Guinea Hatch-along!

[Mixed flock enthusiast]

For the ones you said are pied Pearl gray or royal purple, the parents are my lavender x violet pair

I wish I had better pictures of my own, but I’m instead posting a screenshot of Jessica Farmer’s Facebook guide to Guinea fowl colors. You can see the broad central stripe of fully pearled or dotted birds, like Pearl gray, versus the wavy lines of the semipearled keets, like royal purple. If pied or semipearled, then the sides of the head and wings will be white rather than the lines continuing. I’m attaching a pic of one of my hatches where there are three pied Pearl gray in a column on the left side, then a royal purple to the lower right, and a Pearl gray on the upper right.

 

[All4Eggz]

I wish I had better pictures of my own, but I’m instead posting a screenshot of Jessica Farmer’s Facebook guide to Guinea fowl colors. You can see the broad central stripe of fully pearled or dotted birds, like Pearl gray, versus the wavy lines of the semipearled keets, like royal purple. If pied or semipearled, then the sides of the head and wings will be white rather than the lines continuing. I’m attaching a pic of one of my hatches where there are three pied Pearl gray in a column on the left side, then a royal purple to the lower right, and a Pearl gray on the upper right.

Adorable!

 

[african chickens]

sorry i wasnt here for this i am a expert on guinea colors

 

[ColtHandorf]

sorry i wasnt here for this i am a expert on guinea colors

Huh? And here I didn't think you knew much about them at all...

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/what-do-you-think.1527981/

 

[african chickens]

Huh? And here I didn't think you knew much about them at all...

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/what-do-you-think.1527981/

that was me asking about chickens not guinea hens
i grew up with guinea hens i even made a whole presentation on guinea keet colors

 

[Sydney65]

Thanks.
Thought maybe some of you would be familiar with guinea genetics.

But do keep us updated as they grow!

 

[m1chelle1]

Here’s a color update for the lavender x violet babies. They’re all the same colors- multicolored, but they’re still pretty small so I’ll update again once they’re adults. Ignore the pide lavenders, they’re from my white x lavender pair….
Theyre not Pearl gray, there are many colors going on there, even if it’s hard to see

 

[Mixed flock enthusiast]

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Here’s a color update for the lavender x violet babies. They’re all the same colors- multicolored, but they’re still pretty small so I’ll update again once they’re adults. Ignore the pide lavenders, they’re from my white x lavender pair….
Theyre not Pearl gray, there are many colors going on there, even if it’s hard to see

I love pied lavenders!