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post #351 of 689
4/12/12 at 11:13am

Wow that's a close call there PeepsCA. Your right you think you can see them and then you don't! idunno.gif Sorry I'm no help! But what I do know is that they are extra cute!

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I mentioned I thought there was a Blonde and a Buff in that last hatch somewhere in the bucket...

So here they are close up, but I dunno if that's what they are or not now that I am gettin' a good look at them. The darker keet is a little too light to be a Blonde (I think), but it's really dark for a Buff (my normal Buffs anyway)... and the lighter keet is really light for a Buff barnie.gif

BlondeBuff-maybe.jpg

 

BlondeBuff-maybe2.jpg

 

I'm going blurry/cross eyed trying to see if there's really broken/squiggley stripes on it's head or not... my brain wants to see them, so part of the time I think I can kinda see them, lol. But then it kind of looks a lot like Country Chicken's Ivory keet she posted earlier in this thread too, (but my keet's lighter). Do you guys see any faint  broken/squiggley lines on it's head???

 

Sheesh, I thought I was doing pretty good being able to ID all 782 of my keets that I hatched last season, this season's workin' me hard with new to me colors and I'm not even 200 keets into the season so far!!! he.gif



 

Three guineas- one male ,two hens. One great supportive husband. 3 Japanese Chins. 4 grown children but no grands yet.

I am a huge gardener of flowers and some veggies. 

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Three guineas- one male ,two hens. One great supportive husband. 3 Japanese Chins. 4 grown children but no grands yet.

I am a huge gardener of flowers and some veggies. 

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post #352 of 689
4/12/12 at 4:51pm

OK I took the picture and ran it through filters to bring out any patterns that might be on the Keet.  I am seeing faint patterns..... does this help?

 

deb

filter BlondeBuff-maybe2.jpeg
 

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Wow that's a close call there PeepsCA. Your right you think you can see them and then you don't! idunno.gif Sorry I'm no help! But what I do know is that they are extra cute!

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Originally Posted by PeepsCA View Post

I mentioned I thought there was a Blonde and a Buff in that last hatch somewhere in the bucket...

So here they are close up, but I dunno if that's what they are or not now that I am gettin' a good look at them. The darker keet is a little too light to be a Blonde (I think), but it's really dark for a Buff (my normal Buffs anyway)... and the lighter keet is really light for a Buff barnie.gif

BlondeBuff-maybe.jpg

 

BlondeBuff-maybe2.jpg

 

I'm going blurry/cross eyed trying to see if there's really broken/squiggley stripes on it's head or not... my brain wants to see them, so part of the time I think I can kinda see them, lol. But then it kind of looks a lot like Country Chicken's Ivory keet she posted earlier in this thread too, (but my keet's lighter). Do you guys see any faint  broken/squiggley lines on it's head???

 

Sheesh, I thought I was doing pretty good being able to ID all 782 of my keets that I hatched last season, this season's workin' me hard with new to me colors and I'm not even 200 keets into the season so far!!! he.gif



 



 

deb always learning

 

I don't have help at my place except the goats....  Well um they are just company you cant turn your back on.... more like hyper active neighbor kids coming to see what your doing..... Well they aren't much help at all.... Oh well.

 

(1)Percheron(1)Dog (3)Cats(3)Goats(10)Guineas (17)Welsumers (2)Silkys(2)Auracanas

 

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deb always learning

 

I don't have help at my place except the goats....  Well um they are just company you cant turn your back on.... more like hyper active neighbor kids coming to see what your doing..... Well they aren't much help at all.... Oh well.

 

(1)Percheron(1)Dog (3)Cats(3)Goats(10)Guineas (17)Welsumers (2)Silkys(2)Auracanas

 

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post #353 of 689
4/12/12 at 5:08pm
Thread Starter 

Yep, that helps... good idea, Thanks! Just happens to be a super light Buff.

Now, run it thru your filters again... is it a Hen, or a male ??? lol.png

 

highfive.gif~250+Guineas/6Flocks(18 Different Colors, plus assorted Pieds),3IB Peahens,1IB Peacock& 8Peachicks(3Pieds),93Turkeys(2WildX,2Mottled BlackX,2NarriX&82Poults+5Royal Palm Poults),25Coturnix 

&1Button Quail,17Silkies&5Showgirls(POOFBALLS!),5.5Horses(The .5's a Mini),1BLM Burro(Livestock Guardian),8MuttGoats(Brushers),2Rotts,3Red Heelers,7Lazy Cats,4FishTanks~

 

 

 

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highfive.gif~250+Guineas/6Flocks(18 Different Colors, plus assorted Pieds),3IB Peahens,1IB Peacock& 8Peachicks(3Pieds),93Turkeys(2WildX,2Mottled BlackX,2NarriX&82Poults+5Royal Palm Poults),25Coturnix 

&1Button Quail,17Silkies&5Showgirls(POOFBALLS!),5.5Horses(The .5's a Mini),1BLM Burro(Livestock Guardian),8MuttGoats(Brushers),2Rotts,3Red Heelers,7Lazy Cats,4FishTanks~

 

 

 

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post #354 of 689
4/12/12 at 6:22pm

Yeah, I was seeing patterns bofore the filter, but that really brings it out.  Cute chick!  And if you figure out the male/female thing, that would be awesome! 

 

Those feathering-in chocolates were beautiful, too!  Such sweet little birds--I can almost hear their fun little sounds.  Your pics are definitely helping me try and hold firm in the face of selling our newly hatched keets.  We swapped two older laying hens for a pair of pearl grey guineas a lady didn't want anymore, which have settled nicely into the flock--yay!  But that skews our ratio even further toward pearl and pied pearl chicks, so I really shouldn't keep any keets that aren't of the other colors.

 

Must keep repeating that--and enjoying your pics!

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post #355 of 689
4/14/12 at 6:53am

The eggs I got are pearl and pied pearl and maybe lavender. So I will be looking for some of the Buff/Brown/chocolate eggs too, but I needed to get some started and I got a good deal on these at the perfect time. When I have broodys to raise them, and hopefully teach them to come in at night. The colors can wait, I have ya'll pics to hold me over.

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post #356 of 689
4/21/12 at 5:31pm
Thread Starter 

Hatch #10, 22 keets. I dunno who snuck that Pearl Grey in there, pfft!

Hatch10_22keets4-20-12.jpg

 

highfive.gif~250+Guineas/6Flocks(18 Different Colors, plus assorted Pieds),3IB Peahens,1IB Peacock& 8Peachicks(3Pieds),93Turkeys(2WildX,2Mottled BlackX,2NarriX&82Poults+5Royal Palm Poults),25Coturnix 

&1Button Quail,17Silkies&5Showgirls(POOFBALLS!),5.5Horses(The .5's a Mini),1BLM Burro(Livestock Guardian),8MuttGoats(Brushers),2Rotts,3Red Heelers,7Lazy Cats,4FishTanks~

 

 

 

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highfive.gif~250+Guineas/6Flocks(18 Different Colors, plus assorted Pieds),3IB Peahens,1IB Peacock& 8Peachicks(3Pieds),93Turkeys(2WildX,2Mottled BlackX,2NarriX&82Poults+5Royal Palm Poults),25Coturnix 

&1Button Quail,17Silkies&5Showgirls(POOFBALLS!),5.5Horses(The .5's a Mini),1BLM Burro(Livestock Guardian),8MuttGoats(Brushers),2Rotts,3Red Heelers,7Lazy Cats,4FishTanks~

 

 

 

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post #357 of 689
4/21/12 at 6:04pm

Whata bunch of cuties, Peeps! I had to sell my guineas.. I wanted to keep them, but the D*NM neighbors made us sell them.

I really do hate having neighbors sometimes..!

Chickens - (Naked Necks, Easter Eggers, Ameraucanas, D'uccles, and others.)
Call Ducks - (Blue Bibbeds, Greys, Chocolates, Whites, Silvers, and Butterscotches.)

Guineas - (Pearl Greys and Royal Purples.)
 

New for 2013: Blue Paint Silkie Project
 

~Steven

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Chickens - (Naked Necks, Easter Eggers, Ameraucanas, D'uccles, and others.)
Call Ducks - (Blue Bibbeds, Greys, Chocolates, Whites, Silvers, and Butterscotches.)

Guineas - (Pearl Greys and Royal Purples.)
 

New for 2013: Blue Paint Silkie Project
 

~Steven

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post #358 of 689
4/21/12 at 7:10pm
Thread Starter 

Thanks Duckie smile.png Sorry to read you had to get rid of your Guineas. I've been trying to figure out how to breed mute/silent Guineas, but I haven't been successful yet.

 

<rant> I have some extremely mouthy young males this year (3 from last season's hatch) that are real close to getting dressed up really pretty for dinner (as in stuffed and baked). They yell (an overly exaggerated extra high pitched non-stop CHI-CHI-CHI squawk) all day long at anything and everything (and at nothing), and after the sun goes down they still squawk constantly for several hours at the top of their lungs (they don't even stop to take a breath!). The night before last they got squirted with hose mid-squawk (that worked for 3 minutes), and last night all 3 got snatched off their perches in the dark and stuffed in a dog crate... and then they spent the night in the garage (with 2 cats staring at them all night, LOLOLOL). I couldn't take it any more, I was about to throttle them. Their open coop faces the direction of my bedroom window and the squawks bust right thru double pane glass like it's not even there (way to go Peeps, great planning there, NOT). he.gif  We'll see how it goes tonight, but I know I am not listening to that crap for another 3 hours ever again somad.gif They are lucky I need their genes in the pool this season, or they'd be butchered or sold!!! rant.gif </rant>

 

highfive.gif~250+Guineas/6Flocks(18 Different Colors, plus assorted Pieds),3IB Peahens,1IB Peacock& 8Peachicks(3Pieds),93Turkeys(2WildX,2Mottled BlackX,2NarriX&82Poults+5Royal Palm Poults),25Coturnix 

&1Button Quail,17Silkies&5Showgirls(POOFBALLS!),5.5Horses(The .5's a Mini),1BLM Burro(Livestock Guardian),8MuttGoats(Brushers),2Rotts,3Red Heelers,7Lazy Cats,4FishTanks~

 

 

 

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highfive.gif~250+Guineas/6Flocks(18 Different Colors, plus assorted Pieds),3IB Peahens,1IB Peacock& 8Peachicks(3Pieds),93Turkeys(2WildX,2Mottled BlackX,2NarriX&82Poults+5Royal Palm Poults),25Coturnix 

&1Button Quail,17Silkies&5Showgirls(POOFBALLS!),5.5Horses(The .5's a Mini),1BLM Burro(Livestock Guardian),8MuttGoats(Brushers),2Rotts,3Red Heelers,7Lazy Cats,4FishTanks~

 

 

 

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post #359 of 689
4/21/12 at 8:54pm

yuckyuck.gifwoot.gif  That is too good! if they irritate you just imagine how someone who's never had them feels when they roost on the roof!! celebrate.gif

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post #360 of 689
4/22/12 at 10:25am
Thread Starter 

LOL! They frustrate me to no end this year. I've had Guineas for years, but this year has got to be the worst year ever for butthead noisy males, EVER. And they get every flock yelling sometimes. Luckily my older flocks will hush for me if I go talk to them or interrupt them with the treat call (I know, dirty trick cuz they don't get any treats when I do that... but hey it works, lol).

 

highfive.gif~250+Guineas/6Flocks(18 Different Colors, plus assorted Pieds),3IB Peahens,1IB Peacock& 8Peachicks(3Pieds),93Turkeys(2WildX,2Mottled BlackX,2NarriX&82Poults+5Royal Palm Poults),25Coturnix 

&1Button Quail,17Silkies&5Showgirls(POOFBALLS!),5.5Horses(The .5's a Mini),1BLM Burro(Livestock Guardian),8MuttGoats(Brushers),2Rotts,3Red Heelers,7Lazy Cats,4FishTanks~

 

 

 

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highfive.gif~250+Guineas/6Flocks(18 Different Colors, plus assorted Pieds),3IB Peahens,1IB Peacock& 8Peachicks(3Pieds),93Turkeys(2WildX,2Mottled BlackX,2NarriX&82Poults+5Royal Palm Poults),25Coturnix 

&1Button Quail,17Silkies&5Showgirls(POOFBALLS!),5.5Horses(The .5's a Mini),1BLM Burro(Livestock Guardian),8MuttGoats(Brushers),2Rotts,3Red Heelers,7Lazy Cats,4FishTanks~

 

 

 

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