This message is from: "Douglas Knutsen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Linda L wrote "Is mud dun an acceptable color in Fjords?"
Really Linda, considering your long involvement with Fjords, I'm surprised
that you you're asking such a naive question. Surely you recall that the
Fjords depicted in the cave paintings are all Mud-dun colored. Through
selective breeding, the early Norwegians managed to imprint the better-known
Brown, Grey, Red, White, and Yellow-dun colors on the Fjord breed. It is
seldom talked about, but they never quite managed to eliminate the
embarrassing Mud-dun coloration. So the occasional individual crops up.
Perhaps they failed to breed out this unfortunate shade because horses with
this genome have a peculiar trait - camelian-like they are able to switch
from their dominant Mud color to one of the more common ones, thus
disguising their Muddness. Individuals vary in their ability to change, so
in some the Mud color will show through the disguise color [White, Red, etc]
and vice-versa. This is what I was commenting about in Erlend.
And, yes, the exact shade of the Mud-dunness will vary with rain and
location.
I'm delighted to be ableto help - I do hope this clears up your confusion.
Helpfully,
Peg Knutsen
www.fairpoint.net/~kffjord/
----- Original Message -----
From: "Linda Lehnert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Fjord horse Forum" <fjordhorse@angus.mystery.com>
Sent: Sunday, November 04, 2007 2:23 AM
Subject: Fjord colors
This message is from: Linda Lehnert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Is mud-dun an acceptable color in Fjords? Many people on the list in
various
locations seem to report having Fjords that color, particularly when it
rains.
Phil didn't mention it in his excellent posting. Does it depend on the
color
of the mud?
Linda in Guben
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