rhea
Well-Known Member
I have a bunch of color questions so bear with me
First off, my new colt has pink skin everywhere. He's a silver bay pinto, and it just seems weird to me [coming from arabs] seeing the pink skin even under his solid coloring. He has pink skin on his body, around his eyes, on his legs, under both white and solid...is this normal for silver?
Second: blue eyes. His sire has two blue eyes, and when Mattie was born I thought he had blue eyes too, then at about 2-3 days old they seemed to go greenish, then I noticed yesterday that they are becoming very blue again. I've heard of foal's eyes changing color, so I'm just wondering, when will they stop changing?!!
I've also noticed that he has a LOT of white hairs in his body color. They seem to be pretty evenly spread when I look closely. At first I thought they were only on his flank and shoulder, but now I'm seeing that they're everywhere...Could he have roan? Or is it just a funky baby coat thing? I'm emailing the breeder of his sire to ask her too, because the sire seems to be roaning too...thing is that the white is everywhere - my friend has a red roan, but his head is SOLID chestnut, no white at all. So wondering what's up with that too!
Alrighty. Now I'm feeling sheepish that I don't know all this, but please enlighten me! It's probably just over-protective, over-careful "aunt" going crazy over every little detail.
Thanks!
First off, my new colt has pink skin everywhere. He's a silver bay pinto, and it just seems weird to me [coming from arabs] seeing the pink skin even under his solid coloring. He has pink skin on his body, around his eyes, on his legs, under both white and solid...is this normal for silver?
Second: blue eyes. His sire has two blue eyes, and when Mattie was born I thought he had blue eyes too, then at about 2-3 days old they seemed to go greenish, then I noticed yesterday that they are becoming very blue again. I've heard of foal's eyes changing color, so I'm just wondering, when will they stop changing?!!
I've also noticed that he has a LOT of white hairs in his body color. They seem to be pretty evenly spread when I look closely. At first I thought they were only on his flank and shoulder, but now I'm seeing that they're everywhere...Could he have roan? Or is it just a funky baby coat thing? I'm emailing the breeder of his sire to ask her too, because the sire seems to be roaning too...thing is that the white is everywhere - my friend has a red roan, but his head is SOLID chestnut, no white at all. So wondering what's up with that too!
Alrighty. Now I'm feeling sheepish that I don't know all this, but please enlighten me! It's probably just over-protective, over-careful "aunt" going crazy over every little detail.