Foals eye color???

[VernB]

Some people have been telling me that my fillie's eyes look blue to them, but I thought that they should be more of a shocking blue. Will her eyes darken as she ages or will they lighten. any info????

 

[Mona]

I would say, judging from these photos, that her eyes will darken. They may end up staying a bit lighter than normal, but I don't feel they are the actual true blue eyes.

I have found cream and silver genes often cause this lighter color in foals eyes.

 

[Meavey]

Yep these are not blue blue, they will darken.

 

[Jill]

My gelding, Skipper, was born with eyes that same color and they turned brown. I also think that DunIT's eyes were about that color when he was a foal and his eyes turned to be so dark they are almost black

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[HGFarm]

All babies eyes are bluish- horses, dogs, cats, etc.... then change with age. Usually the baby horses, if their eyes are to remain really blue are pretty light at birth- very easily noticed.

 

[rabbitsfizz]

Dun will do it, too. My Black Dun colt's eyes were quite bright blue, but faded within two days.

 

[Jill]

Dun will do it, too. My Black Dun colt's eyes were quite bright blue, but faded within two days.

Neat! I never knew that part of it, and that would probably be why DunIT's eyes were blue at birth. I will file that away for future reference as I will have, hopefully, lots of dun happening in the future!

 

[Miniv]

We've had foals with that color eye and they've darkened in time, but never truly get dark brown.

Just one of those fun things to watch and wait and see......

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[crponies]

I'm a little slow, but here is a picture of my colt from last year whose eyes stayed blue. You can see how different the color is:

 

[Dona]

All babies eyes are bluish- horses, dogs, cats, etc.... then change with age. Usually the baby horses, if their eyes are to remain really blue are pretty light at birth- very easily noticed.

I know this is true for cats.....but not for horses. I have had many foals who were born with dark brown eyes. It certainly isn't true for humans either.

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