how unusual is this?

circlea · 06-18-2004, 09:18 AM

i had a solid bay filly born a month ago with 2 blue eyes. her mom is a solid bay and her dad is a chesnutt/overo with brown eyes. how unusual is this? here's a pic....

devilishjumper · 06-18-2004, 09:19 AM

i don't know but it's a cute foal!

HalterGirl_88 · 06-18-2004, 09:22 AM

It's not that unusual, just goes to show how genetics can affect the foal. One or both parents probably have blue eyes in their genes and it popped up in your foal.

Cowgirl2135 · 06-18-2004, 09:26 AM

It is BEAUTIFUL!!

I agree with Halter girl, if both parents had ressive blue eyes, they usually come on the next gentration

circlea · 06-18-2004, 09:52 AM

well this isnt the first time this particular bay mare has thrown a blue eyed foal, but the other foal born 2 years ago had some paint characteristics also.and her dad's eyes were blue. so i assumed she got her blue eyes from him.here is a pic of the 2 year old which is this bay fillies 1/2 sister....

Horsebrat20 · 06-18-2004, 10:47 AM

That is sooo cool! She looks like... i don't know, really neat!

LateBloomer · 06-18-2004, 11:17 AM

Yes, both the mother and father have at least the recessive gene for blue eyes. Recessive meaning somewhere in there family tree one of their ancesters had blue eyes, but they don't. They still carry the gene. So, if they both have brown eyes, and have recessive for blue, they have a 1 in 4 chance of having offspring with blue eyes! I must admit though, I have never seen blue eyes on a bay before. Paints and grays are pretty common.

LateBloomer · 06-18-2004, 11:19 AM

Oops! it's not a bay, sorry. It looks like a paint though.

horse_crazy · 06-18-2004, 11:23 AM

Cute baby! Not uncommon at all. I know a bay QH mare that was bred to a sooty buckskin QH stallion...she had a bay colt w/ 1 blue eye. As others have told you both sire and dam must have had 1-2 blue eyes in their background.

AQHA1972 · 06-18-2004, 12:05 PM

It looks so pretty, I love it.

06-18-2004, 09:18 AM	#1
circlea Full Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Lebanon, TN Posts: 48	how unusual is this? i had a solid bay filly born a month ago with 2 blue eyes. her mom is a solid bay and her dad is a chesnutt/overo with brown eyes. how unusual is this? here's a pic.... Attached Thumbnails __________________ My Girls: Jazzmine Sirlee(Jazz)-(1/2 arabian 1/2 quarter) bay mare 6-16-1992 MiracleGirlKeeper(Keeper)-(APHA) palamino tobiano mare 3-23-2000 Dixie Sirlee(Dixie)-(pinto) sorrel blue eyed mare 4-26-2002 Jesse Sirlee(Jess)-(pinto) bay blue eyed filly 5-23-2004 Last edited by circlea; 09-03-2004 at 04:41 PM.

06-18-2004, 09:19 AM	#2
devilishjumper Senior Member+ Join Date: May 2004 Location: Pennslyvania USA Posts: 2,129 Images: 101	i don't know but it's a cute foal! __________________ ~Kim~

06-18-2004, 09:26 AM	#4
Cowgirl2135 Senior Member+ Join Date: May 2004 Location: California, USA Posts: 3,456 Images: 32	It is BEAUTIFUL!! I agree with Halter girl, if both parents had ressive blue eyes, they usually come on the next gentration __________________ My Quarter Horse is better than your 4th level dressage horse!

06-18-2004, 09:52 AM	#5
circlea Full Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Lebanon, TN Posts: 48	well this isnt the first time this particular bay mare has thrown a blue eyed foal, but the other foal born 2 years ago had some paint characteristics also.and her dad's eyes were blue. so i assumed she got her blue eyes from him.here is a pic of the 2 year old which is this bay fillies 1/2 sister.... Attached Thumbnails __________________ My Girls: Jazzmine Sirlee(Jazz)-(1/2 arabian 1/2 quarter) bay mare 6-16-1992 MiracleGirlKeeper(Keeper)-(APHA) palamino tobiano mare 3-23-2000 Dixie Sirlee(Dixie)-(pinto) sorrel blue eyed mare 4-26-2002 Jesse Sirlee(Jess)-(pinto) bay blue eyed filly 5-23-2004

06-18-2004, 10:47 AM	#6
Horsebrat20 Senior Member+ Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: RI Posts: 1,629 Images: 43	That is sooo cool! She looks like... i don't know, really neat! __________________ "The biggest enemy to the partnership of dressage is impatience and the human nature to dominate other creatures." Walter Zettl

06-18-2004, 09:22 AM	#3
HalterGirl_88 Senior Member+ Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 1,611	It's not that unusual, just goes to show how genetics can affect the foal. One or both parents probably have blue eyes in their genes and it popped up in your foal.

06-18-2004, 11:17 AM	#7
LateBloomer Senior Member Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 652 Images: 48	Yes, both the mother and father have at least the recessive gene for blue eyes. Recessive meaning somewhere in there family tree one of their ancesters had blue eyes, but they don't. They still carry the gene. So, if they both have brown eyes, and have recessive for blue, they have a 1 in 4 chance of having offspring with blue eyes! I must admit though, I have never seen blue eyes on a bay before. Paints and grays are pretty common.

06-18-2004, 11:19 AM	#8
LateBloomer Senior Member Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 652 Images: 48	Oops! it's not a bay, sorry. It looks like a paint though.

06-18-2004, 11:23 AM	#9
horse_crazy Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 1,067	Cute baby! Not uncommon at all. I know a bay QH mare that was bred to a sooty buckskin QH stallion...she had a bay colt w/ 1 blue eye. As others have told you both sire and dam must have had 1-2 blue eyes in their background.

06-18-2004, 12:05 PM	#10
AQHA1972 Senior Member+ Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Texas Posts: 2,599	It looks so pretty, I love it.

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