I was wondering if the horse color dun is the same as bucksking (genetics wise)?

Question

I'm breeding my dun mare to a black stallion and I'm wondering what my foals color options are.

Answer 1

Dun and Buckskin are two different types of color. Duns come in all ranges of color from fawn colored to peach, but duns are characterized as having a dorsal stripe (a stripe of slightly darker coat color) and zebra striping on the legs (I have to admit I haven't always seen the leg striping), whereas; buckskins are usually some shade of a gold color with a black mane and tail. My trainer owns a dun mare that has had four foals (3 fillies and a colt) I wasn't able to see the first filly, but the second was fawn colored (and by that I mean brown with a bit of black sprinkled in the coat)with black in her mane and tail, her sire was a dark bay Paint. The next filly came out a very pale palomino, her sire was a black Paint. And finally the colt is came out a pale fawn color, he is currently shedding his baby coat and has almost a red hue to him now, it isn't quite sorrel and it isn't that fawn color, it's just something in between, and his sire was a black Paint. So if your mare is anything like this one you could very easily end up with another dun or even a palomino, if the stallion is homozygous for the black gene then you'll get a black. Find out what the sire tends to throw, that will help you get a better idea of what your foal will look like.

Answer 2

It depends on how strong the "dun/buckskin" gene is in your mare. from what i understand and from many years of watching horses being bred, and looking at traits that are passed from mares and stallions onto the progeny, i think that the "dun/buckskin" gene is fairly recessive, as is "grey". But, it also depends on how strong the "black" gene in your stallion is. if for example, he comes from a chestnut mother and a bay stallion, the black colour is more than likely also recessive, in which case you could end up with a bay or chestnut foal.
If the "dun/buckskin" colour in your mare is as a result of "dun/buckskin" parentage, then youy could end up with a dun/buckskin foal.

Answer 3

Dun is the overall color grouping, with buckskin being one of the sub-groups. Grulla (or grullo, depending on where you live), is another. The horses are graded on dun factor, how much coloring is in their background, barring on legs, dorsal stripes, and other things.

Answer 4

dun is darker than a buckskin.and it depends on the horse some buckskins are really dark (almost bay) and some a super light.

Answer 5

the color of the sire and dam are only part of the equation you need to know what genes they have so you know what recessive genes might appear - you could get a chestnut or even palomino - see what the grandsires and grandams are

Answer 6

PROBLEY A DARK DUN COLOR