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What color are palomino borns?

A week or two ago one of the mini mares had a stillborn foal :( and I had a question about its color. Don't have a picture, but it was a darkish, soft tan color, almost a little pinkish like a champagne. The owners said it was a palomino, which it probably was, but I'd like to know your thoughts. The mare is a light palomino, the stud was a black mini.

 

My question is basically this: Can palomino foals be medium darkish? Or are they born lighter like most foals are?

Daylene Alford Sat, 04/12/2014 - 17:46

Palomino  foals can range from a light peach with pink skin that darkens within a few days or weeks to almost indistinguishable from chestnut.  

wishes4kissez Fri, 05/02/2014 - 17:29

We have had palis born from very light cream so light ppl thought creamello even though it was not possible to one very yellow to our last one that looked like a red dun without the dun factor very peachy colored she is a yearling now and quite dark and chocolaty palomino. I have also heard of foals being born looking nothing but sorrel still they shed out later and are actually paly.