What color is our Filly??

Crzybrrlrcr · 04-23-2006, 03:40 PM

We bought this nice Pony mare ad her filly last week and have no idea what color she is going to be. Mom is obviously a Palomino.

Here is a link to pics!

http://community.webshots.com/album/549754577kDmuqv

Jig · 04-23-2006, 04:12 PM

It's hard to tell when they're that young. But It does look like she's lightening around her flank area. My friend has a 3 year old who was a gorgeous black... now she's roaning. so it's hard to say...but she is adorable!!

Solsalia · 04-23-2006, 04:23 PM

Something to do with bay I would think. She does look very odd. Very cute though

prettyqtrs · 04-23-2006, 04:31 PM

At this point I'd say bay. Do you know what the sire's color is?

Top Dun · 04-23-2006, 04:36 PM

Looks like a bay to me. To dark for a buckskin. beautiful baby. momma looks like she could stand a few more groceries or a deworming and a teeth check up. Have you been able to have a vet check on the mare yet? Babies often cause mares to loose weight when the mare puts alot of extra nutrients into the milk. But I'm sure with a bit more time she'll gain that weight. Do you know what the sire was supposed to be? What breed are they?

ShadyGirl82 · 04-23-2006, 04:41 PM

id say a bay personally

Sancho · 04-23-2006, 06:53 PM

very gorgous, what colour is the sire?

JBandRio · 04-23-2006, 07:51 PM

Besides being VERY cute

I believe she is a bay, or POSSIBLY a dark buckskin.

Crzybrrlrcr · 04-23-2006, 08:11 PM

Thanks for the ideas. Everyone I talk to says dark buckskin. I bought this mare and foal at a sale so I have no idea of her sire. The mare is 54" tall. They are QH type. I have the mare on Mare and Foal feed. She will start to gain weight soon. I am working her this week. This is not my first baby

I know its hard to tell colors on babies cause they tend to change. She has light cloing around her eyes. I guess only time will tell.

JBandRio · 04-23-2006, 08:20 PM

Bays are born with the future-black-hair on the legs as a tannish color, and depending on the modifications of bay they have - pangare being the most common, giving the tannish muzzle - their face hairs will vary.

In contracts, black horses are usually born a mousey-gray color. If they are born black, it's very often a sign they will be gray - think Lipizzaners, nearly all of whom are gray, nearly all of whom are born black, not mousey

04-23-2006, 03:40 PM	#1
Crzybrrlrcr Full Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Alabama Posts: 172 Images: 18	What color is our Filly?? We bought this nice Pony mare ad her filly last week and have no idea what color she is going to be. Mom is obviously a Palomino. Here is a link to pics! http://community.webshots.com/album/549754577kDmuqv __________________ Nikki Nik Nak Braided Tack Check it out on my Website http://www.runningsranch.org

04-23-2006, 04:12 PM	#2
Jig Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 600 Images: 41	It's hard to tell when they're that young. But It does look like she's lightening around her flank area. My friend has a 3 year old who was a gorgeous black... now she's roaning. so it's hard to say...but she is adorable!! __________________ "So the next time someone says that he's "Just a horse", "Just" Smile.. because they "Just" don't understand."

04-23-2006, 04:31 PM	#4
prettyqtrs Senior Member+ Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 3,117	At this point I'd say bay. Do you know what the sire's color is? __________________ ~Meg~ ~ Poco ~ BG ~ Star ~ Deville ~

04-23-2006, 04:36 PM	#5
Top Dun Senior Member+ Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: New Mexico Posts: 5,706 Images: 183 Blog Entries: 1	Looks like a bay to me. To dark for a buckskin. beautiful baby. momma looks like she could stand a few more groceries or a deworming and a teeth check up. Have you been able to have a vet check on the mare yet? Babies often cause mares to loose weight when the mare puts alot of extra nutrients into the milk. But I'm sure with a bit more time she'll gain that weight. Do you know what the sire was supposed to be? What breed are they? __________________ Cattle Producers DO NOT want NAIS: When asked if they thought NAIS should be a mandatory system requiring all U.S. cattle producers to participate, 21.22% of respondents said yes, 50.32% said no, and 28.46% were undecided.

04-23-2006, 04:41 PM	#6
ShadyGirl82 Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Aurora, CO Posts: 3,728 Images: 123 Blog Entries: 2	id say a bay personally __________________ -Horseless and really bummed- ~Una

04-23-2006, 04:23 PM	#3
Solsalia Senior Member+ Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Idaho Posts: 2,032 Images: 136 Blog Entries: 7	Something to do with bay I would think. She does look very odd. Very cute though

04-23-2006, 06:53 PM	#7
Sancho Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Australia Posts: 1,812 Images: 108	very gorgous, what colour is the sire?

04-23-2006, 07:51 PM	#8
JBandRio Senior Member+ Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: NC Posts: 23,784 Images: 145 Blog Entries: 12	Besides being VERY cute I believe she is a bay, or POSSIBLY a dark buckskin. __________________ - 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) - You can't hit me with all those snowballs!

04-23-2006, 08:11 PM	#9
Crzybrrlrcr Full Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Alabama Posts: 172 Images: 18	Thanks for the ideas. Everyone I talk to says dark buckskin. I bought this mare and foal at a sale so I have no idea of her sire. The mare is 54" tall. They are QH type. I have the mare on Mare and Foal feed. She will start to gain weight soon. I am working her this week. This is not my first baby I know its hard to tell colors on babies cause they tend to change. She has light cloing around her eyes. I guess only time will tell. __________________ Nikki Nik Nak Braided Tack Check it out on my Website http://www.runningsranch.org

04-23-2006, 08:20 PM	#10
JBandRio Senior Member+ Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: NC Posts: 23,784 Images: 145 Blog Entries: 12	Bays are born with the future-black-hair on the legs as a tannish color, and depending on the modifications of bay they have - pangare being the most common, giving the tannish muzzle - their face hairs will vary. In contracts, black horses are usually born a mousey-gray color. If they are born black, it's very often a sign they will be gray - think Lipizzaners, nearly all of whom are gray, nearly all of whom are born black, not mousey __________________ - 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) - You can't hit me with all those snowballs!

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