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Any photos of black foals and their coat changes?

We think our colt will be black as he was born a smoky colour but now with his first coat change I'm not so sure. Dam is black, sire born brown gone grey, no dilute (both parents tested). I have put photos up before but will show some from birth to now - 3 1/2 months. This is him when born [attachment=1]100_9898__1263678417_121_214_208_173.jpg[/attachment] and now

Danni Sat, 01/30/2010 - 05:13

Very interesting! I always thought ears were a pretty good indicator!

So do you think this colt looks smokey black?

Newborn
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Few days old
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At his lightest just before foal coat coming off
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And fairly recent ones
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thorwood Sat, 01/30/2010 - 15:08

Hmm Danni, not really game enough to guess.
Leaning towards black, but really it is only a guess.
Pull out some hair & send it off, only way to know for sure.

Here is another of mine. Absolutely no chance of being smoky.

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New born, lookat the hair in her ears.

Colour changes
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Danni Sun, 01/31/2010 - 00:26

[quote="accphotography"]Danni, any blue in the eyes? That's more reliable than the ears, although still not that good.[/quote]

I've never noticed any blue, would he still have it now? I always thought his ears never looked much different from the black filly, so thought he probably wasn't a smokey black. But everyone else who sees him seems to be convinced he's smokey black. So I figure I'm pretty useless at picking smokey blacks as I've just seem too many different shades of black!!

NZ Appaloosas Mon, 02/01/2010 - 18:39

Ebony went thru' those sorts of colour changes (with noticeable barbs on her sides and a dorsal). Only colour choices readily available are black and chestnut (mum and dad both Ee aa) barring any modifiers since neither parent were tested for modifiers.

Diane

NZ Appaloosas Tue, 02/02/2010 - 02:36

Actually, I do...I have some head/eye shots showing that golden glint around the eye. Never could get pictures where her barbs showed up. Be interesting to see what comes with her winter coat this year, as she's a yearling now.

Diane

NZ Appaloosas Tue, 02/02/2010 - 22:27

I had to find them! :rofl My picture organisation on the computer is abysmal. (and relearn photobucket, as they keep changing how to get the codes for sharing)

Here's one that's uploaded to photobucket (hopefully this works):

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This one shows the mushroomy colour of her foal coat, with the slicker coat underneat showing around her eyes.

Diane