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In terms of horses it means having a brownish coat thickly sprinkled with white or grey
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∙ 13y agoThe roan coat of a horse consists of red hairs and white hairs because two dominant alleles are expressed at the same time. Therefore, it is an example of codominance in horse-coat color.
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What color horse will you get if you breed a strawberry roan stallion with a blue roan mare?
If either horse is homozygous for roan the foal will be roan, if both are heterozygous there is a 75% chance that the foal will be roan. If by strawberry roan you mean the stallion is a bay roan as opposed to a chestnut roan, we can surmise that the stallion is Rn-A-E- The mare is Rn-aaE- The base color of the foal, without regard to whether it is roan is as follows If the stallion or mare is EE at the extension site they will produce either a bay or black foal...since the stallion is bay he could be AA (only bay foals) or Aa which will produce 50-50 bay or black with this mare. If both the mare and the stallion are Ee at the extension site there is a 25% chance of a chestnut foal.
Are horses the color roan?
"A roan is a color of horse, so some horses are roan, but the color of a horse depends highly upon the breed of horse. It is possible to determine the color of a foal before he/she is born by comparing the coats of the dam (mother) and the sire (father), also by looking at the previous foals of each." Roan is NOT a color. The color of horses does not depend on their breed. Many breeds can have any color at all. Roan is a scattering of white hairs though the body of a horse giving it a "salt and pepper" look. It can happen on any color horse, although it's not going to be as visible on lighter colors like grays or paler palominos.
What color will the calves be and in what proportion from a herd of white cows and a roan bull?
In a herd of Shorthorn cattle where the herdbull is roan and the cows are all white, it is probable that the resulting offspring from these crosses will yield 50% white calves and 50% roan calves.
When roan color in cattle is the result of incomplete dominance between red and white color genes how would one produce a herd of pure-breeding roan-colored cattle?
Genetics is a tricky thing and there are no 100% guarantees that you will get the color you want. That being said the best possible way that this might be achieved would to test the genetics of each breeding pair. And continue to breed a successful pair, but have a care not to over breed them. A roan will not necessarily produce another roan either. Any born not of the color you want test to make sure of the genetics and decide to keep and breed or sell. It would take years of careful screening, breeding, trials and errors and disappointments. But with patience and persistence I believe that it would be possible. :)
Mare is buckskin and sire is blue roan?
There are several different possibilities, depending on the genetic makeup of the parents. The base possibilities are: chestnut bay black The dilute gene (that makes the mare a buckskin) will give you: palomino buckskin smoky black The roan gene (that makes the sire roan) will give you: red roan bay roan blue roan If both genes are passed on, you get: palomino roan buckskin roan smoky black roan
Does Roan Red roan coffee-colored or triskle have 3 color hairs?
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If a bay horse with a red roan horse the could the color be blue roan?
Yes, it is possible.
What does the color roan look like and what are the primary base colors that create the make-up of the color roan?
The roan color is created when a bay, chestnut, or black horse has the roan gene, which works white and gray hairs into the coat so that only the head, lower legs, and the mane and tail show characteristics of the original color. A bay horse with the roan gene (called Bay Roan) will look a reddish-pink color except on his head and legs which will be brown and the mane and tail which will be black. A chestnut horse with the roan gene (called Strawberry Roan/Red Roan) will have more of an orangey reddish colored head, lower legs, mane, and tail, and the body will appear pink or strawberry colored. On a black horse with the roan gene (Blue Roan) the head, legs, mane, and tail will be black and the body will appear blue.
What is the difference between a mitchell ferret and a roan ferret?
A Roan ferret refers to pattern coloring - the concentration and distribution of color on the body, mask, and nose with 50% to 60% colored guard hairs (any color) and 40% to 50% white guard hairs, The different colorings are - Black Roan (Silver), Black Sable Roan, Champagne Roan, Chocolate Roan, Cinnamon Roan, and Sable Roan. I did't find any references to a mitchell ferret.
How tall is a blue roan horse?
Roan does not affect a horses height in any way. Roan is simply a coat color modifier. A blue roan is just a black horse with the roan modifier.
What is a blue roan?
A blue roan is not actually blue, gray and wight hairs give the illusion of the color blue.
What color horse will you get if you breed a strawberry roan stallion with a blue roan mare?
If either horse is homozygous for roan the foal will be roan, if both are heterozygous there is a 75% chance that the foal will be roan. If by strawberry roan you mean the stallion is a bay roan as opposed to a chestnut roan, we can surmise that the stallion is Rn-A-E- The mare is Rn-aaE- The base color of the foal, without regard to whether it is roan is as follows If the stallion or mare is EE at the extension site they will produce either a bay or black foal...since the stallion is bay he could be AA (only bay foals) or Aa which will produce 50-50 bay or black with this mare. If both the mare and the stallion are Ee at the extension site there is a 25% chance of a chestnut foal.
What coat has mixed three-color hairs out of Coffee-colored Triskel Roan and Red-roan?
its actually the coat roan, which has a mix of three colors, including white. the colors can be white roan, black roan, or even chestnut roan to have three colors. red roan only has reddish and white hairs, and there is no such thing as triskel or coffee-colored.
What coat color is usually red with white hairs mixed in the body?
If you are speaking of equine coat colors, the answer is roan. Roan coloration comes in various varieties also. If the horse has deep red coloration with white mottling and a dark tail and mane, it is a called a bay roan (due to the dark tail and main). Many of these horses, when their hair is groomed off look sort of lavender in color. A true lavender roan is the rarest color of equine and will sport white hairs at the top of the tail and base of the mane as well. An all over mottled roan horse who looks brownish is called simply a roan and has a light brown Maine and tail. When the roan horse is light enough to look as though it has a pinkish color, it is called a strawberry roan. One interesting thing of note is that genetically a roan-to-roan breeding is genetically lethal to a horses off-spring. For Howrse Archimedes' question: Red Roan
How long do red roans live?
Red roan or chestnut roan is just a color it in no way affects how long a horse will live.
Is there such thing as a gray roan?
Yes and no. The term grey roan comes mostly from the Jockey Club, it was used when horsemen did not have genetic color tests available to tell what color was what. Since a horse roans out as it gets older people found it hard to tell if it was grey or roan in time to list it's permanent color, so they would just say it was a' grey roan'. However the Thoroughbred does not come in true roan so the listing was false. There can be instances of other breeds being born a solid color, then roaning out a bit then suddenly they begin to grey,because they carry the grey gene mutation. So a horse can be roan then turn grey out over time. Remember grey and roan are both color modifiers and not colors in themselves.
What is a very rare horse color?
Blue Roan Brindle is probably the rarest horse color.
