My palomino is getting black hair???

Jennie'sPassion · 03-13-2006, 10:26 AM

I was brushing Sunshine this morning and I noticed that she is getting alot of black hair in her mane and tail. Her mother is a buckskin. Do you think she will turn into a buckskin? Is this possible for a 4 yr. old? Her tail is getting so thick I can hardly pick it out and in the middle it is BLACK...I never noticed this before, I think it is new hair growth. She is beautiful anyway I was just wandering why she would be changing now.

In the summer when she sheds out she is very pale yellow (almost white).
Do you think her mane and tail will turn totally black? Just Curious

Gallop N Gal · 03-13-2006, 10:47 AM

Hrm... its possible i guess, but im not good at this, i know they can change colors, like when sandy was 2 he was a sooty buckskin, now at 4.5 hes turning into a golden colored buckskin, each year he gets more golden. So there is a chance she could have a black mane and tail!!

Quick2Skip01 · 03-13-2006, 10:47 AM

I highly doubt that she will turn to a buckskin. Most often horses will change color after their foal coat, or I have heard of buckskin yearlings going gray after their yearling year. I am not really sure why she is getting black hairs, but I don't think it a 4 year old palomino can change into a buckskin.

imacowgirl2 · 03-13-2006, 02:22 PM

The palomino and buckskin colorings are produced by two different gene combos...so she can't change from a palomino to a buckskin. However, she could have the genes for buckskin and just now be showing them, though she is pretty old for that to be happening. We had a foal we thought was palomino until she shed out her foal coat to show black legs and her mane and tail turned blacker.

BornToRide · 03-13-2006, 02:24 PM

i know my palomino got some black hairs in his tail and mane and they eventually fall out. nothing to worry about she wont change color

3WishesDun · 03-13-2006, 02:27 PM

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Originally Posted by imacowgirl2

The palomino and buckskin colorings are produced by two different gene combos...so she can't change from a palomino to a buckskin. However, she could have the genes for buckskin and just now be showing them, though she is pretty old for that to be happening. We had a foal we thought was palomino until she shed out her foal coat to show black legs and her mane and tail turned blacker.

Yep...Palomino is a red based horse with a creme gene. Buckskin is a black based horse with agouti and one creme gene. You could always have your horse tested by UC Davis.

cassidy · 03-13-2006, 02:27 PM

i wouldnt worry to much with my 4/5 year old hes forever changing he was a bright chesnut then a liver chestnut now hes kinda in between lol

luvs2ride79 · 03-13-2006, 02:57 PM

She's probably a sooty palomino. Feed and nutrition can also play a BIG role in coat color. Your hay, pasture, or grain might be different than it was last year.

~Barbara

probarrelracer · 03-13-2006, 04:56 PM

Many palominos will grow black hairs in their mane and tail. It is usually very few hairs though.

JBandRio · 03-14-2006, 11:30 AM

And just for the record - the hairs might LOOK black, but they aren't. Palominos (all red-based colors) do not have a gene for black, so black can't be part of the picture. Very dark brown or dark gray, perhaps.

03-13-2006, 10:26 AM	#1
Jennie'sPassion Senior Member+ Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Virginia Posts: 3,516 Images: 700 Blog Entries: 27	My palomino is getting black hair??? I was brushing Sunshine this morning and I noticed that she is getting alot of black hair in her mane and tail. Her mother is a buckskin. Do you think she will turn into a buckskin? Is this possible for a 4 yr. old? Her tail is getting so thick I can hardly pick it out and in the middle it is BLACK...I never noticed this before, I think it is new hair growth. She is beautiful anyway I was just wandering why she would be changing now. In the summer when she sheds out she is very pale yellow (almost white). Do you think her mane and tail will turn totally black? Just Curious __________________ I laugh, I love, I hope, I try I hurt, I need, I fear, I cry And I know you do the same things too So we're really not that different, me and you. ~Collin Raye~

03-13-2006, 10:47 AM	#3
Quick2Skip01 Senior Member+ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Grand Rapids, Michigan Posts: 4,678 Images: 344 Blog Entries: 7	I highly doubt that she will turn to a buckskin. Most often horses will change color after their foal coat, or I have heard of buckskin yearlings going gray after their yearling year. I am not really sure why she is getting black hairs, but I don't think it a 4 year old palomino can change into a buckskin. __________________ 2008 ABRA National Reserve High-Point Amateur Horse Power- (Informal) The extraordinary capacity of the horse to elevate the human spirit. ? Got Dun Factor ?

03-13-2006, 02:24 PM	#5
BornToRide Senior Member+ Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 4,016 Images: 199	i know my palomino got some black hairs in his tail and mane and they eventually fall out. nothing to worry about she wont change color __________________ There are times when you can trust a horse, times when you can't and times when you have to. got to get the bagel with the cream cheeze oh the creamy creamy cheeze eh Blistering Winds? lmao

03-13-2006, 02:27 PM	#7
cassidy Senior Member+ Join Date: May 2004 Location: england - its sunny sometimes honest! Posts: 21,789 Images: 843	i wouldnt worry to much with my 4/5 year old hes forever changing he was a bright chesnut then a liver chestnut now hes kinda in between lol __________________ bluebell , haribo , william & lil bill May your life be like toilet paper - Long and useful A horse doesn't care how much you know until he knows how much you care. - Pat Parelli http://www.freewebs.com/linz88055/myprofile.htm

03-13-2006, 02:57 PM	#8
luvs2ride79 Senior Member+ Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Arkansas, USA Posts: 6,182 Images: 47	She's probably a sooty palomino. Feed and nutrition can also play a BIG role in coat color. Your hay, pasture, or grain might be different than it was last year. ~Barbara __________________ "To be an equestrian in the classical sense is not just to be a rider. It is a position in life." --Charles de Kunffy Little Rock Equestrian Center - my newest venture Anti-Slaughter and PROUD! StopHorseSlaughter.com

03-13-2006, 10:47 AM	#2
Gallop N Gal Senior Member+ Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Land O' Cheese Posts: 5,356 Images: 850 Blog Entries: 2	Hrm... its possible i guess, but im not good at this, i know they can change colors, like when sandy was 2 he was a sooty buckskin, now at 4.5 hes turning into a golden colored buckskin, each year he gets more golden. So there is a chance she could have a black mane and tail!!

03-13-2006, 02:22 PM	#4
imacowgirl2 Senior Member+ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: here, there, and everywhere! Posts: 2,824 Images: 234 Blog Entries: 17	The palomino and buckskin colorings are produced by two different gene combos...so she can't change from a palomino to a buckskin. However, she could have the genes for buckskin and just now be showing them, though she is pretty old for that to be happening. We had a foal we thought was palomino until she shed out her foal coat to show black legs and her mane and tail turned blacker.

03-13-2006, 04:56 PM	#9
probarrelracer Senior Member+ Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Louisiana Posts: 2,273 Images: 603	Many palominos will grow black hairs in their mane and tail. It is usually very few hairs though.

03-14-2006, 11:30 AM	#10
JBandRio Senior Member+ Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: NC Posts: 32,003 Images: 196 Blog Entries: 12	And just for the record - the hairs might LOOK black, but they aren't. Palominos (all red-based colors) do not have a gene for black, so black can't be part of the picture. Very dark brown or dark gray, perhaps. __________________ - 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)

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