Out of a Bay mare and a Chestnut Stallion. The mare had blacks, and chestnuts on her side. And the stallion had Grey, Palomino, and Chestnuts (mainly).
Well, if they were a TRUE bay and red (chestnut/sorrel) pair, then the only possible colors would be bay or red. I'm guessing the parents were misclassified if the foal was some far-out color. It's possible that the foal appeared black at birth but will later lighten to bay or brown. Now, if the chestnut was actually a red dun, that opens up the possibilities to dun or red dun. Pictures of parents?
I know, I know, (waves hand frantically) A chestnut....or maybe not, I'm not good at guessing but I can't help trying. lol!
OK so I'm going back into hiding until you give us the answer. :lol:
You will not get a single dilute(buckskin or palomino) or a grey foal as neither sire or dam is a dilute or grey, their may be dilute's and grey's in the bloodlines but unless one parent is a dilute or grey you will get neither.
Your colour chances are chestnut, bay/brown and black which is less likely. If you got a colour other than these, obviously another stallion got to the mare :shock:
A foal born black with a grey overtone will usually shed their foal coat and become a lot darker or true black, a chestnut foal born looking like a red dun if neither parent is dun the foal will shed out darker.
The possiblities are bay, chestnut, and liver chestnut. Since the only color the stallion can give is chestnut, it depends on if the mare gave the black, bay or chestnut gene. Just remember that foals are usually born lighter in color. I've seen lots of people be like "OH!!! My mare just had a palomino!! YAY!!" When its just a chestnut.
If you bred a chestnut and a bay (if they truly are of those colors) and if you do not know their homoz/hetero specifics (and figuring the chestnut doesn't carry the silver gene) this is the color possibilities of the resulting foal:
58.34% - Bay
33.33% - Chestnut
8.33% - Black
However, if the chestnut does carry the silver gene (been tested for it and is comfirmed having it), you can expect to get:
33.33% - Chestnut
29.17% - Silver Bay
29.17% - Bay
4.17% - Silver Dapple
4.17% - Black
See www.horsetesting.com for more info on color possibilities. They have a really neat color calculator that will tell you exactly what you can expect.
Keep in mind there are a lot of horses out there registered as a color that the realy aren't too.
P.S. I'm oing Bay or Silver Bay.
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