Hi everybody!
I bought these guineas three months ago.
The seller said they were Buff and Buff Dundotte, and for what I´ve seen in the internet they looked like Buffs for me too.
Middle pic is the Buff male, other two pics are the Buff Dundotte females, not laying yet.
I read that with a Buff male, no matter what color female, the offspring daughters are Buff, and males are are either mother´s or any other color parents may be carriers.
12 days ago I hatched 6 chicks, parents are Pearl Grey hens (daughters of Royal Purple hen) mated to a buff male. The result of this crossing is: 1 Pearl Grey, 2 Pearl Grey pied, 2 Royal Purple and 1 Royal Purple pied.
Either what I read about Buff crossings is not certain, or my birds are not genetically Buff, or a third option being all 6 keets are male.
Pease if anyone can enlighten me about genetics it would be appreciated.
Are the birds Buff or they may be other color? Sorry about the blurry photos.
Regards
Urte
I bought these guineas three months ago.
The seller said they were Buff and Buff Dundotte, and for what I´ve seen in the internet they looked like Buffs for me too.
Middle pic is the Buff male, other two pics are the Buff Dundotte females, not laying yet.
I read that with a Buff male, no matter what color female, the offspring daughters are Buff, and males are are either mother´s or any other color parents may be carriers.
12 days ago I hatched 6 chicks, parents are Pearl Grey hens (daughters of Royal Purple hen) mated to a buff male. The result of this crossing is: 1 Pearl Grey, 2 Pearl Grey pied, 2 Royal Purple and 1 Royal Purple pied.
Either what I read about Buff crossings is not certain, or my birds are not genetically Buff, or a third option being all 6 keets are male.
Pease if anyone can enlighten me about genetics it would be appreciated.
Are the birds Buff or they may be other color? Sorry about the blurry photos.
Regards
Urte