Foal Markings

Appylvr · 05-01-2007, 10:52 PM

A chestnut (like your baby) will have the lighter legs as they go lower... You can see on this little guy that the bottom of his front legs are darker.

You can see the darker hairs on the back of this one's lower legs (but otherwise they look like chestnuts0

MyBelgianAzzy · 05-01-2007, 10:57 PM

This thread has me laughing out loud, between the hoof color determing socks, 3WD's progressive hoof images that made me feel mashed into her horse's foot, and the color changing baby! (maybe I need more sleep)

oliviarox55 · 05-02-2007, 04:36 AM

ahah yeah!:P

JBandRio · 05-02-2007, 06:06 AM

Appylvr, the foal in your picture up there is a bay

JBandRio · 05-02-2007, 06:08 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Blistering Winds

Sorry, my horse has a rear sock....and black hoof.

That's because he also has dark hair, therefore dark skin, right at the coronet band.

It doesn't matter how much white is above the coronet band, it matters what color the skin is at the coronet band.

JBandRio · 05-02-2007, 06:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by oliviarox55

So the baby now has a dark brown muzzel but a week or so ago it was a very light colour. Will she stay chestnut or might she turn to a darker colour.

A brown muzzle, of whatever shade, doesn't tell much. And, chestnut will always stay chestnut, it just depends on the shade.

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My friend owns her full brother. He was born chestnut and turned a nice dark bay.?

Nope, genetically impossible

Chestnut cannot turn bay. Bay cannot turn chestnut. Now, what often happens is people see the lighter, tan/silver hairs on the lower legs, the mane and tail aren't always born black (but they don't come out "chestnut" either), and think "chestnut". A chestnut foal and a bay foal look very different, but sometimes you just have to see them side by side to see the difference. The silver/tan hairs on the lower legs of a bay foal shed out black.

blitzrider383 · 05-02-2007, 06:17 AM

You can't always get the pattern you are hoping for, but I have seen many solid chestnuts that turn at to be beautiful show horses!

oliviarox55 · 05-02-2007, 10:48 AM

Aww darn I was really hopeing she may turn darker

.. aww oh well.. I still love her!

oliviarox55 · 05-08-2007, 11:44 AM

I would just like to point out the difference in the colours here. This is a horse at the barn. She was born in 2005. In the first picture she is chestnut. She has the light chestnut legs. The chestnut tail & mane. Now (This picture was taken about 6 months ago) she is a bay. Please explain. I know the baby picture isn't the greatest picture.

Solsalia · 05-08-2007, 11:54 AM

She looks like a chesnut with a dark mane, I don't see dark points on the legs, plus her tail is still red. in the side profile

05-01-2007, 10:52 PM	#31
Appylvr Senior Member+ Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: California Posts: 6,923 Images: 307	A chestnut (like your baby) will have the lighter legs as they go lower... You can see on this little guy that the bottom of his front legs are darker. You can see the darker hairs on the back of this one's lower legs (but otherwise they look like chestnuts0 __________________ ~Tonya~ Teak~Coco~Baylee~Dolly~Rosie~Shilo~Jazzy A solitary ride through the bush is more beneficial than six months with the best psychiatrist

05-02-2007, 04:36 AM	#33
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05-02-2007, 06:06 AM	#34
JBandRio Senior Member+ Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: NC Posts: 21,277 Images: 129 Blog Entries: 12	Appylvr, the foal in your picture up there is a bay __________________ - 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

05-02-2007, 06:17 AM	#37
blitzrider383 Full Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Ellwood City, Pennsylvania Posts: 52 Images: 73 Blog Entries: 1	You can't always get the pattern you are hoping for, but I have seen many solid chestnuts that turn at to be beautiful show horses! __________________ BlitzRider383 "It is not just the powerful legs of the horse, but the invisible wings and the incomparable spirit that lets us soar to great heights." --KjConrad--

05-02-2007, 10:48 AM	#38
oliviarox55 Full Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Ottawa Ontario Posts: 66 Images: 33 Blog Entries: 1	Aww darn I was really hopeing she may turn darker.. aww oh well.. I still love her! __________________ Georgia&Indiana<3

05-08-2007, 11:44 AM	#39
oliviarox55 Full Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Ottawa Ontario Posts: 66 Images: 33 Blog Entries: 1	I would just like to point out the difference in the colours here. This is a horse at the barn. She was born in 2005. In the first picture she is chestnut. She has the light chestnut legs. The chestnut tail & mane. Now (This picture was taken about 6 months ago) she is a bay. Please explain. I know the baby picture isn't the greatest picture. __________________ Georgia&Indiana<3

05-08-2007, 11:54 AM	#40
Solsalia Senior Member+ Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Idaho Posts: 1,952 Images: 123 Blog Entries: 7	She looks like a chesnut with a dark mane, I don't see dark points on the legs, plus her tail is still red. in the side profile __________________ Because of them I strive to make everyday my best day.

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