Now I'm pretty competent on colors, note the use of the word competent rather than an expert.
I have a palomino mare that I've established carries silver as her 07 filly palomino filly's has turned into the lightest of silver buckskin.
Anyways her 09 baby comes along and I'm guessing he's a silver buckskin as well, just much darker.
(was born a buttermilk buckskin color)
Well he got darker and darker and darker until tada, grullo.
This mare does not have a dorsal stripe, nor a hint of color in her mane or tail. Sire is as bay as bay could be, no silver (out of a bay sire and black dam) so he is easily discounted as carrying the dun factor. I also have seen this colts granddam, same palomino color but she is a solid, no shading on the legs, no dorsal, no points. The colt's grandsire was a black pinto we owned, no silver.
My question is could his dam (and grand dam) be a silver, palomino/dun? I always thought that even if they carried the dun gene on palomino it would be expressed by a dorsal and points but could the silver be masking (completely) those points? Or is he is silver something and not grullo? His dorsal currently is very apparent if that means anything.
I hate naming foals, I really suck at it but I thought I was so clever when I came up with the name Dun Mystified but would feel rather foolish to call him that and have him turn out to be a shade of silver black. (Would hate to lose my title of competent. lol)
I have a palomino mare that I've established carries silver as her 07 filly palomino filly's has turned into the lightest of silver buckskin.
Anyways her 09 baby comes along and I'm guessing he's a silver buckskin as well, just much darker.
(was born a buttermilk buckskin color)
Well he got darker and darker and darker until tada, grullo.
This mare does not have a dorsal stripe, nor a hint of color in her mane or tail. Sire is as bay as bay could be, no silver (out of a bay sire and black dam) so he is easily discounted as carrying the dun factor. I also have seen this colts granddam, same palomino color but she is a solid, no shading on the legs, no dorsal, no points. The colt's grandsire was a black pinto we owned, no silver.
My question is could his dam (and grand dam) be a silver, palomino/dun? I always thought that even if they carried the dun gene on palomino it would be expressed by a dorsal and points but could the silver be masking (completely) those points? Or is he is silver something and not grullo? His dorsal currently is very apparent if that means anything.
I hate naming foals, I really suck at it but I thought I was so clever when I came up with the name Dun Mystified but would feel rather foolish to call him that and have him turn out to be a shade of silver black. (Would hate to lose my title of competent. lol)