Royal Purple?

[Jaybr]

I believe two of the keets I got last week are Royal Purple coloration, what do the guinea experts think?

The 2 with the white undersides

Sorry for the bad coloring in the pic, I took it at dusk and had to use the flash.

 

[GwenFarms]

They look like Pieds to me, but compare your's to the pics at www.guineafarm.com. I've never seen Royal Purples with white on them after feathering out.

 

[Renegade]

They are Royal Purple. I just sold the rest of mine and they always feather out that color at first. They won't change to their true color until they get the adult feathering.

Donna

 

[GwenFarms]

Go with Donna on this, as most know, I try to breed lighter colored guineas, lavenders and powder blues and don't keep the darker ones for very long.

 

[Haviris]

What do the tops of their heads look like?

 

[MissPrissy]

Pure bred royal purples feather out black and have a purple sheen to their feathers when they reach adulthood.

http://feathersite.com/Poultry/Guineas/BRKRoyalP.html

 

[Broke Down Ranch]

My vote is for pearl pied. It might have some royal purple in it but there is a lot of pearling over the top of the body to be totally purple since purples are only partially pied. A few years ago I thought I would "do" guineas so I had 15 different colors all separated by color. They never did very good when penned so I finally just let them all free-range. I eventually got rid of all my pearls, pearl pied, and whites simply because everyone has them. Then I finally suffered burnout one summer hatching too many and got rid of ALL my guineas (in 1½ months I hatched over 700). I have been considering getting more just haven't been able to make that leap yet....lol.

 

[tataharris]

That's ALOT of hatching!!!!

 

[Broke Down Ranch]

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LOL. Yeah, it was TOO much. I had 2 Sportsman incubators and a Sportsman hatcher. I had all 3 trays in the incubators going and all 6 trays in the hatcher filled every week. But, I had no problems selling off the keets

 

[tataharris]

Well.... I've always wanted guineas... sooo.... I was looking at the keets at one of the farm supply stores and the price was simply outrageous...

Something like $3 - $4 for one baby..... 1 BABY!!! and you know everyone and their brother had already handled those little peepers.... sooo.... I ordered some eggs. I got 16, but after candling about day 18.... 11 were clear... 4 finally hatched and one died in shell, I think .... My babies are now 4 days old and very, very, very energetic.... Wow!!! but I am very excited about having them
Oh, and they are already very, very, very noisy....