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Non-Ivory blue eyes in donkeys

Okay, so I was curious if donkey spotting can cause blue eyes by "itself" and I found one thats really cool. Never seen one that looked 'splash' and rarely see any that do not have color around the eyes. [img]http://www.mothergooseminifarm.org/Mr._Guy_017.jpg[/img] [img]http://www.mothergooseminifarm.org/157_op_800x600.jpg[/img] I really wonder how many different genes and patterns make up the "donkey spotting" pattern. Also this is the only donkey I can find on the web that has blue eyes; at least I'm assuming it does because I can't see it in the pictures.

CMhorses Mon, 09/07/2009 - 23:43

Well yes and no, donkey leg white works sort of like frame combined with another paint gene. Their legs are generally not completely white with random patches of white or color in them, they rarely have socks or anything unless they are more white on the body.
Here's a few examples of what I'm talking about.
[img]http://www.donkeys.net/BroodJennets/Mak…]
[img]http://www.donkeys.net/08Sale/WeeOnesLo…]
[img]http://www.lazy-lranch.com/MILLIE1.JPG[…]
[img]http://www.equineadoption.com/picts/MYS…]
The last one is what I would say is "typical" amount of leg white for a donkey that minimally spotted, that one also has the typical kind of facial white a donkey like that would have.

CMhorses Tue, 09/08/2009 - 18:47

She said she would send me photos...just don't know when. Also she said he has sired some spotted foals but none with blue eyes (also assuming none with face white like his)

CMhorses Tue, 09/08/2009 - 19:20

I think I'm going to start some phenotypical research on donkey spotting, but not really sure where to start, and its just out of my own curiosity. I was just thinking that to me roan spotted and the non-roan spotted are different and I wanted to look at what other 'pattern' types there are.

CMhorses Fri, 10/09/2009 - 20:39

I got in contact with a different owner of a donkey with blue eyes and I should get some pics soon!
They also said the eyes were a 'medium blue' color.