What colour is my filly??

Tombo · 07-24-2006, 05:57 AM

Hi, Just had a filly. Shes a pintabian. Shes a light chocolate brown, with a hint of silver or gray. She has a fairly pronounced black line down her spine. Her legs are mostly silvery. Any Help!!

Chaz · 07-24-2006, 05:59 AM

would need pics to tell you

welcome to hgs

Tombo · 07-24-2006, 06:41 AM

will post some pics tonite. Thanx

Crazy4Bays · 07-24-2006, 06:57 AM

Pics would help, but it definitly sounds like she's a grey. Most greys are born brown or bay with grey around their eyes or legs and turn grey with age

JBandRio · 07-24-2006, 07:24 AM

Pictures will help for sure, but she really sounds like a bay. The silvery legs will be black when the silver sheds out. The stripe down her back is called countershading. Her "light chocolate brown, with a hint of silver or gray" body color likely means she'll be a darker bay, her final shade is up in the air at the moment.

Tombo · 07-25-2006, 02:54 AM

tried to post photos last nite. Got so frustrated , I kicked the dog! lol not! Will try again tonite.

shell · 07-25-2006, 03:27 AM

I looked at your pictures in your file. I would say she is bay now, but if one parent (the daddy?) was gray, she might gray out. Also, all her little stripes will streighten out in a few days. They are just fur lines, not color.

Tombo · 07-25-2006, 06:38 AM

You can find photos in foals section, under Tombo.

Blistering Winds · 07-25-2006, 06:46 AM

Blistering Winds · 07-25-2006, 06:47 AM

What color was daddy?

Looking at momma in the back ground, I'd say she is a Bay pinto.

So baby is more likely a bay herself.,....depending on daddy's coloration. Looks like a bay baby....

and not to get to critical, but what is up with her front feet....momma's?

07-24-2006, 05:57 AM	#1
Tombo Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 8 Images: 2	What colour is my filly?? Hi, Just had a filly. Shes a pintabian. Shes a light chocolate brown, with a hint of silver or gray. She has a fairly pronounced black line down her spine. Her legs are mostly silvery. Any Help!! Last edited by Tombo; 07-24-2006 at 06:42 AM.

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Chaz Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: England Posts: 570 Images: 2	would need pics to tell you welcome to hgs __________________ To find truth and hope is to see potential in things hidden from view

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Tombo Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 8 Images: 2	pics will post some pics tonite. Thanx

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Crazy4Bays Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Colorado Posts: 877 Images: 151	Pics would help, but it definitly sounds like she's a grey. Most greys are born brown or bay with grey around their eyes or legs and turn grey with age __________________ "How Do You Like Me Now"?! -Toby Keith -Barbi's Cindy (Cheyenne (Shy))--> 6 y/o APHA Palomino Mare

07-24-2006, 07:24 AM	#5
JBandRio Senior Member+ Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: NC Posts: 21,621 Images: 132 Blog Entries: 12	Pictures will help for sure, but she really sounds like a bay. The silvery legs will be black when the silver sheds out. The stripe down her back is called countershading. Her "light chocolate brown, with a hint of silver or gray" body color likely means she'll be a darker bay, her final shade is up in the air at the moment. __________________ - 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

07-25-2006, 02:54 AM	#6
Tombo Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 8 Images: 2	tried to post photos last nite. Got so frustrated , I kicked the dog! lol not! Will try again tonite.

07-25-2006, 03:27 AM	#7
shell Senior Member+ Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: The Great North West Posts: 8,841 Images: 306	I looked at your pictures in your file. I would say she is bay now, but if one parent (the daddy?) was gray, she might gray out. Also, all her little stripes will streighten out in a few days. They are just fur lines, not color. __________________ “Look, what a horse should have he did not lack, save a proud rider on so proud back.” -Shakespear Marshalltown, Iowa, it is against the law for a horse to eat a fire hydrant.

07-25-2006, 06:38 AM	#8
Tombo Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 8 Images: 2	phots You can find photos in foals section, under Tombo.

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07-25-2006, 06:47 AM	#10
Blistering Winds Senior Member+ Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Augusta, Kansas Posts: 31,724 Images: 814 Blog Entries: 16	What color was daddy? Looking at momma in the back ground, I'd say she is a Bay pinto. So baby is more likely a bay herself.,....depending on daddy's coloration. Looks like a bay baby.... and not to get to critical, but what is up with her front feet....momma's? __________________ 20 lb club: New year Start: 175 Goal: 130 Current: 158 Total loss this year 17 lbs.

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