Colour Genetics,please help???

WhisperingStar · 03-25-2005, 08:24 PM

OK I think I have a chocolate chestnut colt. I am thinking of gelding him but if he is this rare colouring I will keep him a stud. Does anyone have a pic or info on what to look for in this rare colouring ? He has light brown almost greyish brown eyes and looks brown but is turning blacker with the shedding of his winter coat.

HorseCraze120 · 03-25-2005, 08:26 PM

You mean like a Liver Chesnut?

HorseCraze120 · 03-25-2005, 08:28 PM

Or something like any of these?

http://members.tripod.com/cavanaughc...of_a_horse.htm

WhisperingStar · 03-25-2005, 08:30 PM

No chocolate chesnut, darker....almost black but with light colour brown eyes. Not really a warm brown but a greyish brown....

HorseCraze120 · 03-25-2005, 08:33 PM

do you have any pictures of him?

WhisperingStar · 03-25-2005, 08:40 PM

I need to take a new pic but here he is : ... hey Kelly what do you think ???

WhisperingStar · 03-25-2005, 08:44 PM

His eyes are not a dark bewon they are kind of light but greyish brown.......

I will take another pic tomorrow. His mom is palomino and his dad is black... so ... I think he is a smoky black.

UnDun* · 03-25-2005, 09:15 PM

maybe he's a special roan-bay lol.

Cara · 03-25-2005, 09:33 PM

I think he's liver chestnut. I knew (well, know) this stud who is liver chestnut, but he's so dark that he looks black unless you take him out into the sun or something. Your colt is adorable by the way.

Personally though, I'd geld him. Unless he's a very good version of his breed. Sorry, I'm just against breeding for color. But if he's got the temperment, the conformation, and the color - that's even better!

timberline · 03-26-2005, 04:48 AM

I'd say liver chestnut too. There's a Shetland Pony here who's such a really dark chestnut that he looks black in the winter. In the summer he's a rich chocolate brown.

03-25-2005, 08:24 PM	#1
WhisperingStar Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Manitoba, Canada Posts: 416 Images: 11	Colour Genetics,please help??? OK I think I have a chocolate chestnut colt. I am thinking of gelding him but if he is this rare colouring I will keep him a stud. Does anyone have a pic or info on what to look for in this rare colouring ? He has light brown almost greyish brown eyes and looks brown but is turning blacker with the shedding of his winter coat.

03-25-2005, 08:26 PM	#2
HorseCraze120 Senior Member+ Join Date: May 2004 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 10,588 Images: 394 Blog Entries: 4	You mean like a Liver Chesnut? __________________ Ashley I've Been Snowball'd!! i was on HGS when we hit 3 million posts Rules and Sebastian - forever in my heart<3

03-25-2005, 08:28 PM	#3
HorseCraze120 Senior Member+ Join Date: May 2004 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 10,588 Images: 394 Blog Entries: 4	Or something like any of these? http://members.tripod.com/cavanaughc...of_a_horse.htm __________________ Ashley I've Been Snowball'd!! i was on HGS when we hit 3 million posts Rules and Sebastian - forever in my heart<3

03-25-2005, 08:33 PM	#5
HorseCraze120 Senior Member+ Join Date: May 2004 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 10,588 Images: 394 Blog Entries: 4	do you have any pictures of him? __________________ Ashley I've Been Snowball'd!! i was on HGS when we hit 3 million posts Rules and Sebastian - forever in my heart<3

03-25-2005, 08:40 PM	#6
WhisperingStar Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Manitoba, Canada Posts: 416 Images: 11	I need to take a new pic but here he is : ... hey Kelly what do you think ??? Attached Thumbnails

03-25-2005, 08:30 PM	#4
WhisperingStar Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Manitoba, Canada Posts: 416 Images: 11	No chocolate chesnut, darker....almost black but with light colour brown eyes. Not really a warm brown but a greyish brown....

03-25-2005, 08:44 PM	#7
WhisperingStar Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Manitoba, Canada Posts: 416 Images: 11	His eyes are not a dark bewon they are kind of light but greyish brown....... I will take another pic tomorrow. His mom is palomino and his dad is black... so ... I think he is a smoky black.

03-25-2005, 09:15 PM	#8
UnDun* Senior Member+ Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 1,850 Images: 138	maybe he's a special roan-bay lol. __________________ "Ride What You've Got" *Dallas & Heather*

03-25-2005, 09:33 PM	#9
Cara Senior Member+ Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Northern California Posts: 3,821 Images: 27	I think he's liver chestnut. I knew (well, know) this stud who is liver chestnut, but he's so dark that he looks black unless you take him out into the sun or something. Your colt is adorable by the way. Personally though, I'd geld him. Unless he's a very good version of his breed. Sorry, I'm just against breeding for color. But if he's got the temperment, the conformation, and the color - that's even better! __________________ ~It Depends~ Cara ~ http://dressagecowgrl.blogspot.com ~

03-26-2005, 04:48 AM	#10
timberline Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Canada Posts: 1,057 Images: 140	I'd say liver chestnut too. There's a Shetland Pony here who's such a really dark chestnut that he looks black in the winter. In the summer he's a rich chocolate brown. __________________ *Let The Evidence Speak For Itself...*

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