tfw the grey gene won't go away

I mean, I knew the chances of the foal not being grey were slim, but I HAD HOPE. At least he's Gg?? I guess?? Not sure if it'll be easy to pass on his Tobiano genes though - I'm a bit rusty at the genetics game and I haven't had time to read up on it...

I had him tested and this is what I got:

Ee Aa Gg crcr dd chch FF zz pp stysty rbrb T+ oo spsp lplp patn1patn1 patn2patn2

Looks to me to be a 50% chance to pass on grey and a 50% chance to pass on his tobiano, given you breed him to a non-grey, non-tobiano mare.

I'm glad I'm okay with grey in my DWs, I can't imagine the frustration with that damnable gene in a breed with MUCH more color variation.

Edit; I just realized the horse you may be talking about is a DW! Would you be referring to D'artanian?

Last edited on 2016-07-23 at 22:42:12 by Mali .DCS.

I am, yes! The dam was Gg herself, the sire being gg, and I doubted I would be lucky enough to get a non-grey. But I was breeding more in hopes of climbing the stat ladder... Still, would've been a nice surprise xD The non-grey would just be a plus because I honestly think it looks kind of weird on here. Sometimes they look like ghosts before the image finishes loading haha. Plus it's kind of annoying because I have NEVER seen a bay horse go grey. Or chestnut, etc. I understand that it's a popular colour, but I feel like it's a little *too* popular on here if people are purposely trying to breed it out of their lines lol, and not just with DWs.

You can color randomize him for about $100k (2 credits) and get black,bay, or chesnut and absolutely no gray. It won't mess with his tobiano genes. I have done this with several of my grays. :)

Oooh, good idea Demure! I think I'll wait and see if he ends up being any good, but I'll definitely keep that in mind for when/if I decide to breed him down the road.

I had White (Ww) that haunted my QHs for 3-4? generations and White is the color I hate above all others; grey I can live with (since the dynamic greying it is no problem for me) but white is awful for me. lolz.

Update: he's now a chestnut tobiano :')

White isn't so bad, aglet! Is it as common as grey?

It's not really about how common it is; it's just that I hate dislike it personally. I personally like the dynamic greying that we have, and since DWBs are the only breed I have where grey is common it's not a problem. Bay, bay is a problem.

I'm not a fan of grey either..I have zero DWBs that carry grey. For DWBs black has to be my fav..blue roan is even better.

I have yet to see a blue roan DWB!

Unfortunately there is no blue roan per say, here on EQV. It's just called black here, with roan..which is a blue roan..though it would be nice if we had it but I'm sure there's bigger fish to fry.

But if you mean you haven't seen one IRL, neither have I lol.