Liver/Chocolate chestnut with a white mane?

[allanglos]

I have a one month old colt that is shedding out very dark. His full brother did not do this and is a red chestnut with a white mane and tail.

Will this guy stay dark since his brother never shedded dark like him? I would LOVE to have a dark chestnut with a white mane and tail:)

[Nootka]

Wouldn’t flaxen be so cool:yes:

I loved the color of this stallion

http://gestuet-falkenhorst.com/malteeng.html

[allanglos]

Oh, I know he will be a flaxen as I can already see it growing in and his full brother has the white mane and tail. But if I could get that on a dark chocolate chestnut? I am holding my breath.

[Kerole]

Hmmm, I don’t want to be a kill-joy but the wear marks on the hollows of his hocks look like normal red chestnut to me.

I’m betting he will be a usual flaxen chestnut.

[VirginiaBred]

Yep, it happens! I had one from a grey sire and a bay dam. Liver with a flaxen mane and tail! LOVED IT!

[JB]

It’s MUCH more common for chestnut foals to shed very dark the first time, than it is for them to shed to a “normal” chestnut color. So no, don’t at all count on him maturing to a liver color

[allanglos]

Does it help that his dam is a liver chestnut?

[allanglos]

Here is his full brother at the same age, then at 6 months.

[Twinkletozzz]

Gosh, wouldn’t that be something to have a liver with flaxen! With my liver chestnut Don Alfredo colt, he made it known fairly quickly that he would not be red and by the time of his inspection (he would have been 5 months by then) he was clearly a liver. He began shedding out dark early. I don’t think it matters that the dam in this case is a liver although the “color experts” here might need to chime in.

[JB]

Yes, it does indeed help that a parent is liver.

The sibling is awesome!!

[honeylips]

Take a look at this German pony stallion.
Dark liver chestnut, flaxen and silver mane and tail, big white face with 2 blue eyes, and 4 high socks. The most stunning pony I have ever seen.

http://i184.photobucket.com/albums/x96/melissamulchahey/002-1.jpg

http://i184.photobucket.com/albums/x96/melissamulchahey/028-1.jpg

[Amazone]

honeylips, I agree, gorgeous pony!I wouldn’t mind one like that!

[allanglos]

[QUOTE=JB;5689450]
Yes, it does indeed help that a parent is liver.

The sibling is awesome!![/QUOTE]

Thanks:)

My poor guy is probably wondering why I keep getting close to his face and peering all over. I keep looking for a sign of his true color:)

I’ll post updated photos after he sheds some more.

Here are other foals by the same stallion out of different mares. (One is his full brother). So am confident the mane and tail will be white. Now if that coat color stays chocolate. Still holding breath:)

[JB]

Same stallion different mares? Wow, is he ever a flaxen producer!!

[allanglos]

Here are some current photos at age 6 weeks. Still shedding chocolate colored:)

[allanglos]

The bay colt in the photo is by Jones Hall.

[JB]

Well, he’s going to continue to shed dark this time - it’s what chestnut foals do LOL The key will be next Spring’s shed, and even a bigger key the following Spring

[grayarabpony]

[QUOTE=honeylips;5690505]
Take a look at this German pony stallion.
Dark liver chestnut, flaxen and silver mane and tail, big white face with 2 blue eyes, and 4 high socks. The most stunning pony I have ever seen.

http://i184.photobucket.com/albums/x96/melissamulchahey/002-1.jpg

http://i184.photobucket.com/albums/x96/melissamulchahey/028-1.jpg[/QUOTE]

Who is that?

[allanglos]

[QUOTE=JB;5715157]
Well, he’s going to continue to shed dark this time - it’s what chestnut foals do LOL The key will be next Spring’s shed, and even a bigger key the following Spring :)[/QUOTE]

Except his full brother did not. He shed red and stayed that way. So my fingers are still crossed and my breath on hold until he sheds more:)

[stolensilver]

He’s very handsome and liver with flaxen would be amazing!

I’m intrigued how your stallion consistently passes on his flaxen. Is flaxen dominant?