Trying to figure out guinea color

[froggie71]

I've been trying to figure out this guinea hen's color since we got her. I've looked at some of the sites that show colors, but I still can't tell. Anyone have any idea?
Kiss

I think she has really neat looking legs.

This is Bliss (she is a lavender), Kiss (?) and Hershey ( I thought he was a chocolate, but now think he is just a pearl gray with white) He and Bliss do have white on their outer wings.

 

[floridamama]

Hi love the pictures. I own a few myself. I am still learning which one is what color. Does Kiss have a purplish hue to her is the sunlight? if she does she might be the hard to get purple, shes not full purple but still cool on her markings.

 

[LCwilson]

bliss is a lavender, kiss is a royal purple and hershey is i think a pearl pied but im not sure.

 

[shelleyd2008]

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I don't believe royal purples are supposed to be pearled? I'll have to check on that though. But Hershey is a pied pearl.

ETA: I was wrong, they are supposed to be partially pearled. So I agree that she is royal purple. Here is a good color chart that has helped me quite a bit. http://www.guineafowlinternational.org/colorchart/

 

[froggie71]

Yes, Kiss does have the purple hue in the sunlight. I think you are right. I was hoping she was a royal purple. She is definitely a really pretty color. Have to say she is my favorite. I wasn't sure that Hershey would be considered a pied, but after look at that color chart I see that he is!

 

[shelleyd2008]

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From my understanding, pied is just the presence of white feathers on an otherwise 'solid' color. I have one that just has one or two flight feathers that are white, but she is still considered pied

 

[froggie71]

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From my understanding, pied is just the presence of white feathers on an otherwise 'solid' color. I have one that just has one or two flight feathers that are white, but she is still considered pied

Really, so that would make Bliss a pied also as she has a couple of white flight feathers as well.

 

[Guinea Goonie]

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Looks like it to me too.

here is a link for ya......

http://www.guineafarm.com/descriptions.html

just click on the colors and you will get the adults and keets. They also tell you how rare the color is.

some purples turn into a rather strange color and i do have one of these. They sorta get a multi colorl

There are bird that exhibit what some call a "bad color" I have two it seems. A Bad white and a Bad purple.

 

[shelleyd2008]

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From my understanding, pied is just the presence of white feathers on an otherwise 'solid' color. I have one that just has one or two flight feathers that are white, but she is still considered pied

Really, so that would make Bliss a pied also as she has a couple of white flight feathers as well.

That's the way I understand it, so I would consider that pied also.

 

[floridamama]

Ok Good so I wasn't alone on thinking she is purple. I have a question. I have 2 piebalded girls, 1 male solid pearl male. I am having a lavender looking keet pop up about every 7 or 8 th hatching. Is it due to the pie balded gene? Just curious it's kind of neat to see it pop out of no where.