Getting a Buckskin

Buckskin · 01-07-08, 10:10 PM

I'm trying to figure out if there's a cross I could do to get a fairly large, buckskin horse. I adore the color (you might have guessed), but I don't see a lot of them around.

Genetically I think that buckskin is a double heterozygote: it needs one cream gene, one non-cream gene, one chestnut gene and one black gene.

At the moment I'm thinking that it might work if I can find a true black mare (perhaps a friesian) and breed her to a cremello stud.

sheena · 02-05-08, 09:52 AM

I was once told that buckskin was not just a color but a breed too. It has been bred into so many different lines though that most horses you see out there have at least a bit of buckskin in them. Not sure if that's right though.

**alexis** · 02-06-08, 01:09 PM

How much does it cost to have one horse bred with another, is there a breeding fee kind of like when you are shooting for a purebred domestic animal? Also, how long does the colt need to stay with mother?

01-07-08, 10:10 PM	#1 (permalink)
Buckskin Member Join Date: 11-05-07 Location: Australia Posts: 125	Getting a Buckskin I'm trying to figure out if there's a cross I could do to get a fairly large, buckskin horse. I adore the color (you might have guessed), but I don't see a lot of them around. Genetically I think that buckskin is a double heterozygote: it needs one cream gene, one non-cream gene, one chestnut gene and one black gene. At the moment I'm thinking that it might work if I can find a true black mare (perhaps a friesian) and breed her to a cremello stud. __________________ Got carrots?

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sheena Member Join Date: 02-02-08 Posts: 25	I was once told that buckskin was not just a color but a breed too. It has been bred into so many different lines though that most horses you see out there have at least a bit of buckskin in them. Not sure if that's right though.

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alexis Super-Moderator Join Date: 08-10-07 Posts: 329	How much does it cost to have one horse bred with another, is there a breeding fee kind of like when you are shooting for a purebred domestic animal? Also, how long does the colt need to stay with mother?