Kibbles 2010 Foal

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?