arabian colours - particularly flaxens breeding?

Hi :) what colours do Arabians come in in this game? Is palomino one? Also how do I breed flaxens? T genetics guide confuses me cos it says flfl but the gene info section in the buying etc horses section shows the option for flaxen as things like FF etc, can anyone tell me how?

Arabians come in chestnut, black, bay, and grey. They can have the rabicano and sabino markings as well as flaxen. To breed for a flaxen your horse must carry the Ff gene. To show the flaxen it would be ff (lowercase). If your horse is FF but you breed her to a horse that is ff you have the chance of a foal having the genes Ff. Any horse can carry the flaxen gene but it has to be chestnut to show it. (Someone please correct me if I'm wrong).

Last edited on 2016-07-01 at 08:09:25 by Cat

@Cat, you're right!

The flaxen geno works "reversed". Horses with the FF don't have flaxen, but Ff and ff horses have it. But, as Cat wrote, flaxen is only showing on chestnut (or red dun, but that colour don't appear by Arabians).

You can also search for Arabians to see what colour they can have :)

Ff does not show flaxen. Non-flaxen is dominant, and is indicated by the capital F. Flaxen is recessive, and is indicated by the lowercase f. If your horse is Ff, that means it has inherited both flaxen and non-flaxen, but will appear non-flaxen, since the dominant trait overpowers the recessive. However, an Ff has a 50/50 chance of passing the f on to a foal.

As JytteH said, flaxen only shows up on a chestnut-based horse (ee). Even if your horse is ff, if it is Ee or EE, it will not be flaxen.

Assuming that your horses are chestnut based, these are your probabilities for getting a flaxen foal:

ff x ff = 100% flaxen (ff)
Ff x ff = 50% flaxen (ff), 50% flaxen carrier (Ff)
Ff x Ff = 25% non-flaxen (FF), 50% flaxen carrier (Ff), 25% flaxen (ff)
FF x Ff = 50% non-flaxen (FF), 50% flaxen carrier (Ff)
FF x FF = 100% non-flaxen (FF)

To get a chestnut horse, you would follow the same pattern. Chestnut is recessive, and is indicated by the lowercase e. Capital E is dominant, and means that the horse will have black hair. Depending on the agouti gene (A+, A, At, and a) it can be wild bay, bay, brown, or black. A horse that is ee will always be chestnut-based, no matter what the agouti gene says.

To find your probabilities for getting a chestnut horse, use the same chart I gave you for Flaxen, only substitute E for F, e for f, and chestnut for flaxen.

Thank you all so much! Now I know how to start working on a new flaxen line for my herd I honestly can't thank you enough! :)