Bantam Guineas?

[farmerChef]

My Aunt wants to know if there are mini-guineas, I told her I dont think so, but I wanted to doublecheck on here.

She has a fasination with mini animals

, mini horses, mini donkey, mini llamas, alpacas, babydoll sheep, dwarf rabbits, little dogs, bantams, etc....

 

[PeepsCA]

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Not to the best of my knowledge there isn't... but I can save all my runts from next year's hatches for her if she wants to try to develop a new mini-variety, lol

 

[StevenW.]

I asked the same thing about if theres Mini-Peafowl earlier this year and they said it was possible but would take 10-20+ years to actually have a true breeding mini size peacock/peahen.
Its possible but it just takes time.

 

[PeepsCA]

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OMG I want one (or 2 or 3, a mini Peacock)! Way too cute!!!!

 

[StevenW.]

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OMG I want one (or 2 or 3, a mini Peacock)! Way too cute!!!!

Thats why I asked! LOL
It would so neat to be a mini size peacock!

 

[perchie.girl]

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Ya know? I have a couple that came from Peeps that are about two thirds the size of their brothers and sisters. I betcha it would be so possible to develop a bantam version.... But breeding true would be another issue.

 

[PeepsCA]

perchie.girl :

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Ya know? I have a couple that came from Peeps that are about two thirds the size of their brothers and sisters. I betcha it would be so possible to develop a bantam version.... But breeding true would be another issue.

Uh oh, sorry, didn't mean to send you any runts, that hatch lasted longer than expected, so the littlest ones I put in the box were the last to hatch and barely all the way fluffed and dried when I had to box everybody up in a rush and then haul butt to the post office to get them shipped out on time... I didn't realize there were any runts in the mix tho

 

[perchie.girl]

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Ya know? I have a couple that came from Peeps that are about two thirds the size of their brothers and sisters. I betcha it would be so possible to develop a bantam version.... But breeding true would be another issue.

Uh oh, sorry, didn't mean to send you any runts, that hatch lasted longer than expected, so the littlest ones I put in the box were the last to hatch and barely all the way fluffed and dried when I had to box everybody up in a rush and then haul butt to the post office to get them shipped out on time... I didn't realize there were any runts in the mix tho

LOL... like i care..... Love my littluns love my BIGuns and love my InbetweenUNS.....

I have a pair of each.
Littluns: Miss Peggy who is a light Lavender and a Pearl Male PeeWee...

InbetweenUNS: Are Pearls Miss Pearl and LittleBob.

BigUN: Miss Violet who is a Lavender and a Pearl Male BigBob

 

[PeepsCA]

LOL too cute, all with names even

And looks like you have enough Pearl Greys to get a decent number of dark keets from their eggs next spring

. If not, I'll for sure set ya up

 

[perchie.girl]

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LOL.... that whole naming thing will end when the flock gets as big as I want it.... Miss Peggy will always be identifiable but I am going to band the others so I can tell my original stock from the rest.