My 1 month old foal appears to be going from sorrel to black....?

her mother is a black mustang, and the father is a dapple gray arabian...she looks like she is shedding her scruffy baby coat and underneath is a smooth black coat...is this possible??

My 1 month old foal appears to be going from sorrel to black....?
Any thing is possible when it comes to color changes. All babies change colors within the first few years. Some change drasticly. Many colors of horses begin as a sorrel to bay color and change. If the father is a grey the foal will probably go grey too because Grey is a dominate gene. Check out the web site below.
Reply:Sure. It could be that she is going to grey out. Sometimes when a horse that is going to grey out looses their baby fur they will be dark in color and gradually lighten as they get older. Sometimes it takes a very long time for a horse to grey out, or it can happen very quickly. We have a 3 year old Trekhener filly that is still about 95% dark bay who is very slowly greying, and a 2 year old colt (half brother) who is already covered in dapples and seemingly turned grey overnight when he was about 6 or 8 months old.
Reply:It's very possible, most foals change color from what they are born as.
Reply:I had a foal born sorrel with a light mane and tail. I'm used to color changes (we've raised over 500 in 43 years). Look what color he is as an adult.


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Reply:He may be turning gray.. or he may stay black.... Babies are so much fun to guess colors on. I think GRAY
Reply:yes, it is possible for your foal to change colors when they lose their baby coat, and it will happen often with blacks, turning from a smokey color to a full black. Some roans will even have different colors depending on the seasons.
Reply:since her mother is black it is possible that your foal will be black. and the father is a dapple gray well she could go gray. because the three yearlings at the place i ride at were born black and now they are becoming gray.
Reply:Yes My Arab Mare went from Bay to Grey, but it took almost three years
Reply:I had a colt born buckskin to a bay sire and sorrel mare. He shed out pitch black. Your foal could grey out or stay, it's too early to tell. A grey parent doesn't mean a guaranteed grey foal, just improves the odds and a grey foal is impossible without a grey parent. My sorrel mare was out of a grey mare, but will not have a grey foal unless she's bred to a grey sire. Even then, it's not a sure thing. But this black colt is sure good looking!!
Reply:yes they often change colors as they get older and shed their baby coat.
Reply:Blacks typically are born a 'mousey' color. I haven't ever seen a 'black' foal born that wasn't. Maybe others have??
Reply:yes! its possible! lots of horses as young foals change colors :]
Reply:Yes, baby's often change colors. They get rid of that baby coat and turn out a beautiful shiny coat that can be a different color.
Reply:It is possible. The baby coat can be a totally different color than what the shed off color can be. Case in point. One friend had a colt that was born a buckskin. And then shed off and was black as ink. So yes it can happen.
Reply:It sounds like she may be going to be a gray like her sire. Many gray horses are born dark then lighten as they grow up.
Reply:very possible.....





we had a walker colt born derby day...her father red, mother black...she was born black. she lost her baby coat and turned a reddish brown. she appears to be losing it again and going back to the black.
Reply:very possible, my dapple grey is now jet black
Reply:YES! Babys usually change colors. expesually if its father is a dapple grey dapples change collors a lot!!
Reply:there's nothing wrong!!!.


foal tend to shed off their coat when they're foals to their original colour.


i know a bred of horse (forgot the name) , htey live in the cold, snowy mountain sides. usually captured to pull wagons. similar to cylsdales, but a much hairer coat.


they are all born black. but then change to their spotted clothing.


it;s just like how all dalmations are born white.


and as they grown older, they grow their dots.
Reply:yep thats exactly what happened to my foal. she was pale brown and then dark brown patches started appearing around her knees, face and chest. this is a very good sign! :)

elaine