This is our little man at 3.5 months today. He just had his first shed. The last image was at 3 days old with his mom. Dad is a buckskin paint. Zips little man if ya want to look him up.
Foal sheds are usually a dark shed. It is really hard to judge what shade of palomino he will be as an adult, but I am going to guess that he will be much closer to a golden colour than a chocolate.
Give him some time to mature, he might yet show enough white to get a regular color registration. I have a filly who qualified at birth just by the white on the side of her face in the qualifying zone but had a couple of teensy white spots elsewhere. Now that she's 6 months, those spots have grown with her and are much more prominent. Your little guy might qualify by his face white as well, he's got a fair amount in the qualifying area on his right side.
Give him some time to mature, he might yet show enough white to get a regular color registration. I have a filly who qualified at birth just by the white on the side of her face in the qualifying zone but had a couple of teensy white spots elsewhere. Now that she's 6 months, those spots have grown with her and are much more prominent. Your little guy might qualify by his face white as well, he's got a fair amount in the qualifying area on his right side.
My mare gets dark like that at certain times of the year, she is just a pally -but a sooty one. I had her gene tested for the Silver gene (chocolate apparently) and it was not in her. Just a palomino he's very cute though!
My mare gets dark like that at certain times of the year, she is just a pally -but a sooty one. I had her gene tested for the Silver gene (chocolate apparently) and it was not in her. Just a palomino he's very cute though!
The silver gene does not affect red based horses, which palominos are, and is thought to be linked in any way to the sooty gene. It does not cause a palomino to be chocolate, and horses carrying the silver gene that are referred as chocolate palominos are not actually palominos but are black based horses with the silver gene. Rocky Mountain Horses are the ones most likely to miscall a horse a "chocolate palomino."
Well I was close anyways lol. My mare does not carry the silver gene and is there fore just a palomino. I wasn't sure when I got her because oftentimes the black based horses carrying the silver gene have the black hairs in the mane and tail and my mare has them throughout her tail and mane. Any thoughts on that? I've been trying to find out as much as i can on genetics since i bred her
He's adorable. Pinto registries are one of those odd things. I believe the current rule is you need a non-face body marking six inches in diameter or larger to register him. I have no idea if there are palomino color registries. I had a Palomino foal once that went through every color under the sun, including black, before he settled on golden. Be patient and enjoy the color changes!
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