Now that mother Tenakee has finally let go of her perfect little baby I figure I might start a new thread to follow the growth of said foal, and look to the future and forget about the terribly long pregnancy! [If you want the details of said pregnancy, you can find the thread here; Tenakee's Foaling Thread.] Welcome the lovely Takala Rose! Or as I call her, Lala. She is such a doll, and already knows how to get into trouble. Tenakee and I have our work cut out for us, but so far Tenakee is the one doing most of it.
Also guesses are welcome as to what color she is, she definitely has me stumped. She has a dorsal stripe, and her base coat looks like a diluted chestnut. I sort of had the feeling she is a red dun? Dam is chestnut and sire is buckskin, so I'm not sure if it is genetically possible.
Anyway, cute photos below. She will have a blanket on for a while as it is chilly in Wisconsin, especially now in the middle of winter. Still got a picture of her cute little frosted butt that I can't get over!
The light is really bad for judging colour from, but she can't be red dun if those are the correct colours for the parents. Looking at her there, I would guess palomino, but again, the light is bad so not certain.
Correct me if I'm wrong but the dorsal is most likely her "camouflage" and will fade away as she gets older. From the pictures I too think palomino, but the light makes it hard to tell. Beautiful filly Posted via Mobile Device
Sorry for the double post, I am interested in what color she is. Looking at her photos again her mane and tail seem very red and she looks to have darkened a bit. Does she have peach coloring around her nose and eyes? If so I am going to stick with palomino, if not I revoke my palomino guess and say sorrel and she will shed out darker Posted via Mobile Device
How crazy!! The shape of the "star" on her forehead is almost the exact same as my mares!! That's so weird.
On another note, are these curly horses typically thick boned? I know nothing about them.
Snapped some pictures with a much better camera than the one on my phone, so now the colors are clearer. Even at three days old Takala is already wondering what is in mom's grain bucket. Takala isn't the tentative 'follow behind mom' type either, she wobbles around and expects mom to follow. Occasionally she will seek mom out for a drink, but she is already quite the independent! The only gaits she has down are walk and her interpretation of canter. Her trot is sort of a fast walk. She doesn't have a good place to burn around yet, but once our arena gets out of this frozen solid funk that it is in, Takala and Tenakee will get more supervised arena time. I can't really think of a way to get the two of them out to pasture without Takala wandering off, so they'll have to plop around in the arena and in their outside run until better weather, or Lala is more cooperative.
I even took her blanket off for a bit, it was a bit funny because you can tell she feels nekkid. :lol: It was a hassle getting back on, though. Takala was perfectly willing, but Tenakee wouldn't get her nose off my hands and pockets, perhaps thinking if I am this close to her baby that treats must be given. I rarely give any of my horses treats, but 3rd parties have been supplying her with plenty.
OP..where are you in Wis? My cousin lives in the Black River Falls area and she has/had a curly. I wasn't sure how common that breed is. Cute little filly for sure.
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