How to tell Black Tort vs. Blue Tort?

[MamaMandy]

So I've determined that the 2 lighter babies in my litter of Hollands are torts, but I'm not sure which color. They're both orange with blue/gray sides and bellies. They'll be 1 week old on Wednesday so they still don't have tons of fur on them. I'm just wondering how old they have to be before I can tell if they're black or blue torts. opcorn:


I just had to wait 17 days for color to show up on my himi Dwarf baby. I was becoming certain he was a REW. :shock:

 

[SarahMelisse]

The easiest way I have found is by the eye color. Black torts will have brown eyes and the blue torts will have grey/blue eyes.

 

[skysthelimit]

My blue torts and black torts


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[MamaMandy]

So, you're saying the really light colored babies in the first pics ended up being blue torts?

 

[siddsaysgimmie]

The body color of the blue torts are a light fawn with light blue-ish points. Black torts are more orange-y on the body, with dark brown/black points. At a week old, we should be able to tell. Maybe get some pics of them.

 

[skysthelimit]

So, you're saying the really light colored babies in the first pics ended up being blue torts?

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The body color of the blue torts are a light fawn with light blue-ish points. Black torts are more orange-y on the body, with dark brown/black points. At a week old, we should be able to tell. Maybe get some pics of them.

Yes. Sadly, I sold them both, because one was a broken, and one was a buck. I did not want to breed broken back to her sire, and I didn't want another buck. So this next litter, I will definitely keep one.

 

[MamaMandy]

Well, here are a couple pics. They'll be one week tomorrow. What do you all think?

 

[siddsaysgimmie]

Not sure if it's just me, but I can't see the pictures. Just the names of them.