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Post by Trot-on on Oct 23, 2009 19:07:37 GMT
I am thinking of putting my maiden mare in foal next season, and wondered if anyone had any tips? For the best way to make the process as simple, easy and stree free as possiable. Also if you crossed a rose dun mare with a yellow dun stallion- what would the foal be??  |
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Post by vjc on Oct 23, 2009 22:14:46 GMT
I think a lot depends on your mare and her daily routine, is she kept in or out??? if stabled when she is sent to stud ask if she can be next to her prospective hubby!! this gives her time to get to know him and feel at ease before he is brought up behind her (that is if you are going for a natural covering) if she lives out, try and find a stud that has an ajoining paddock to the mares fields, its amazing how the mares line up at the fence when they are in season, its not always the stallion that tells you first!!!  it is so important that the mares first experience at being mated is a good one, this makes for an easy time if you ever want to breed again. |
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Post by sarahp on Oct 24, 2009 7:59:01 GMT
I can help with the colour but need more information - "dun" is used for two completely different colours in genetic terms (either dilute bay or true dun found mostly in Highlands, Fjords and Shetlands in this country) and I'm afraid I've never heard of a "rose dun". What breed(s) are you talking about for a start?
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Post by Trot-on on Oct 25, 2009 13:51:49 GMT
She is a Highland and would be put to a yellow dun stallion (i hope). She is redg. as a Rose dun, but is basically grey with a silver/grey mane and tail and roan markings on her body with black/steel grey legs.. She is also stabled atm
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Post by sarah00000 on Oct 25, 2009 14:47:18 GMT
I would call that a Rose Grey......
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Post by sarahp on Oct 26, 2009 9:17:08 GMT
Well assuming that she was born dun and turning grey, and the stallion is a Highland and dun staying dun, then the foal would have a 50% chance of turning grey for a start, whatever the base colour. True dun found in Highlands is a single dominant gene that gives the same colour if two copies are present, unlike the buckskin usually erroneously called "dun" in other breeds where two copies (ie the pony is homozygous for that gene) will produce blue-eyed creams. What that means for you is that either parent COULD have two copies of the dun gene, no way of telling by looking at them but a look at their parents' colours could help, in which case all foals would be dun. If both have only one copy (known as being heterozygous for that gene) then the foal will have a 75% chance of being dun. I'm afraid I'm not very up in the different forms of dun in terms of what base (chestnut, bay, black) will produce what form of dun, sorry! Hope this helps, and good luck with your foal.
Lovepink, those labelled "rose grey" are usually actually greys part way through their journey from chestnut to white! I'm afraid your lovely dapple grey is doomed to lose her dapples in the fullness of time.
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Post by sarah00000 on Oct 26, 2009 10:58:23 GMT
My ears are closed!!!!!!! I CANT HEAR YOU................. LOL
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Post by Trot-on on Oct 26, 2009 11:23:33 GMT
Thank you for the help... i will go and have a dig and see what i can find out about her sire/dam.
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it is so important that the mares first experience at being mated is a good one, this makes for an easy time if you ever want to breed again.
