What Color Are These Keets???

[thechickeneer97]

the top ones are probably gray/slates

 

[GuineaLady93]

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The top one on the right is Coral Blue and the one on the left is Lavender.

 

[spectrumranch]

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Pied is a pattern, not a color. You can have any color in the pied pattern- Pearl Pied, Lavendar Pied, ETC.

 

[southern oaks]

what do you think of this little one? my buffs actually were darker than this ... so I am

waiting

 

[GuineaLady93]

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Looks like my Browns.

 

[southern oaks]

I know for a fact that the hen is a pied grey.. and the male is a buff... if that helps...

 

[GuineaLady93]

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I'm not sure...There is white on their chest right? Maybe its a Pied Brown or just a dark Buff Dundotte.
Here is a helpful website. http://www.guineafowlinternational.org/colorchart/

 

[southern oaks]

yes white on chest.... thanks!!!

 

[GuineaLady93]

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Your welcome! I'm not completely sure that I am right but that is my best guess!

 

[PeepsCA]

I'd guess that to be a Pied Buff Dundotte, looks a little dark so it could be a Hen (still could be a Pied Brown or Pied cinnamon male too tho

). Since Pearl Grey is dominiant over all colors your Momma Hen must be carrying a recessive tan/buff gene to be making these cute babies, yay!

Tips for ID'n Pieds:
Typical Pied markings are a narrower width of the head stripe pattern (possibly a set or 2 of the narrow stripes completely missing) and more white on the sides of the face, plus there will be white on the wings (usually not all the way to the shoulders, unless they are really really Pied). They develop the white chest as they feather out, 'til then usually most keets (fully pearled and partially pearled keets of all colors anyway) have an off white/cream colored throat/chest/belly area.

Can you post some more pics of your other tan gene keets now that they are older? I wanna see how they are feathering out!

Edit:
I went back and compared the head colors on this keet, with the pics of the older keets you posted from your previous hatches...very similar! Have you heard any of the older keets if this color buck-wheating yet? I'm really curious if my guesses were right on the money or not, lol (so far they have been, with all my tan/buff gene keets).