zacharyfarms
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First let me thank Animal Genetics for doing such a nice job with handling all my tests and the beautiful certificates that they send ..They are great to work with.
Thank you Thank you
Well I bit the bullet and had all 26 of my horses color tested..I feel it is some of the best money I have spent on non health related (although the LWO could be) extras..I can now do color charts for breeding and have a fairly good idea what is going to happen and also for sales purposes can offer this info...
Out of my 26 tested I have two positive for the frame overo gene(mother and foal Hearthrob and Ducati) and I have 6 that tested positive Homozygous Tobiano..
Siggie did test positive as Homozygous Tobiano (Move over Cowboy ) as did both the medicine hat foals(PowWow and Spirit) and my Avatar stallion (now two years old) Legacy who also tested as Palomino (the mare in my avatar tested as Smoky Black with one copy of the cream gene). You would think Legacy would be a cremello but he only tested positive for one copy of the cream gene and does have some light red spots that have shown up on his sides.
Good Golly Miss Molly tested Homozygous Tobiano as well as her half sister Fiesta.
This testing aso let me know that I have
16 black based horses two of which are homozygous black and only 5 of which are heterozygous agouti (bay)
10 red based with no agouti so no sneaky silver bays here..( I actually thought a couple of mine were silver bays..they have very dark red almost black hairs in their tails).
Now to decide what to do with my For Sale page...I hate this part...trying to decide who to sell...I have done Mare/Stallion charts to try to see who the best matches would be and still can't decide...
Someone hellllllllpppppppp me..
Judy
Thank you Thank you
Well I bit the bullet and had all 26 of my horses color tested..I feel it is some of the best money I have spent on non health related (although the LWO could be) extras..I can now do color charts for breeding and have a fairly good idea what is going to happen and also for sales purposes can offer this info...
Out of my 26 tested I have two positive for the frame overo gene(mother and foal Hearthrob and Ducati) and I have 6 that tested positive Homozygous Tobiano..
Siggie did test positive as Homozygous Tobiano (Move over Cowboy ) as did both the medicine hat foals(PowWow and Spirit) and my Avatar stallion (now two years old) Legacy who also tested as Palomino (the mare in my avatar tested as Smoky Black with one copy of the cream gene). You would think Legacy would be a cremello but he only tested positive for one copy of the cream gene and does have some light red spots that have shown up on his sides.
Good Golly Miss Molly tested Homozygous Tobiano as well as her half sister Fiesta.
This testing aso let me know that I have
16 black based horses two of which are homozygous black and only 5 of which are heterozygous agouti (bay)
10 red based with no agouti so no sneaky silver bays here..( I actually thought a couple of mine were silver bays..they have very dark red almost black hairs in their tails).
Now to decide what to do with my For Sale page...I hate this part...trying to decide who to sell...I have done Mare/Stallion charts to try to see who the best matches would be and still can't decide...
Someone hellllllllpppppppp me..
Judy