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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.
