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Pied isn't really dominant (it's often classified as an incomplete dominant by some), but basically if one parent bird is Pied, usually at least 50% of the keets can be Pied (if the entire clutch of eggs hatches).
I got this info from a post on another forum posted by a very knowledgeable Guinea Fowl breeder:
Pied X Colored will produce 50% Pied and 50% Colored keets
Pied X Pied will produce 25% White keets, 50% Pied keets and 25% Colored keets
White X Colored will produce 100% Pied keets
Depending on what's in the genetic backgrounds of both parent birds, just about anything can randomly pop up, (even coral blues, especially if those are currently in your mom's flock and these 2 birds are possibly offspring of them), but you will probably see mostly Pearl Grey keets in the hatches from this current pair.
But yah, Pearl Grey is dominant over everything, both in color and degree of pearling. And yes fully pearled refers to the amount of pearling. There's 3 degrees of pearling commonly referred to when identifying Guineas; fully pearled, partially pearled(or semi-pearled) and non-pearled (or solid)... and they can be any color, with each color/degree of pearling combo having it's own name.
For example, a dark grey Guinea that is fully pearled is a Pearl Grey, a dark grey Guinea with only partial pearling (on the lower flanks and bars on the wings) is a Royal Purple, where as a dark grey Guinea without any spotting/pearling or barring at all is a Violet... all basically the same color bird (background color), with different degrees of pearling over the background.
Some color charts are set up to show all 3 degrees of pearling on the same background color... If you hunt around there's a few Guinea Fowl color charts out there (but not all of them are completely accurate or correct, most have some errors/discrepancies, so it's a good idea to compare several charts to get the best examples). You can google for them (some hatcheries have their own as well). I've poured over all of them, many many many times, lol and that's how I've learned to differentiate between all the colors and degrees of pearling, and what keets look like when they hatch and how they will look when they mature etc. I've just been learning as I go, but I've always been very interested in owning/breeding colorful flocks (which I've been very successful at, especially THIS year... check out My BYC Page if you wanna see some of my hatches and adults). I've I researched as much color/pearling/genetic info as I could find (and I'm still looking stuff up constantly), and unfortunately it's not easy to find quality up to date info on Guinea Fowl Genetics, especially when the different authors all have different views and opinions that's mostly just guess work, not actually proven facts
I pronounce Dundotte as dun-dot, lol.
Hope that helps...
Studying the color charts should help you a great deal.
Pied isn't really dominant (it's often classified as an incomplete dominant by some), but basically if one parent bird is Pied, usually at least 50% of the keets can be Pied (if the entire clutch of eggs hatches).
I got this info from a post on another forum posted by a very knowledgeable Guinea Fowl breeder:
Pied X Colored will produce 50% Pied and 50% Colored keets
Pied X Pied will produce 25% White keets, 50% Pied keets and 25% Colored keets
White X Colored will produce 100% Pied keets
Depending on what's in the genetic backgrounds of both parent birds, just about anything can randomly pop up, (even coral blues, especially if those are currently in your mom's flock and these 2 birds are possibly offspring of them), but you will probably see mostly Pearl Grey keets in the hatches from this current pair.
But yah, Pearl Grey is dominant over everything, both in color and degree of pearling. And yes fully pearled refers to the amount of pearling. There's 3 degrees of pearling commonly referred to when identifying Guineas; fully pearled, partially pearled(or semi-pearled) and non-pearled (or solid)... and they can be any color, with each color/degree of pearling combo having it's own name.
For example, a dark grey Guinea that is fully pearled is a Pearl Grey, a dark grey Guinea with only partial pearling (on the lower flanks and bars on the wings) is a Royal Purple, where as a dark grey Guinea without any spotting/pearling or barring at all is a Violet... all basically the same color bird (background color), with different degrees of pearling over the background.
Some color charts are set up to show all 3 degrees of pearling on the same background color... If you hunt around there's a few Guinea Fowl color charts out there (but not all of them are completely accurate or correct, most have some errors/discrepancies, so it's a good idea to compare several charts to get the best examples). You can google for them (some hatcheries have their own as well). I've poured over all of them, many many many times, lol and that's how I've learned to differentiate between all the colors and degrees of pearling, and what keets look like when they hatch and how they will look when they mature etc. I've just been learning as I go, but I've always been very interested in owning/breeding colorful flocks (which I've been very successful at, especially THIS year... check out My BYC Page if you wanna see some of my hatches and adults). I've I researched as much color/pearling/genetic info as I could find (and I'm still looking stuff up constantly), and unfortunately it's not easy to find quality up to date info on Guinea Fowl Genetics, especially when the different authors all have different views and opinions that's mostly just guess work, not actually proven facts
I pronounce Dundotte as dun-dot, lol.
Hope that helps...
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