IME, sometimes they do and sometimes they don't. It doesn't look like your guy is going to have the heavy feathering like a true draft but he won't have slick legs like a TB either. He'll have some feather but it won't be flashy.

For example, I have 2 half drafts on my property. One is only slightly more feathered than your average quarter horse, the other has feathers almost as thick as his draft daddy.

 

I love the daddy

and I like Charlie he could have feathers

 

I know Rocko gets feathers so you have to clip him. He's half paint, half unknown draft.

 

Do you think he will be as dark as daddy or lighter like his mom? Im sure I will know as soon as his fuss is all gone, but his dad is really dark and Whiskey had a more reddish coat. I know Charlie is dark now, but curious to she what he will look like when he sheds out.
This is mom Whiskey Mama

 

I suspect he'll stay darker. I don't know that he'll stay the color of his sire, but he is definitely a brown, not a bay like his momma so he'll always be darker than her.

 

I think he will be dark like his dad

 

The sire has extreemly light feathering for a clyde, more like a Percheron or Belgian. You won't have anymore than you already have.

 

Tanya looking at the back ground in your pics i see some good country side to ride. Good looking country you live in. Do you have lots of trails around there?

 

Yeah we have a lot of room to ride I just wish I was so afraid to ride them now. LOL. We live right at the bottom of the Wasatch mountain range so there are many trails carved in there plus there are canal roads we also live in a pretty small town that is horse friendly so we can ride in town to.

The sire has extreemly light feathering for a clyde, more like a Percheron or Belgian. You won't have anymore than you already have.

The guy said he was a clydes, but I also noticed looking back at the pic he has some light feathers. Im happy with just a little less poo balls to clean out of them. LOL

 

1/2 clydes and 1/2 shires rarely get full feathering....if you cross one back with a full clyde or shire then you have a more chance of full feathers..but even then it's noty common.


Trust me they are a pain, be thankful he doesn't have them!

 

They look like a lot of work. LOL.

 

What is the reason of their breeding? Father looks like a very stout boy but not breeding quality, would make a wonderful gelding. I do like the dam though, nice look to her, open kind face, good build...

 

When we bought her she was already bred the guy said one of his stallions got to her.

wow! it sure is rocky where your from!

LOL, yes we definitely dont have a shortage of rocks around here.

 

wow! it sure is rocky where your from!

 

I was wondering if half drafts get the furry feet.

Heavens yes. My Georgian Grandes are Friesian/Saddlebred crosses and are getting loads of feathering.

My 4 year old mare's front foot and back foot. Front feathering already reaches the ground and back feathering will before long.

 

Not all draft crosses are feathered like that though.

This guy is half draft and he's barely got more feathers than a standard stock horse.

And that picture is of him in his full winter fuzzies.

In the summer, he is pretty clean-legged

 

Not all drafts have feathering, so obviously you won't get feathering just from breeding to a draft. Go with heavier feathered breeds. Gypsy, Friesians, etc.... and you have to look at the blood lines, because even breeds known for heavy feathering don't always produce a lot of feathering. But if you have a Stallion with heavy feathering you have good odds of getting a cross that has good feathering too.

 

Most of the time, Friesians have less feather than other feathered breeds. Feathering is recessive. Not easily bred for or kept. Some extremely heavily feathered Gypsies for example, do not always produce extreme feather in their offspring, even when bred to another heavily feathered horse.

Gypsies mostly have more feathering than other feathered breeds, but when crossbred, don't usually produce it profusely in the offspring. However, they usually produce more in crossbreds, than when using Clydes or Shires, for example.

I don't consider the stallion you showed, as having feather. He might be a cross himself.

This is what we like to see in Gypsies - stallions and mares.

This is not considered feather. Nobody would want a Gypsy Horse with this. Probably a crossbred something.

Lizzie

 

I don't consider the stallion you showed, as having feather. He might be a cross himself.


Lizzie

I didn't show a stallion. That's my 4 year old mare. Her sire has a LOT more feathering than she does.

I've never seen an classical baroque style Frisian that didn't have good feathering. I've seen the more slender, almost sport looking ones often have less.

Nothing is for certain when you breed, let alone cross breed. I've Clydesdales with less feathing than my mare. Doean't alter that if the blood line you beed from has a lot of feathering you have good odds of getting it too.

 

Actually, I think she was talking about the stud in the OP. He is very lightly feathered for a clyde.

 

I was. Sorry for the misunderstanding.

Lizzie