Hatchery quineas?

[fowlsessed]

I was thinking about bantam guineas. Anybody ever tried creating some, or do they already exist.

 

[leonphelps]

would take 10 years to create from what I have been told. good luck.

 

[GuineaLady93]

I took 3 of mine to the county fair and they didn't have to be any certain color or anything. Lavender and Buff hen. Buff Dundotte Male.

This is a different fair... My Buff Dundotte Male and Lavender hen.

 

[kfacres]

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pearling, is a white dot... if your guinea, was TRULY WHITE< you would not be able to detect a difference between a white dot, on top of white feathers... NOT POSSIBLE.

 

[PeepsCA]

Plain as day I see a Guinea with a pure white background color, (with fine white feathers on the back of the neck even) that is fully pearled... full pearling visible on the wings, back and flank area.

Mutations and variations in Guinea Fowl genetics happen frequently, be it by nature or manipulated by selective breeding. Most of the mutations do not survive or reproduce well in the wild obviously, but none the less the mutations and variations do happen. You don't see Coral Blue or even Buff Dundottes running around in the wild, lol, but years and years of captive selective breeding is how ALL of the Guinea Fowl colors were developed/established. (Just like developing a dog breed). IMO, it is entirely possible. And the pics clearly show it is.

I think Zaz's Pearly Whites are absolutely gorgeous birds and if she can get them to breed true she should get in contact with all the major breeders to see if she can be given credit/recognition for developing a new color of Guinea Fowl, and then get them out there and available to the rest of us!!!

Cuz I know I want some!!!

 

[Cowgirl71]

Just thought I'd share pics of my favorite Guinea, "Dunya." She's a Royal Purple from Cackle Hatchery parents. Dunya hatched out two sets of keets this year! She hatched out 17 keets the first time (which I immediately snatched up to raise in the brooder), and then about 6 weeks later she hatched out another 10 keets, which I let her keep. Everything was going great but then the temperature dropped and it started drizzling rain, and it kept drizzling for 36 hours straight, off and on, when the keets were only 2-3 weeks old (and not fully feathered). 5 of them went missing and we never saw them again. But the remaining 5 all made it, and are now adult size Guineas!

Our Guineas are practically feral. They roost in the trees and the rafters of our hay barn, they forage over about 100 acres for their own grass and seeds and bugs and ticks, and go down to the creek or pond for water. But until this year they could never raise their own keets. We always had to artificially incubate and raise keets every year or two to replenish the flock numbers. The hens would go broody frequently but often a predator would find the nest and eat all of the eggs. Or if the hen did manage to hatch a few keets they would all be eaten by predators or get wet and chilled and die from the dew on the morning grass within 2-3 days.

The pictures I have are of Dunya with her first brood of 17 keets. She was rather dazed in these pics (this being the first time she'd ever been broody, let along hatch out keets), and let me get pretty close for picture taking. But the second time around when she hatched 10 keets she wouldn't let me get anywhere near them! I was too busy dodging airborne-attacks from her and her male bodyguards (who were just as protective of the keets as she was, if not more so). I wasn't able to get any decent pics of that second brood, LOL!