So how did I produce this lighter colored one?
-Kathy
-Kathy
What color Guinea Fowl are these?
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I have a total of five adults... two whites, and three of the dark spotted ones. Was quite surprised when the lighter colored one hatched.
-Kathy
-Kathy
I don't believe the color genetics of guinea fowl are fully documented and understood yet... Since new tones and colors are being breed it appears there are a lot of undocumented hidden color genes...
There is obviously some hidden recessive gene(s) in the parents that tossed out the lighter color offspring...
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Your lighter colored one appears to be a lavender. A photo of the top of its head as a keet would confirm this. It is possible that a male and a female of the pearl grays each had a recessive blue gene. If the keet received those blue genes then it would have come out as a lavender.
The guru of guineas and their colors is @PeepsCA , unfortunately she hasn't posted since last December. According to her Lavender is one of the colors that she believes can mutate from Pearl Grays. Mutations can and do occur and this would not be the first case of Lavenders suddenly showing up in a Pearl Gray population.
Theoretically if you breed your Lavender to a Coral Blue or a Lavender, you should get Lavenders as the result. Of course hidden recessive genes could cause additional results. Also if you breed your Lavender back to a Pearl Gray that should produce all Pearl Grays with a hidden recessive blue gene. If you then breed your Lavender to its offspring then you should get 50% Lavender and 50% Pearl Gray with a recessive blue gene.
You are correct. I believe that there is a lot to be learned when dealing with Chocolate guineas. They are supposedly recessive buff with a double DSV (Dark Shade Variant). I have one Chocolate male who was mated to a Coral Blue hen. One of the outcomes of that mating was Royal Purple keets. The gray color of Royal Purples is supposedly the same dominant gray of Pearl Grays. I don't believe that is possible unless there was a mutation but I got quite a few Royal Purples from the mating so find it hard to believe that it was a case of mutations.
Some color genetics such as what you get when mating a white guinea to a colored guinea are well documented.
I've had the adults for years, but only hatched a couple of clutches. First time I got a couple of the lighter colored ones, some pieds and solids. The second clutch were all pieds.
-Kathy
-Kathy
Based on that information I believe that you have at least one male that has a recessive blue gene and at least one hen that has a recessive blue gene. If you can figure out which are which and mate the lavender back with the proper one, you should get 50% lavenders from the mating.
Good luck.
I have a dozen now and the three youngsters are keeping their voices down to avoid attracting the attention of the adult guineas. Right now mine aren't being very noisy but I do know what it will be like next spring come breeding season.
Mine never shut up as it is, and if I have visitors that they don't recognize forget about a second of silence...
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