This message is from: Mary Thurman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Hey guys - guess when we are discussing colors....specifically what you get when crossing white duns....we need to stick in an extra word. It needs to read 'crossing white dun with white dun CAN result in white Fjords with blue eyes and pink skin'. Obviously, this is not always the case - but the potential is higher in this cross than in most others(except white dun with grey dun). There was a picture on the NFHR website a while back of one such case - don't know if the picture is still there or not. And there are true 'white duns'(with black stripes etc) out there with two white dun parents - the Bailey's mare Gwendellyn is one of them. If she were mine I would be a little careful about what color genetics were present in any stallion I bred her to. If I were to choose a grey stallion for her I would want to be VERY sure he did not carry a hidden Ccr gene. She IS beautiful though, and it would be a shame to not breed her at all. With her genetic background, and with the ratings her ancestors have, there is great potential there for lovely babies.
Mary, a little green here - wishing I were in a position to begin again with another lovely ulsdun Fjord mare. ===== Mary Thurman Raintree Farms [EMAIL PROTECTED]
