Guineas from ideal

[J3172]

I ordered pearl guineas from ideal and now the babies are several months old. They have huge legs and were bigger then the whites and lavanders I had in with them when they were young. Do you think they would of sent me french instead, as I want keets next year I hope they aren't. Has anyone else had this problem before?

 

[cracking up]

Maybe they're jumbos. I think jumbos can mate naturally. Some people say their pearls are bigger than whites. My whites were kind of wimpy.

 

[J3172]

mine too

 

[featherz]

My whites are much smaller and scruffier than my pearls and lavenders. I hatched the pearls and lavenders, so I just figured the hatchery sent me less robust birds, but now that I think of it, all the whites I tried to hatch died in shell and all the pearls and lavenders hatched (same incubator). Maybe whites are just a little more frail?

 

[speckledhen]

Pearls are always larger than the other colors. I had 3 lavs and 1 pearl from Ideal and the pearl was humongous.

 

[Mrs. Fluffy Puffy]

I haven't had white before, but my Pearls and Pied guin-guins are a pretty good size!