Solid neck vs pearled neck pattern?

[ozguineafowl]

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Interesting

cheers

 

[GuineaLady93]

The Browns do come in many different shades cause I have 4 and none of them are the same. One of them looks almost like a Buff Dundotte. If I didn't hatch him and know he was a Brown I would think he was a Buff Dundotte.
This is the darkest one I have.

This is the lighter ones.

These are pictures of when they are younger.

 

[ozguineafowl]

They all all different because its a feather pattern on the mutation so its not controled. The keet in pict 3 looks good colour

 

[PeepsCA]

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Can you please explain your reply a little further, so those of us over here in the US that hatch/breed the different variations birds of the tan/buff genes can all learn from your knowledge? Elaborate on your reference tot the feather pattern on the mutation not being controlled if you will.
Be sure to dumb it down so us "newbies" can understand what you mean

 

[GuineaLady93]

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What do you mean by good color?

 

[PeepsCA]

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That's why I (quite frequently) say some can be considered Browns and some can be considered Cinnamons depending on which breeder you ask, lol. In my flocks there tends to be a variance in shade, especially in the tan/buff gene birds, and it's sometimes really difficult to ID them as keets until they start feathering out. So just to be on the safe side, when I am selling keets from my assorted flocks or helping others ID their keets I usually ID them as Brown or Cinnamon depending on which breeder you ask... just to cover my behind

I have some birds that are so dusky brown in color that they look like Pearl Greys in certain lighting... but they are Browns, and I also have some adults that look like Buff Dundottes now, but looked like Browns at hatch

With some (not all) of the buff/tan gene colors in my flocks the females are typically darker than the males, and it is usually noticeable at hatch, and they even tend to keep a degree of difference even after they feather out into adult plumage (for example Buff Dundottes). I say some, because I have a pair of Pied Browns from this past seasons hatches that are EXACTLY the same color at 6 months old. I'll have to get a pic of them side by side. I am keeping them as breeders, so I'll eventually know if they change as they age. Considering I'm just a newbie tho... my observations are just that, (and will only be that to some) - just observations.

 

[ozguineafowl]

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Can you please explain your reply a little further, so those of us over here in the US that hatch/breed the different variations birds of the tan/buff genes can all learn from your knowledge? Elaborate on your reference tot the feather pattern on the mutation not being controlled if you will.
Be sure to dumb it down so us "newbies" can understand what you mean

Feather pattern can vary on shading so you get a wild colour variance on some mutations and the brown birds it’s more noticeable than most others

 

[ozguineafowl]

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What do you mean by good color?

Good colour means good even colour on that keet

 

[PeepsCA]

I still do not understand what you mean, because this feather pattern we're looking at pics of does not vary, these are all fully pearled birds, of a different shade... ? (Only the color varies, not the amount of pearling). Guess you have to dumb it down even further, if you are interested in helping me/us understand

 

[GuineaLady93]

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What do you mean by good color?

Good colour means good even colour on that keet

Ok...so, if the bird has dark spots and light spots (uneven coloring) the have bad coloring?