Different Breeds of Guinea Pigs (A Breeders view)

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Lynx
Celebrate!!!

Post   » Tue Jul 03, 2007 9:52 am


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

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LandosMomma

Post   » Tue Jul 03, 2007 10:11 am


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?

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salana
GL is Just Peachy

Post   » Tue Jul 03, 2007 10:40 am


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:

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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.

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LandosMomma

Post   » Tue Jul 03, 2007 10:44 am


Is it possible to have roaning and brindling? I think my Gambit has that.

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salana
GL is Just Peachy

Post   » Tue Jul 03, 2007 11:06 am


Absolutely.

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amptondooz

Post   » Tue Jul 03, 2007 11:13 am


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

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3 Little Pigs

Post   » Tue Jul 03, 2007 11:32 am


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

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rshevin

Post   » Tue Jul 03, 2007 12:09 pm


Your "magpie American" looks like the spitting image of a dalmatian/roan to me.

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salana
GL is Just Peachy

Post   » Tue Jul 03, 2007 12:18 pm


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).

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3 Little Pigs

Post   » Tue Jul 03, 2007 12:55 pm


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.

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Little Jo Wheek

Post   » Tue Jul 03, 2007 3:33 pm


Lynx, I was planning on making some selections tonight. I think we have a great start on some pics for colors as well.

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dgarriques
Got Pigs?

Post   » Tue Jul 03, 2007 3:49 pm


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?

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