HGG Community Forums

Wolf735 · Sep 13, 2020 9:50 AM

I'm trying to figure out how to "ensure" a foal will inherit a certain gene from its parents--

Say I have this foal, who's het for Satin and Chocolate:

6702836

And this is her half-brother, who is also het for Satin and Chocolate:

6494613

And this is their father, the goal to be able to breed consistently (hom Sat/Choc):

HB Saint Valentine SD

Since I started the line by breeding him to foundations that didn't have Satin OR Chocolate, does that mean I have to take his het children, breed them back to him to get possibly hom Sat/Choc foals, and then breed those together afterwards? That would make their tree uneven, and papering might be odd... which I don't necessarily want either.

Or is there a better way?

I'm still trying to figure out how the genetics work. I did figure out how to breed consistently for Silver Bays and Buckskins though which I'm proud of. A small step!

BlaxkDiamond · Sep 13, 2020 3:38 PM

Well you have a couple options.

The first one which you already stated you weren’t very interested in.

The second option would be to breed his daughters to his sons, some of the 3g foals will have the genes you’re wanting others wont, it may take a couple generations to get to Hom Sat/Choc.

The third opinion would be to try to find a colt someone else bred that has the genes you want. Ideally one who is hom Satin and Chocolate, next would be Hom for Chocolate and Het satin, or Hom satin Het chocolate. Personally I’ve done this in my lines and it gets results faster then the second option.

The forth option would be to try to buy eggs or embryos from a mare who is a good match for your stud, or creating a mare for him yourself. Granted this is the most expensive of the options so may not work for you at the moment.

I hope that gives you some ideas. :)

Haltanny · Sep 13, 2020 6:39 PM

Breed his offspring together. If you have the funds to gmt satin and chocolate are both able to be GMT'd onto foals that miss it. Personally, this would be the option i would use. I would at least make a colt hom for both using the best quality colt of the bunch and if i had the GMTs, i'd do some good fillies. Some 3rd gen of course will already be hom for both, but i'd still use whichever colt had the best quality and just gmt him if needed.

OndowaStables · Sep 14, 2020 1:54 AM

To add to Haltanny's advice, it only costs 1 GMT to add any missed gene on a lined horse, rather than the 15 or 20 that chocolate and satin cost to put on a foundation.

Members log in here:
Username:
Password:
By hitting the above you signify that you agree with our rules and conditions.
Forgot your password?

HGG Community Forums

Join our discord server!

Howdy, Stranger!

Categories

In this Discussion

Join our discord server!

Enlarge Your Pastures

Reminders!