Different Breeds of Guinea Pigs (A Breeders view)
- Lynx
- Celebrate!!!
If someone would take the time to put together a good selection (and we have permission from the posters), I can upload them to this site so they are always available.
It is helpful to me if you name your pictures with the type of coat/variety and your name so I know who to give credit to.l
Like:
american_salana.jpg
It is helpful to me if you name your pictures with the type of coat/variety and your name so I know who to give credit to.l
Like:
american_salana.jpg
I'm going to ask a ding dong question, because I am a ding dong about breeds. If they are a solid color with some streaks of another does that make them a roan?
- salana
- GL is Just Peachy
Roaning is white hair mixed with colored hair. Dalmatian is a kind of roan that's more spotty.
But if the two mixed colors are red and black or their dilutions, not white, that's brindling, not roaning. Like momof911kids's pig Piglet had chocolate and red brindling:
A brindled pig with all their red diluted to white (the same gene that makes PEWs and Silver Agoutis) will look like a roan, but isn't. I believe that's a Magpie.
But if the two mixed colors are red and black or their dilutions, not white, that's brindling, not roaning. Like momof911kids's pig Piglet had chocolate and red brindling:
A brindled pig with all their red diluted to white (the same gene that makes PEWs and Silver Agoutis) will look like a roan, but isn't. I believe that's a Magpie.
There ya go, Lynx. I changed it. If you save it it should save as teddy_amptondooz.
http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n123 ... ondooz.jpg
http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n123 ... ondooz.jpg
Here is what I guess would be a magpie American.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v291/ ... _elsie.jpg
A PEW American.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v291/ ... diablo.jpg
A golden agouti American Crested with a ridge.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v291/ ... Hannah.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v291/ ... _elsie.jpg
A PEW American.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v291/ ... diablo.jpg
A golden agouti American Crested with a ridge.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v291/ ... Hannah.jpg
- salana
- GL is Just Peachy
That's what a magpie does. It's a brindle with all the red pigment non-functional, so it looks like it has roaning. But a roan is less likely than a brindle to have stripes of solid color across the sides, so it does look like Elsie is probably a magpie (as long as she has no red hairs anywhere on her body).
Yep, she has no red hairs at all. I've always wondered what to call her color, I had no idea what she was until I looked at this thread.
- dgarriques
- Got Pigs?
Jo I will get that CD out to you by thiss weekend.
I am also sending some to KM for her catalog sales (sorry KM I know I am late)
Lynx while I am making them do you need more to sell?
I am also sending some to KM for her catalog sales (sorry KM I know I am late)
Lynx while I am making them do you need more to sell?