My foal has been born Grey

[Meggilew123]

My mare foaled last night, she is Blue Blagdon and the stallion is Grey. Is it quite rare for a foal to actually be born grey?
tia ?

 

[meleeka]

Well i’m sorry, you can’t just come on and post something like this…without photos!!

Congratulations ?

 

[Meggilew123]

Aha sorry I’m new!
Foal is still wet here… only photo it’ll let me upload!

Well i’m sorry, you can’t just come on and post something like this…without photos!!

Congratulations ?

 

[ycbm]

What a lovely baby ?. Its the first grey born grey I've ever seen, but I'm no expert. I wonder if/ how quickly s/he will go white?

Welcome to the forum
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[millikins]

Congratulations, s/he is lovely and the mare has a sweet face.
My opinion would be that your foal has the blagdon colouring but the goggles suggest he will grey out.

 

[meleeka]

Gorgeous ?. She looks lovely and strong. Look at those knees!

 

[Meggilew123]

Thank you all , it’s a she ? I’m hoping she’ll inherit the blagdon gene, especially as she’s been born grey

 

[Emilieu]

I’ve no idea but she is beautiful!

 

[ester]

Well that's cute.

Quite a small welshies seem to come out well into the greying process. Tricky as a wet photo but I agree with you seeing the 'blagdon' ATM

 

[Meggilew123]

Here’s a photo of her dry!

 

[EllenJay]

She is lovely - congratulations. No idea on colour - sorry

 

[Rumtytum]

No idea here either sorry but she is just gorgeous ?

 

[Bradsmum]

Too cute and loving the colour. Let's hope she doesn't grey out too quickly if she's going to. Congratulations. Oh and mum looks nice too

 

[I'm Dun]

shes a black foal who will turn grey by the looks of it. It means they tend to be born very hyper pigmented and dark.

 

[Meowy Catkin]

Blagdon is another name for Sabino type white flecks or roaning in the coat that is not caused by the true, dark headed Roan gene.

I suspect that the white hairs you see on the body are Blagdon colouring. However the grey goggles around the eyes are typical of a foal that is starting to grey out. I think your foal is both grey and Blagdon.

My chestnut/grey was born with white hairs around her eyes, so yes they can be born with signs of greying out.

 

[Meggilew123]

Blagdon is another name for Sabino type white flecks or roaning in the coat that is not caused by the true, dark headed Roan gene.

I suspect that the white hairs you see on the body are Blagdon colouring. However the grey goggles around the eyes are typical of a foal that is starting to grey out. I think your foal is both grey and Blagdon.

My chestnut/grey was born with white hairs around her eyes, so yes they can be born with signs of greying out.

Thank you! Let’s hope she keeps maybe a little sign of blagdon when she grows up! ? either way I’m happy !

 

[tda]

I'm guessing blagdon , can only speak from my experience with Dales ponies, if they are going to be grey they they are born jet black.
I currently have a foal who I'm 99% sure is going to be blue roan, he is currently dark, not jet black but has a lovely inky blue bloom to his coat and if you look very carefully he has white hairs over his rump
Mum blue roan dad grey

 

[Jeni the dragon]

She's lovely! It's so exciting to watch them grow!

 

[Meggilew123]

I'm guessing blagdon , can only speak from my experience with Dales ponies, if they are going to be grey they they are born jet black.
I currently have a foal who I'm 99% sure is going to be blue roan, he is currently dark, not jet black but has a lovely inky blue bloom to his coat and if you look very carefully he has white hairs over his rump
Mum blue roan dad grey

Thank you, this fills me with hope ?

 

[Cortez]

I have bred a foal born grey, he was white by two. It's not common though, most are born another colour and grey out over time. So roan (Blagdon) + grey I would guess.

 

[Abi90]

I don’t know about the colour but what a lovely foal!

 

[splashgirl45]

lovely foal, what breeding is dad?

 

[windand rain]

My livery was born white most unusual to see too. Your little one is lovely congratulations.

 

[Archangel]

Totally gorgeous. Well done that mare.

 

[Squeak]

Absolutely gorgeous foal. No idea re colouring though.