Dunalino? Maybe Cremello- Blue Eyes

On April 29th the third foal of the season was born. A solid light colored colt out of Toad Hill's Kibbles and Bits touched ground. And so we are now at a crossroads...what color is this kid?

Try figuring out what color type to assign to a foal when they are not one of the more obvious such as black, bay, sorrel or palomino.

According to the AMHR I think my colt is a DUN. "Dominant hair is some shade of yellow from mouse color to golden; mane and tail may be lighter or darker than body; often has a dorsal stripe."
From the AMHR color description.

So off I go to http://www.duncentralstation.com/DunOtherDilute.html to see what I can find.
Will new kid look this color when he grows up? You will have to follow the links to see examples, the photos I linked to are no longer good links.

Or is he a DUNOLINO??
"Dunalino foals will generally be very pale at birth. They will generally appear very similar to a palomino, usually with white mane and tail, except where the dorsal runs through them it will be red. As newborns, the mane may or may not show red hairs. This may not occur until a later, depending upon the individual foal. Their body coloring will generally be a pale peachy-yellow.?Dunalino foals will generally be very pale at birth. They will generally appear very similar to a palomino, usually with white mane and tail, except where the dorsal runs through them it will be red. As newborns, the mane may or may not show red hairs. This may not occur until a later, depending upon the individual foal. Their body coloring will generally be a pale peachy-yellow."

Direct quote from the Dun Central Station

Here are a few more photos of the kid.

The photo to the right is one of the kid with him mom. The sire of this colt is Boones Buckeroo Fancy Pants, a blue roan.

Yet a third photo shows a front view of the new colt.

Photos were taken at two days old, so it will be interesting to see what color he changes to as he matures.

For those of you who want to see a full photo of Kibbles, the colt's mom, look below. The color is fairly accurate.

Kibbles was measured by my when we took these photos...she is 36 inches. Since it has only been two days since the foal was born, she still have not gone back to her "girlish" figure.

Follow the link to previous blog page on Toad Hill's Kibbles and Bits.

 So do we name him Kibbles Dun it?

Honey Nuts and Registration Photos

Such a photogenic filly. Honey Nuts was posing just perfectly for photo so I decided rather than wait until December to take registration photos I would do it today.

I am delighted that this first foal of Sid's was so cute and so small!

MiniVan Continued

So just two days old and already GrapeNuts and Honey Nuts are out for a ride.

Honey Nuts had a secretion from her eye, so into the van and off to the vets. This occurred when Honey was two days old. The eye irration only required day adminstration of oniment to prevent infection and in a week it was all cleared up. But ever since, Honey has been looking at the van -- guess she wants to go again with mom on a trip.

First Foal 2010 - Cremello Pinto Filly

First foal of 2010, first foal for Toad Hill's GrapeNuts, sired by Toad Hill's Sids Regency Legionaire. A well marked, most likely buckskin colored foal this is one great way to start off the foaling season.
Not expected this early the foal was with mommy out in the field with several mares. High Octane (seen in link with GrapeNuts mom--> Kibbles N Bits) was playing the doting aunt and keeping the other mares away from the proud mommy and foal.
GrapeNuts is 30 inches tall and Fancy was measured at 29.75 inches last year at a show...so this kid should be small...
Her name may be Toad Hill's Honey Nuts. Need to think on it, Honey is a good nickname considering her color.