Can anyone confirm that this is a "normal" Royal Grey Pearl please?

[Tre3hugger]

Got the mixed batch from Ideal. Just wanting to confirm this is pearl grey.

About 2 weeks old.

 

[R2elk]

Got the mixed batch from Ideal. Just wanting to confirm this is pearl grey.
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About 2 weeks old.

That is a Pearl Gray guinea fowl.

From your title "Royal Grey Pearl", they are Pearl Gray. There is no such thing as a Royal Gray Pearl.

There are Royal Purples but they are semi dotted and will not have the solid center stripe on their heads as keets.

 

[Tre3hugger]

That is a Pearl Gray guinea fowl.

From your title "Royal Grey Pearl", they are Pearl Gray. There is no such thing as a Royal Gray Pearl.

There are Royal Purples but they are semi dotted and will not have the solid center stripe on their heads as keets.

Thanks so much for the prompt response. Why did I add that "royal" in there? Oops! Thanks for clearing that up. I have plenty of whites and greys. Looks like there might be some pieds in my future!

 

[Mixed flock enthusiast]

Got the mixed batch from Ideal. Just wanting to confirm this is pearl grey.
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About 2 weeks old.

Congratulations on the new keets!

 

[Tre3hugger]

Thank you! I had ten, but lost 3 to a raccon the other night. Of Course it was the one pied and 2 lavender. I have 3 grays and 4 whites left. They're so cute and little!

Congratulations on the new keets!

 

[Mixed flock enthusiast]

Thank you! I had ten, but lost 3 to a raccon the other night. Of Course it was the one pied and 2 lavender. I have 3 grays and 4 whites left. They're so cute and little!

Oh no, brutal! Were they lost at night?

 

[Tre3hugger]

Yes. A raccoon reached through the 1/2 in HWC floor of their raised brooder. Missing limbs, scattered carcasses. But no breach to the brooder. I have since added tiles to the brooder floor to make it solid. That night i got a raccoon in a trap under the brooder so pretty sure that was the culprit. Suppose it could have been a weasel tho. That was 3 nights ago. It was heartbreaking they were 10 days old.

Oh no, brutal! Were they lost at night?

 

[Mixed flock enthusiast]

Yes. A raccoon reached through the 1/2 in HWC floor of their raised brooder. Missing limbs, scattered carcasses. But no breach to the brooder. I have since added tiles to the brooder floor to make it solid. That night i got a raccoon in a trap under the brooder so pretty sure that was the culprit. Suppose it could have been a weasel tho. That was 3 nights ago. It was heartbreaking they were 10 days old.

Wow! I had no idea that anything could reach through 1/2” hardware cloth! Heartbreaking indeed!!!

 

[Tre3hugger]

Wow! I had no idea that anything could reach through 1/2” hardware cloth! Heartbreaking indeed!!!

Twas a hard lesson learned. Moving on though, Hopefully I can raise the ones I have safely to adulthood and make some pieds next year.