Fairly new to horses....definitely new to genetics and coloring.
We have a 3 month old filly at the barn. (Born on July 27)
Her dam's owner did not know she was pregnant when she bought her so we have no idea who the sire is.
The dam is a black and white standardbred. Pinto.
The little filly was born a solid chestnut with two white stockings on the back legs. (Her name is Demi Silk Stockings)
I have been playing with her and helping with the desensitization and have just noticed that she is developing a fairly large patch of white hairs on her back and side. The hairs are growing more prominent each day.
Does that mean she is going to be like her dam...a pinto? I had no idea that spots of color could just appear after birth.
I didn't think they would just appear 2 months after birth but she definitely has white hairs where she didn't before. Very strange! I will post pics tomorrow night!
I don't think so, not for a paint or pinto. however she can roan. roaning can come after. I know Appy's and qh can change color later. Chances are the sire carries the roan gene
Definitely see if you can get photos. Generally, where the white appears first is a good indication of what could be causing it, but without seeing it, it's impossible to guess.
Subscribed, I'm interested in what people have to say. I can't help because as far as I'm concerned, horses are grey, paint, chesnut, palimino(spelling?) or bay lol. It doesn't look like you have the same horse! lol
I have no idea! This is the first foal I have been around and I am just learning about colors. It would be so helpful if the owner knew what the sire was!
This filly is something else! First of all, she is HUGE! The farm just got a new boarder that has a weanling and she is in the field adjacent to Demi. Demi is the same size as the weanling and she is not 3 months old yet. Mama is large but I think Demi is going to end up taller!
it looks a lot like roaning to me my girl ( liver chestnut roan) changes colors day to day and she is 8 yrs old her winter coat just started to come it and it is so white and she has a funny chestnut dappling on one spot
I don't believe classic roan works like that - they are born roan or shed their foal coat to an even roan. The shade can change from season to season but unlike grey and varnish roan, it doesn't actually ever change pattern or color throughout the horses life. And I've never really seen varnish roan act like that either.
Quite honestly, it almost looks like an environmental factor to me. Have you examined her for any sort of skin issues or fungal issue? There's a pattern known as lacing which often is actually cause by rainrot or similar fungal infection. Posted via Mobile Device
It doesn't seem like a fungus or rainrot but I am not an expert. Everyone at the barn says she is just getting her splashes of color like her mama...but they don't know a lot about genetics or coloring either.
I will take more pictures tomorrow so you can see how much whiter it is now. I also noticed another smaller white spash on her other side.
Woah, that is funky!
She is cute though! Do you think she may have draft in her?
She sounds huge!
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