light colored hair in his ears. But except for sun bleaching, I have never seen it in a just black horse. __________________ - JB Acres, owned and operated by Dynamite animals. - It's a wonder horses as a whole don't just kill us all and be done with their misery. - Keep your voice soothing and low - even when things get western (buck1173) - Rio feels good - he bounced an in-and-out

04-18-2007, 10:59 AM	#43
JBandRio Senior Member+ Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: NC Posts: 21,274 Images: 129 Blog Entries: 12	Well, my friend can believe he's just" a black horse. She wouldn't have believed it a year ago. But, she's had several foals born this year who are doing the same thing - they look black, but have tan ear hairs. She's had them tested - no cream. So I guess you have it - black! __________________ - JB Acres, owned and operated by Dynamite* animals. - It's a wonder horses as a whole don't just kill us all and be done with their misery. - Keep your voice soothing and low - even when things get western (buck1173) - Rio feels good - he bounced an in-and-out

04-18-2007, 05:56 PM	#45
JBandRio Senior Member+ Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: NC Posts: 21,274 Images: 129 Blog Entries: 12	If it's just killing you that she isn't a smokey black, you could ask to have the test run again - they've been known to make a mistake. My color friend that I asked had that happen to her - she was POSITIVE one foal was a Pearl, and the first test came back as Crcr which pretty much proved it - the foal looked very Perlino. However, the next day, UCD called her and told her there was an error, the filly really was CrCr. __________________ - JB Acres, owned and operated by Dynamite animals. - It's a wonder horses as a whole don't just kill us all and be done with their misery. - Keep your voice soothing and low - even when things get western (buck1173) - Rio feels good - he bounced an in-and-out

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04-17-2007, 08:51 PM	#41
Slowrider Senior Member+ Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Alberta, Canada Posts: 1,908 Images: 82	Thank you Haas Horse Farm! I appreciate any and all info. I can get on color genetics. I find it very fascinating and have to admit that I got hooked on it here on this forum. Unfortunately, I'm still new to all of this so I also like to refer to others that know more than me. That's the best way to learn. Glad to have you here on HGS. I'm sure you'll have a lot of knowledge to share with us!

04-18-2007, 02:34 PM	#44
Slowrider Senior Member+ Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Alberta, Canada Posts: 1,908 Images: 82	LOL JB! I know what you mean. That through me off too! Oh well, even if she is just 'black' she's a real sweetheart and I love her!

Color experts please. ***Color test info. back from UC Davis*** post 25

Color experts please. Color test info. back from UC Davis post 25