Hi, folks, I don't know from guineas but I read Greenpa's blog pretty regularly. Greenpa has a MS in biology, but more importantly, he has a very perceptive little girl.
http://littlebloginthebigwoods.blogspot.com/2009/05/guinea-saga-31.html
http://littlebloginthebigwoods.blogspot.com/2009/05/guinea-saga-31.html
So- I was saying this to Spice, and discussing what we know and don't, and got her looking for new clues to the guineas too.
And probably because she is NOT a trained bird person- she saw one. She described it in a silly, unprofessional, girly way- "I think the females have this hump on their back!" - which made no sense at all, to me.
After some weeks of trained, professional observation, I can state- the females have this kinda hump, on their back.
There is, of course, no "hump" (silly girl, birds don't have humps!) What you are seeing is that the male folds his wings high; on top of the rump feathers (that's their technical name), so the the rump feathers are concealed; and the female tucks her wings under the edge of the rump feathers; so the rump feathers fluff up and are - if you're looking- emphasized.
I don't know if this is something everybody else knew already, or maybe it's only true for his little flock, but I thought it just had to be posted on BYC, if no one had already. What do you think? Is this useful?
And probably because she is NOT a trained bird person- she saw one. She described it in a silly, unprofessional, girly way- "I think the females have this hump on their back!" - which made no sense at all, to me.
After some weeks of trained, professional observation, I can state- the females have this kinda hump, on their back.
There is, of course, no "hump" (silly girl, birds don't have humps!) What you are seeing is that the male folds his wings high; on top of the rump feathers (that's their technical name), so the the rump feathers are concealed; and the female tucks her wings under the edge of the rump feathers; so the rump feathers fluff up and are - if you're looking- emphasized.
I don't know if this is something everybody else knew already, or maybe it's only true for his little flock, but I thought it just had to be posted on BYC, if no one had already. What do you think? Is this useful?
