Has anyone any ideas/thoughts about pearling/semi pearling/non-pearling? I am not too sure that factor/s involved which effect the degree of pearling are well understood. It has been thought in the past that two doses of an autosomal recessive (m/m) would produce non-pearled birds...
What kind of neck pattern do your Guineas have? Anyone noticed any relationship between the neck pattern in their Guineas & keet down pattern?
Solid neck (no pearling)
Pearled neck pattern
Anyone with any experience in pen breeding Guineas? How successful?
Also, what male to female ratio? Some of what I have read suggests that Guineas are monogamous, so best to pen birds in pairs only, while other info suggests that you can run one male with up to five or so females? I am...
Another post I have been reading sort of triggered this one. Guinea Fowl seem to divide people into those who either love them or hate them, with noise being one less desirable aspect identified with keeping them. I have had chickens & ducks for most of my life but only recently acquired...
The following basic information has been compiled for those interested in colour genetics with the hope that it assists understanding. As detail has always eluded myself (& I'm a colour genetics novice too) there will be error so any corrections will be most welcomed. I start from the beginning...
I hatched this little fellow a few days ago & have been keenly awaiting his arrival. Four eggs set, but unfortunately he was the lone duckling to hatch & for a while I thought he may be non-viable, quite small & week but as they often seem to do within a couple of days he was active & loud, &...
From my own observations, homozygous blue turns the brown/fawn in e+/e+ ducks (females) to a colour on the continuum between buff & apricot, maybe dependent to some degree on the phase gene involved?
Some examples:-
Apricot Fawn ducks are the wild-type colouration with two doses of blue &...
Hi all, I'm a newbie from Australia. Looks like a great site with lots of info. I keep some Muscovies, Saxonies, Appleyards, & some chooks. Looking forward to reading lots of great info here.
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