What color is this...mule?
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Re: What color is this...mule?
A couple I've seen, but I suspect you've seen them too:
[img]http://www.stephensranch.com/images/MAJ…]
Re: What color is this...mule?
Why would you not just think it was max Sabino???
That is what it would be in a horse, that is what this one looks like....why would it have to be max Tobiano??
Actually, I've never seen a Tobiano that is solid white, not ever!!
*sorry, I've just GOT to use this one, even if it is not appropriate*
:booty
*the devil made me do that*
Re: What color is this...mule?
[quote="rabbitsfizz"]Why would you not just think it was max Sabino???
That is what it would be in a horse, that is what this one looks like....why would it have to be max Tobiano??
Actually, I've never seen a Tobiano that is solid white, not ever!!
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First I'll admit that I have not studied donkeys at all, but do donkeys carry Sabino? Don't Max Sabinos have to be homozygous? Just wondering.
Re: What color is this...mule?
The main reason I said tobiano and spotting is because the markings, on the foal pictures at least, are typical of the tobiano and spotting crosses.
If you look at this page http://www.stephensranch.com/studs.htm you can see that their spotted jacks had the foals that were nearly white, or completely white.
I've never seen a mule with the typical horse sabino markings, as even ones marked with general 'horse' tobiano are very very rare. Last I looked there were only 4 in the entire AMDS registry that were nearly perfectly marked tobiano.
Donkeys only have two known white patterns,spotting and roaning.There could be different genes that cause the nearly white donkeys and the solid with a blaze and socks donkeys, but it has not been tested yet.
Heres a picture of Juede,notice the skewing of the tobiano pattern.
[img]http://www.geocities.com/muleguru/juede…]
Edit: Heres another example of a mule out of a spotted jack and a tobiano mare.
[img]http://www.stephensranch.com/images/Hun…]
Re: What color is this...mule?
Well, it's hard to compare them to horses in any way IMO because there are so many differences in their complete genotype. We can say they have sabino, but whatever it appears to be sabino may be completely unrelated. It's just hard to know what's going on in there.
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[img]http://www.stephensranch.com/images/JAC…]
Bay based?
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speaking of odd mules/donkeys, i love this one:
http://spottedass.com/Photos/photos.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; go down to Masquerade.
want
eta:
http://www.nortexinfo.net/BarredMRanch/…" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
more pics
Re: What color is this...mule?
Mammoths are really giant, like the size of a large horse or larger I think. Mammoths didn't have as diverse colors as the minis though, they were more of just base colors + roan or greying.
Ooooo I wish there were ivory mammoth donkeys....that would be so pretty.
Re: What color is this...mule?
Not a double dilute IMO. Looks like a full blown white pattern to me.