She is a Buff. Right?

[GuineaLady93]

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Yeah she knows it! She loves her attention! Her mate is my Coral Blue male. They are sooo cute together. Today my little cousin was watching them and asked me if they were married. lol I said yes they are, and he said, "Does he protect her and the babies?" I was like, AWWW, I said yes he does. They are cute together. They never leave each other.

 

[AquaEyes]

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Well, then Guinea Farm has an incorrect description of their Buff. That's where I went for a reference. They say Buff has no pearling, and Buff Dundotte does. I wish they'd come up with names for the single mutations, and put them together for the combos. Thanks for correcting me, Peeps. I'm still learning.

 

[BAMACK2]

same here aqua i been calling mines buff dondottes when they my be buffs lol

 

[PeepsCA]

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I wasn't really correcting you Aquaeyes, more explaining by example I guess...

I agree, the Guinea Farm website does have an incorrect description for the Buff, and most of their pics really really need to be updated with better quality/high resolution examples. They are very serious about breeding and developing new colors tho and are largely responsible for most of the assorted colors that are now spread across the US.

I will be the first to tell ya tho that there is not one single Guinea Fowl Color Chart available online that does not have at least one incorrect/inaccurate pic or color description, and some have several. And then you can add in the fact that just about every breeder or hatchery calls certain colors, shades or variations by different names because that's what they've been breeding and that's the particular color name and pearling term chosen or coined at their facility, so yah, it gets confusing.

That's why when I am helping people ID keets and adult Guineas I usually say "depending on which breeder you ask", because IMO that's what it all boils down to... the specific color/variation names and terms that certain breeders have coined

 

[AquaEyes]

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I wasn't really correcting you Aquaeyes, more explaining by example I guess...

I agree, the Guinea Farm website does have an incorrect description for the Buff, and most of their pics really really need to be updated with better quality/high resolution examples. They are very serious about breeding and developing new colors tho and are largely responsible for most of the assorted colors that are now spread across the US.

I will be the first to tell ya tho that there is not one single Guinea Fowl Color Chart available online that does not have at least one incorrect/inaccurate pic or color description, and some have several. And then you can add in the fact that just about every breeder or hatchery calls certain colors, shades or variations by different names because that's what they've been breeding and that's the particular color name and pearling term chosen or coined at their facility, so yah, it gets confusing.

That's why when I am helping people ID keets and adult Guineas I usually say "depending on which breeder you ask", because IMO that's what it all boils down to... the specific color/variation names and terms that certain breeders have coined

There needs to be a unified system for naming the mutations. I'm thinking of when they came up with an organized method of naming peafowl, and got rid of "Oaten" and used "Cameo Blackshoulder" instead. The latter makes more sense -- you know what mutations are responsible for making the bird look the way it does. I think you should contact (or start!) a guinea fowl association and standardize the names. You know them so well.

 

[PeepsCA]

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LOL... I agree, there does need to be a more unified system for naming all the different mutations. What little info is out there certainly doesn't always mesh. It's kind of sad, with as many other poultry and fowl organizations and associations as there is out there, that those involved closely or specifically with Guinea Fowl (past and present) can't all get together and agree on some common denominators. From what I've observed over the years, it seems to be more of a power struggle of who knows what and who breeds what... but mostly who gets credit for what, rather than a combined effort to develop some sort of recognition and standards for all the diversities in just the Guinea Fowl color/genetic basics

I personally tend to lean towards agreeing with the views of those that are actively pursuing, developing and expanding the parameters of the breed, rather than those that just focus on what their little circle of core breeders hatches or used to hatch

The only reason I know as much as I do about the colors and pearling is from the countless hours of researching any and every little tidbit of info that I can find to help me ID just the color and pattern diversities that I have in my own flocks and what I'm hatching from them. For now I think I'm just gonna keep on doin' what I'm doin'... Breeding/hatching all my pretty keets and learning as much as I can about them and their complex, mysterious genetic mutations along the way. I've got my hands plenty full with just that.

 

[GuineaLady93]

The best color chart I have found is on the Guinea Fowl International Association website. http://www.guineafowlinternational.org/colorchart/
It also has some good identification tips.