July Hatch-a-Long (including 4th of July hatch-a-long)

[SnapdragonQ]

In addition to the broody guinea hatch, we have keets hatching in the incubator. We’ve gotten a ton of Royal purples in this clutch, but here is a pearl grey that just hatched! This was my attempt at getting “action shots”!

Mid-hatch shots are the hardest to get! Yours came out great. My phone seems to hate trying to get a pic through the plastic.

Pearl grey was the color of guineas I used to have. They had white on the front of their necks though...does that make them pied instead of pearl grey?

 

[Mixed flock enthusiast]

Mid-hatch shots are the hardest to get! Yours came out great. My phone seems to hate trying to get a pic through the plastic.

Pearl grey was the color of guineas I used to have. They had white on the front of their necks though...does that make them pied instead of pearl grey?

If there is enough white then they are pied. A lot of guineas have white flight feathers too, but most people don’t call them pied. This pic is of a very clearly pied pearl grey cock.

 

[Perris]

as I shut up the coop, I heard the sound of hatching chicks in the nest box
right on schedule for due date tomorrow
she won't let me see them till the day after though, so the wait's not over yet!

 

[SnapdragonQ]

If there is enough white then they are pied. A lot of guineas have white flight feathers too, but most people don’t call them pied. This pic is of a very clearly pied pearl grey cock.

Less white on mine and mostly just the neck and a few flight feathers. Thanks!

 

[CindyinSD]

If there is enough white then they are pied. A lot of guineas have white flight feathers too, but most people don’t call them pied. This pic is of a very clearly pied pearl grey cock.

I've read that the jumbo pearl guineas are less flighty. Do you know if this is true?

 

[AgnesGray]

I've read that the jumbo pearl guineas are less flighty. Do you know if this is true?

A local homesteader has told me that the lavender guineas aren't as noisy. Got myself some and am going to a comparison eventually.

 

[Mixed flock enthusiast]

I've read that the jumbo pearl guineas are less flighty. Do you know if this is true?

I honestly know next to nothing about the jumbos!

 

[Mixed flock enthusiast]

A local homesteader has told me that the lavender guineas aren't as noisy. Got myself some and am going to a comparison eventually.

I’ve heard all sorts of stuff about different colors behaving differently... We have had a number of colors: pearl grey, royal purple, lavender, slate, violet, white, and pied. I don’t really see behavior tied to their color. However, I do think that different genetic lines of guineas probably behave a bit differently in terms of broodiness, aggression, and flightiness.

 

[SnapdragonQ]

A local homesteader has told me that the lavender guineas aren't as noisy. Got myself some and am going to a comparison eventually.

Less noisy guineas?? I'm not sure such a thing exists!

 

[AgnesGray]

Less noisy guineas?? I'm not such a thing exists!

Seemed sketchy to me too, but... inquiring minds have to know!!! They also promised less flighty. Pfffft!!! We'll see!