This message is from: "Knutsen Fjord Farm" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Our Silka and her son, Sonny, of Anvil Acres heritage, are both shagging up. All the others are still prettly slick. Also, the greys seem to stay a little softer/slicker than the browns. Lauren, again, [sorry I didn't read all the way through the digest before I replied], yes, the grey does have to come from both sides. It can be unexpressed [recessive] in one of the parents, however, and so they will be another color than grey. When folks are hoping for a grey foal from their brown dun mare bred to MVF Fatso, I always look back in the mare's pedigree to see whether there is any grey there. If she has thrown a grey foal before, that also is good information, and means that there is a 50-50 chance of getting a grey, depending on whether she passes on the dominant [her coat color] or recessive [grey] gene. Sorry if this sounds addled, but it's late and I'm still feeling the jet lag from the 3-hour time difference between the East coast and here. Peg Peg Knutsen - Ellensburg, WA http://www.eburg.com/~kffjord/
