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Do you like white horses?

#100522 Posted on 2017-04-09 21:08:19

Do y'all like the white (W+) gene? Why, why not?


Just to clarify, not grey (Gg or GG), but white (W+), where the horse from birth is pure white and will never be anything but white.

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In addition, how would the possibility of the lethal WW gene affect your decision making? If you have previously bred for Overo, will you continue to do so now with the possibility of a lethal OO gene?

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#100523 Posted on 2017-04-09 21:10:08

I personally do not, for the same reason I don't like grey - it covers up any other color or pattern the horse may have.


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#100524 Posted on 2017-04-09 21:11:46

No. I don't like white.
it covers up all the rest of the color modifiers/dilutions/patterns the horse may have.
I think it's much worse than grey, because at least with grey you get to see the neat progression of fading as opposed to the horse always being solid white.


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#100528 Posted on 2017-04-09 21:40:02

I'll keep a horse with white if I get it from the store, but I won't seek it out.


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#100529 Posted on 2017-04-09 22:09:31

I agree with Only the Wind and Kahzie, don't like it at all :3


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#100531 Posted on 2017-04-09 22:16:50

I think they're pretty, so I don't mind white. Because of its tendency to cover everything though I try not to keep too many white horses, and I'll avoid WW horses.


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#100538 Posted on 2017-04-10 00:28:58

I like it better than gray aesthetically but it's not much fun to breed with so I try to avoid it for breeding projects.


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#100545 Posted on 2017-04-10 05:00:41

I do like them :>
They look cute with their blue eyes and pink skin, in my opinion, plus they can still give nice colored offspring 'cause W only covers horse's base color (which can be quite surprising, I found that my white GV actually had Crcr and QH mare is actually bay roan). Also, White is very easy to eliminate 'cause WW is lethal, so white horses are always heterozygous (not like gray ones...).


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#100552 Posted on 2017-04-10 07:10:51

^ I don't think WW is programmed to be lethal in EV, so it's possible to have WW horses here.


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#100556 Posted on 2017-04-10 08:18:08

I don't mind white horses but I wouldn't specifically buy them. My biggest problem with them is that they;re unpopular here on EV so there's not really a reason to breed them. Breeding is one of my favorite aspects of the game.


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#100561 Posted on 2017-04-10 09:05:42

I have two Shetlands from the store that are white. One is WSb the other is W+. I view them as part of nature's wondrous pageantry. :D


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#100562 Posted on 2017-04-10 09:16:30

I rather like them. :) They are lovely and unique. ♥


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#100571 Posted on 2017-04-10 10:57:56

I think thier pretty. I would probably breed it once in a while because I like it.


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#100580 Posted on 2017-04-10 14:38:30

@UlyssesBlue,
Actually, it's even impossible to search for WW horse here, so I doubt that there are homozygous White horses here. Maybe EV is not allowing to mix alleles in way that could give WW horse but without loosing any foals? :)


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#100609 Posted on 2017-04-10 18:25:07

Yeah, wow. It does look like WW is forbidden. I had to check the horse stats to be sure, but it looks like you're right. I know OO is forbidden, meaning that the breeding formulas are adjusted such that you can never get that combination in a breeding, but you won't lose foals. This is the first I've heard about any other genes being forbidden though.


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