breeding color question

[Mr.T]

I was just wondering what you guys thought or had experiences with about breeding an appy stud to a silver black(dappled) mare. I have a mare that we will eventually breed but probably not for a few years and we already know the stallion we would breed her to but I was just curious about what color the foal would turn out to be or what people thought the foal could be.

here is the mare(don't mind the black spots on her it was treated)

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and here is the stallion

 

[cretahillsgal]

What color is the appy stud? He looks kinda brown in that picture, but sometimes colors are different in pictures.

 

[Mr.T]

What color is the appy stud? He looks kinda brown in that picture, but sometimes colors are different in pictures.

he is sorrel

 

[Lizzie]

Have you put in all the appropriate colours here?...

http://www.animalgenetics.us/CCalculator1.asp

You will need to know the homozygous or heterogygous patterns/colurs of course. Pretty mare. I love silvers.

Lizzie

 

[Mr.T]

Have you put in all the appropriate colours here?...

http://www.animalgen...Calculator1.asp

You will need to know the homozygous or heterogygous patterns/colurs of course. Pretty mare. I love silvers.

Lizzie

thank you i love them too. I tried that but I don't really get it because there is no option for appy?

 

[ohmt]

I really think the stallion is actually silver bay and not sorrel. Who are his sire and dam? The foal will have a 50% chance of getting the appaloosa gene from the stallion, but appaloosa comes in many different forms and you could get solid with characteristics or varnish or blanketed or leopard-that's the thing with apps, you just never know

As far as base color, that would depend on whether or not the mare and stallion are homozygous or heterozygous for black and silver, but you'll most likely get silver black, silver bay, black, bay, and then maybe sorrel.

 

[ohmt]

Has the mare been tested for LWO?

 

[Mr.T]

Has the mare been tested for LWO?

His owner has sorrel listed on her website but I don't know. And yes she has been tested negative for LWO. his sire is Sulphuras Red Hawk Legacy and his dam is Sulphuras Moonlite Song. her sire is kickapoo nickelodeon and her dam is rha private mischief.

 

[Jill]

I agree with Amanda. I also think the stallion is silver bay.

 

[Wings]

The foal will have a 50% chance of getting the appaloosa gene from the stallion, but appaloosa comes in many different forms and you could get solid with characteristics or varnish or blanketed or leopard-that's the thing with apps, you just never know

As far as base color, that would depend on whether or not the mare and stallion are homozygous or heterozygous for black and silver, but you'll most likely get silver black, silver bay, black, bay, and then maybe sorrel.

That's what I do. I run the possibilities through that colour calculator and then just factor in a 50% chance of appie.