OK, this is the general estimate. Not knowing what genes the horses were homozygous and heterozygous for, this is just a rough estimate:
33.34% -
Black
33.34% -
Bay
33.33% -
Chestnut
If you know the what the stud and/or the mare is homozygous and heterozgygous for, then you canget a more exact estimate if you go to the link in the relatedlinks.
well it will come out a really weird yellow colour!
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Maiden mare: never been bred Open mare: had a foal but not bred back to a stallion Barren mare: bred or bred back to a stallion but not in foal
A mare goes into heat as part of her reproductive cycle. When a mare is in heat she can conceive a foal if she is bred. She cannot conceive if she is not in heat.
If you do not know that your mare is bred, then you would not know she was going to have a foal, but they usually have them without help. If a foal is stillborn then you would have to talk to your vet to see to it that your mare gets treatment, but there is nothing that you can do about the foal. Kiley
Horses gestate for 11 months. You have time to plan. mares are usually in foal about 11 months, roughly. so if your mare was bred on June 17,07 the foal should be due around the early part of may.
It is never too late to check a mare in foal, until after the mare has foaled.
The exact color of the foal will vary according to the exact genetic coding of both parents and without that information it can be almost impossible to tell you what color a foal may be.
Well, an exact answer would require knowing what each horses exact genetic code was for their colors including the pattern for the sorrel mare (Tovero, Tobiano, overo, sabino, or splash.) also what was the stallions original color? Grey is a modifier gene that is typically inherited around 50% or more of the time.
Maiden mare: never been bred Open mare: had a foal but not bred back to a stallion Barren mare: bred or bred back to a stallion but not in foal
Most likely would be cremello, palomino, chestnut (sorrel) or another buckskin.
Answer: You have to get a ultrasound when the mare has carried the foal for 8 months.
brown So, white could mean maximum expression sabino or gray. If the mare has pink skin she is probably maximum expression sabino and her base coat color can be extrapolated (to a degree) from the base color of her parents and grandparents. If the mare is a maximum expression sabino amount of white will be determined by the genetics of the stallion in conjunction with the genetics of the mare. If the mare has dark skin she is gray. Gray is independent of base color...so the resulting foal could be any base color with a 50 or 100% chance of being gray. If the mare is gray Gg there is a 50% chance that the foal will be grey, If the mare is GG any foal produced will be grey. Again base coat color can be extrapolated from the parents/grandparents to a degree. A gray horse will always have a gray parent. The stallion is XXee as he is sorrel/chestnut again, looking at his parents/grandparents may lend information on his genetics at the agouti site and the subsequent possible color of the foal.
The foal could be a number of colors. Based on the description the stallion is either aaEe or aaEE. The mare is --ee (as her genetics at the agouti site is unknown). Research on the color of her parents and grandparents may be an indicator of the alleles at the agouti site. If the stallion is aaEe there is a 50% chance that the foal will be chestnut/sorrel. If the stallion is aaEE there will be no possibility of chestnut, however the resulting foal will be determined by the alleles that the mare has at the agouti site...which are currently unknown. If she has a single black parent, there is a 50% chance that the foal will be black (if the stallion is aaEE and a 25% chance of a black foal if the stallion is aaEe. Since black true black at the agouti site is homozygous recessive...it will be the mare's genetics at the agouti site that will determine the color of any non-chestnut foal.
Where the mare foals determines the foal's status as a state bred, however, each registry and state are somewhat different. If the mare foals in a state where she is not entered into a state bred program but foals in the state where the stallion stands the foal may be a state bred. The foal may not be a state bred in some states if she is not in the state and registered as a state bred before a certain date. So...a foal could be born in Virginia (which would show on the foal's papers) but the foal might not be able to participate in any state bred programs because the sire or dam's status does not meet state criteria.
Yes, it is fairly rare, but a mare may be bred even though she is in foal. She may appear to come into heat and act like she is not in foal, when in reality she has settled. A mare that is in foal and is bred may lose the fetus however.
A mare goes into heat as part of her reproductive cycle. When a mare is in heat she can conceive a foal if she is bred. She cannot conceive if she is not in heat.
If you breed a black horse and a gray horse, you can get quite a variety of colors. If the gray horse has a black base (was born black), then the offspring will either be black or black-based gray. If the gray horse is chestnut-based or bay-based, however, you can get black, chestnut, bay, black-based gray, chestnut-based gray, or bay-based gray. It's most likely that the gray horse is black-based, though genetic testing would probably be required to find out for sure.
If she has never been bred before, then she would be referred to as a maiden mare. If she has been bred before, but is not currently pregnant or raising a foal, she would be referred to as an empty mare or a dry mare. Otherwise, she is still normally referred to as a mare.