Is there are chart somewhere on keet heads? I came across one drawing of one bird that is now extinct, and thought what a great idea..except I doubt anyone is going to be coming across that one extinct bird to determine if it has squiggly lines or bold lines or...
What an interesting colpr scheme. I'm guessing there was a RP in the mix, but it sure looks like black..which I think Italy listed as extinct & not reconstituted. (Just add water!).
Lol I abandoned FB yrs ago. Sometimes it's tempting to go back, but so far I'm holding strong.
Wait.. isn't that whole explanation abt bronze genes exactly what I read abt the brown gene? - there were 2 more questions that popped up...the bronze..when I think of bronze, I think of soething w/ a reddish or orange tint, like the keet that started this conversation. Obviously I'm no one to...
But ya'll have me deep diving again- did you know there is a "Bonaparte"phenotype? @Mixed flock enthusiast I think you have these? And take a look at (k) cinnamon pied. I guess the Gran knew what he was doing when he insisted ours be named Bella afain, as this time "Isabella" (j) is...
Not so uncommon, per Peeps. Reading the Italian site was an experience, though. Lol. It took a few before I felt comfortable w/the idea of birds being "reconstituted".
What is the genetics to = coral? I was trying to look up RP & brown. If I understood her correctly, the females will be brown & the males-🤷♀️
But if she & the lavender mate, the males would be porcelain or opaline? But that doesn't factor in the second gene, the lav I don't know but the the...
I'm going to play along and then let @R2elk decide how close I get. 🙂
1 usually when someone talks abt Cinnamon guineas, they're in Australia, so not sure if that's an equivalency thing to pastel or-? - odds are PG though.
2- looks like some variation of a coral, but I don't remember the...