Dwyran_gold
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Hi there, My 2.5 year old Irish cob was very black and white when I got him last year beginning of October. His black is getting lighter this summer. Has anyone had a piebald cob change colour to grey and white?
Piebald changing colour anyone?
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ester
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If they have a grey gene they will do this, any pics?
Tihamandturkey
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We call it blue & white here in Ireland ?
Inda
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My friend has a roan ISH. He’s grey in the summer and a dark bay in winter. It’s pretty funky actually!
you could actually pass him off as 2 different horses over the course of a year
you could actually pass him off as 2 different horses over the course of a year
Dwyran_gold
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the top pic was the week I got him, the bottom pic was last month, he’s even lighter now and condition getting better and better, I’ll have to get a new pic xx
Last pic is of the other side xx
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The Fuzzy Furry
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Yes, one of our shetlands was born piebald, was blue and white by 4 and white grey by 10. Her 3 foals all followed the same colour changing from black to blue then externally white.
When you bathed her you could still see the pigmentation on the skin. She was out of a mare who had the same colour changes and by a true black stallion.
When you bathed her you could still see the pigmentation on the skin. She was out of a mare who had the same colour changes and by a true black stallion.
Gloi
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He's greying out. He'll get lighter every year
Dwyran_gold
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that’s interesting, I have no idea about his parents. I can’t imagine his face getting lighter, was that the last place to change? Seems his hind is changing colour at the moment xx
The Fuzzy Furry
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I don't recall if there was a specific place that was last to change. She stood out as a teenager as was white with 3 black feet and one striped one
Dwyran_gold
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I don't recall if there was a specific place that was last to change. She stood out as a teenager as was white with 3 black feet and one striped one
she sounds gorgeous xx
jnb
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Not exactly the same, but my multicoloured roan/white skewbald is blue roan in spring and Autumn, and red roan in summer and winter, fortunately his head stays a lovely bright bay all year round. Ill try to put pics up shortly...spring (clip growing out so harder to see!)
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jnb
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ester
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Definitely grey
Pippity
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I'm not an expert, but the white patch at the top of his tail makes me suspect that may be rabicano ticking rather than greying out, especially with it not really extending down his leg.
My dark bay rabicano looks straightforward dark bay in her winter coat, and the ticking doesn't really start to show until she's coming into summer.
My dark bay rabicano looks straightforward dark bay in her winter coat, and the ticking doesn't really start to show until she's coming into summer.
doodle
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My old boss had a very white pony. It wasn’t until he was freshly clipped that you could see the dark patches where he used to be coloured.
ester
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It's his tail which is tell tale grey, plus the progressive nature.
Cinnamontoast
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I’d say he’s going to be blue and white, possibly almost no colour eventually. One of his parents had the grey gene! My piebald only goes a bit more bay in summer because of the sun, yours is going to be a completely different colour!
Dwyran_gold
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Aww thanks for the reply’s guys! It’s really interesting. Wish I new more about all these technical colour genetics. It sounds really interesting! I’ll have to update with a more recent picture xx
ester
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There are a couple of colour genetics groups on fb which are useful, I tend not just read not contribute.
Also http://www.whitehorseproductions.com/equinecolor.html though possibly some out of date
and http://equinetapestry.com/
Also http://www.whitehorseproductions.com/equinecolor.html though possibly some out of date
and http://equinetapestry.com/
Dwyran_gold
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great thank you, I’ll have a look xx
Dwyran_gold
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I’m excited to see how he’ll look xx
Megan V1
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I have a blue & white now in her early 20's she is completely white and you can only see the colour when she is wet in the summer as her skin is darker where her blue patches were.
Spiritedly
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arleywarley
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Yep, I had a white grey pony where you could only see her pigmented patches when she was wet, marked as piebald in her passport.
Lois Lame
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Your fellow's head is still very dark, so I don't think he is gong grey. Greys tend to grey out in the head.
Roan, however, keeps a solid colour in the head and lower legs, so he might be roan (and piebald).
Lois Lame
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I would call your fellow a red roan, because his basic colour is bay (and white). A blue roan has a basic colour of black.
A had a blue roan once, and he changed from dark to light depending on the season. He was darkest in the winter, I am fairly sure.
Roan always keeps a solid head (and lower legs). I looked closely at your fellows head, then realised that he had been clipped, and that's why he looked a bit lighter on his jowl.
Dwyran_gold
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that’s really interesting because my boy was brown and white before he turned black and white too xx
Gloi
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This pony was the same colour as yours when he was 2, he's about 20 here.
Spiritedly
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Most people find it hard to believe they are all photos of him. Especially as he looks almost completely "white" in his winter coat.
Do you know your boys parentage?
The photo is last year aged 10 in his summer coat.
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Gloi
Too little time, too much to read.
Most horses that have a black adult coat have that brown foal coat