more on dapples

2009-07-07 Thread Cherrie Nolden
This message is from: Cherrie Nolden prairieparad...@yahoo.com Here is more on the silver dilution gene: http://www.animalgenetics.us/Silver.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silver_dapple_gene http://www.horse-genetics.com/silver-dapple.html Perhaps the Fjord has this gene, or perhaps it has

Re: more on dapples

2009-07-07 Thread jerry friz
This message is from: jerry friz jf...@com-pair.net Hi Cherrie, All the links that you refer to are referring to color markings, primitive, etc. some might call this dappling, however, this is a different subject. I find that very few people know what dappling really is. In some cases their

Re: more on dapples

2009-07-07 Thread Robin Churchill
This message is from: Robin Churchill rbc...@yahoo.com My brown dun gelding frequently but not always has dapples. The red dun mare never has dapples. They are both fed the same thing. Robin in Florida Important FjordHorse List Links: Subscription Management: http://tinyurl.com/5msa7e FH-L

Re: more on dapples

2009-07-07 Thread Lori Albrough
This message is from: Lori Albrough l...@bluebirdlane.com All my Fjordhorses seem to dapple at some (but not all) times of the year. The time I notice it most frequently is in early fall, after I do the first body-clip of the winter season. About a week later I will start to notice the

Re: more on dapples

2009-07-07 Thread Sarah Clarke
) with a large amount of black extension dapple far more extravagantly than those with limit black extension.  Fjords due to their dilution, don't for the most part have a lot of black extending into their coats and the dapples are more subtle.  All my mature fjords (1 stallion, 3 mares) show some degree