What color is this guinea keet?

[cassiadawn]

What color is this keet? Parents are both regular pearls.

 

[Mixed flock enthusiast]

Reading description here, I'd think ivory but he doesn't show pic of keet. http://www.guineafarm.com/product/ivory-keet/
I'm not on facebook, if you are, look at Chi Chi Guinea as they advertise ivory, may have more pics.

Oh interesting! I did go to their FB page and am uploading some screenshots. They are in SE Queenland, Australia and haven’t posted on a few months so I hope they are ok. They post about a lot of colors I’ve never heard of. In addition to Ivory, which seems a lot like Cassiadawn’s keet, they breed Chocolate, Peach, Cinnamon, amd Periwinkle! Periwinkle seems to be a project they are really interested in, and seems like some kind of albino or amelanistic combination of genes.

 

[cassiadawn]

Almost 2 months old now! Her initial feathering was white, but now she’s growing these dotted feathers in. Buff? Opaline? Something else?

 

[R2elk]

It looks like "ivory" is supposed to be a combo of chocolate and blue. But chocolate is also supposed to be sex linked, correct? I only have a trio of phenotypically pearl adult guineas. So to have chocolate visible, wouldn't my hens HAVE to show chocolate?

There isn't enough valid guinea color genetics research to truly know what anything is. The claim that I have seen is that Chocolate is buff genes with 2 copies of DSV. Buff is said to be sex linked meaning that a hen can display the color with only one gene present but buff is not a dominant color gene and can react differently in different situations. If other color genes are present at the same time, you get different results.

 

[R2elk]

What color is this keet? Parents are both regular pearls.

It appears that it is going to be a non-dotted adult of a light color. I would have said white but white don't have a different color on top of the head. My guess is that it has a blue color gene and two no dotting genes. There is nothing like it in the Helmeted Guinea Fowl Color Chart.

There are two possibilities about how it was produced. One is that both parents are carrying hidden recessive color genes that just happened to come together in this case. The other possibility is that it is a mutation. Color mutations do happen in guinea fowl.

 

[GuineaLady93]

Not blonde? http://www.guineafarm.com/product/blonde-keet/

No. Blonde is a partially pealred color (squiggly lines on head with white chest and wings) and this Keet will be fully pearled (straight lines on head).

 

[cassiadawn]

Ivory certainly looks likely! I wonder what it actually is genetically?

Googling ivory guinea fowl, it looks like there's quite a bit of controversy in the Austrailian guinea fowl world, regarding what colors are "real" or not.

 

[cassiadawn]

It looks like "ivory" is supposed to be a combo of chocolate and blue. But chocolate is also supposed to be sex linked, correct? I only have a trio of phenotypically pearl adult guineas. So to have chocolate visible, wouldn't my hens HAVE to show chocolate?

 

[My2butterflies]

Awe I would guess white, but I don’t know what I’m talking about I hope you’ll share pictures as it grows

 

[Mixed flock enthusiast]

What color is this keet? Parents are both regular pearls.

Wow, very cool little keet! Congratulations!