[BADR] Breeding Chestnut and Flaxen into a breed

[Sarah Badr]

Minimum number of steps (generations)

E = Black Gene
e = Red Gene
F = Non-flaxen Gene
f = Flaxen Gene

**A horse must have two chestnut genes (ee) to be chestnut
**A chestnut horse must have two flaxen genes (ff) to be flaxen chestnut
**A non-chestnut horse can have two flaxen genes (ff) but flaxen only shows on a chestnut (ee) coat

1 - Breed target breed to Flaxen Chestnuts = 50% Grades that carry one flaxen gene and at least one chestnut gene (Produce stud & mare that are unrelated)

2 - Breed two 50% grades that carry the flaxen and chestnut gene together = 50% Flaxen Chestnut Grade (Produce stud & mare that are unrelated)

3 - Breed 50% Flaxen Chestnut Grade to target breed = 75% Grades that carry one flaxen gene and at least one chestnut gene (Produce stud & mare that are unrelated)

4 - Breed two 75% grades that carry the flaxen and chestnut gene together = 75% Flaxen Chestnut Grade (Produce stud & mare that are unrelated)

5 - Breed 75% Flaxen Chestnut Grade to target breed = 87.5% Grades that carry one flaxen gene and at least one chestnut gene (Produce stud & mare that are unrelated)

6 - Breed two 87.5% grades that carry the flaxen and chestnut gene together = 87.5% Flaxen Chestnut Grade (Produce stud & mare that are unrelated)

7 - Breed 87.5% Flaxen Chestnut Grade to target breed = pure target breed that care one flaxen gene and at least one chestnut gene (Produce stud and mare that are unrelated)

8 - Breed two pure target breeds that carry the flaxen and chestnut gene together = Pure Flaxen Chestnut Target Breed