Watermelon day

[BennieAnTheJets]

It's 100 F here today - watermelon day!

 

[EarlJ]

Those are lavenders, aren't they?
They're beautiful!

 

[R2elk]

Those are lavenders, aren't they?
They're beautiful!

I see two Pearl Grays, 2 Coral Blues and I believe 4 Buff Dundottes. I don't see any Lavenders.

 

[EarlJ]

Well, coral blue is beautiful, then : p
They're all pretty, though.
I'm so used to seeing pearl grey, anything else is very striking.

 

[R2elk]

Well, coral blue is beautiful, then : p
They're all pretty, though.
I'm so used to seeing pearl grey, anything else is very striking.

Coral Blues are beautiful but so are Royal Purples and I also really like my Chocolates.

 

[BennieAnTheJets]

Yes, these are Coral Blue but Lavenders are also very pretty, they look like light gray to me with beautiful spots. The Coral Blues don't have spots, but the feathers are almost like they are air brushed with darker blue at the edges, very pretty.

Pearl Gray is my favorite color, with Buff Dundotte and Coral Blue tied in second place. You should see the Buff Dundotte males - some are really cream colored with spots, gorgeous!

We had one Royal Purple keet we kept and she is gorgeous, too.

Mostly I think of them as individuals, though, not just their colors - each bird has such personality and any color is fine, really!

The first picture below was Lillybud and Lucky. I still miss them both very much. They were a really special pair.

We have no chocolates. Picture please, R2elk!

Lavender (with Pearl Gray), Buff Dundotte, and Royal Purple:

 

[R2elk]

Coral Blue cock with Chocolate hen

Chocolate hen

Chocolate hen and cock

 

[Mixed flock enthusiast]

It's 100 F here today - watermelon day!

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I didn’t even know that guineas like watermelon! It’s been hot here too, but mostly hovering around 100 F with the humidity driving the heat index way up. I directed an evaporative cooler On Welch while she incubated eggs, as I worry about the broodies in the heat.

 

[Mixed flock enthusiast]

Coral Blue cock with Chocolate hen
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Chocolate hen and cock
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Gorgeous birds!!!

 

[R2elk]

BTW, Bennie, breeding my first Chocolate cock to a Coral Blue hen is how I got my first Royal Purple guineas. Their offspring were all either Chocolate or Royal Purple.