Can anyone please tell me the breed and name of colours of my little girls please? Grey one is darkish grey with white camera makes it look browny

Brindle silkie (long hair) and agouti American, I think?
 
I believe the grey (Moana) is American Agouti also.
Arna has me a little confused. So silkie you think? Thank you
She has a few strands of white in her light colour area looks really pretty
 
Yeah, I'm pretty sure that's a silkie, but hopefully someone with more experience will help you. Now that you mention it, I see the white strands. Adorable! :wub:
 
The guinea pig in the first picture is a sheltie though not 100%sure on colour, seems to be chocolate, ginger and white.
The silver one is a silver agouti american smooth haired guinea pig.
 
When i read up somewhere they say shelties are known as lap pigs mellow and docile. I wouldn't say docile but she is definitely mellow she is awesome! So chill
 
I would really love to know what her colour is, i can't find anything
 
I would also say short-haired agouti and a sheltie/silkie (they're my favorite, she's lovely!) The color may not fit any particular 'type' in a lot of pigs, as most of them out there are mixed breeds. Coats with distinct patches that don't fit any specific kind are often referred to as 'broken coats' (sounds mean! LOL!) and guinea pigs with intermingled colors on the same area are often called brindle coats (when it's a color from the red/black family intermingled) or roan (when it's a color mixed with white.) It's hard for me to tell from the picture whether she has distinct patches or whether the two colors intermingle. So my best guess would be that she's either a brown and tan brindle or a brown and tan broken coat. There's actually a great deal known about guinea pig genetics and what goes into each unique coat/eye color... it's really interesting, although I'd be lying if I said I understood all of it!
 
Freela said:
I would also say short-haired agouti and a sheltie/silkie (they're my favorite, she's lovely!) The color may not fit any particular 'type' in a lot of pigs, as most of them out there are mixed breeds. Coats with distinct patches that don't fit any specific kind are often referred to as 'broken coats' (sounds mean! LOL!) and guinea pigs with intermingled colors on the same area are often called brindle coats (when it's a color from the red/black family intermingled) or roan (when it's a color mixed with white.) It's hard for me to tell from the picture whether she has distinct patches or whether the two colors intermingle. So my best guess would be that she's either a brown and tan brindle or a brown and tan broken coat. There's actually a great deal known about guinea pig genetics and what goes into each unique coat/eye color... it's really interesting, although I'd be lying if I said I understood all of it!
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I was expecting someone would mention roan! Even if it's just one small area, like hers, does it still charactize a roan? When Kazzatmi pointed out the white hairs, it got me thinking. One of my boars, the brindle one, also has a few white hairs on his lower back. He's never going to procriate, of course, but is there a possibility he has a roan gene?
 
I'm not an expert but I believe even one white hair can mean that the piggy has the roan gene. There's no way to tell for sure though unless they have offspring who are lethal whites, and you won't be doing that. Carriers of the gene are as healthy as any other piggy, it's only when they're bred that problems happen. I think this is accurate information based on what I've read.
 
tatals said:
I was expecting someone would mention roan! Even if it's just one small area, like hers, does it still charactize a roan? When Kazzatmi pointed out the white hairs, it got me thinking. One of my boars, the brindle one, also has a few white hairs on his lower back. He's never going to procriate, of course, but is there a possibility he has a roan gene?
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Technically, any guinea pig with white on them can have the roan gene (because if they had white roaning on a white patch, it would be invisible.) Roan typically is individual white hairs intermingled with coloured hairs rather than a solid patch of white. So, for instance, my one pig, Leela, has small areas where she has white hairs intermingled with brown- even though most of her fur is either solid white or solid red or brown, those intermingled white hairs on her face indicate she has the roan gene. Hadley has a small patch of white on the back of her neck (and a big solid white patch lower on her body)- less sure because the white, even the tiny spot on her neck, is a discrete patch with no coloured fur in that space. It's easier to rule it in than out.
 
Freela said:
Technically, any guinea pig with white on them can have the roan gene (because if they had white roaning on a white patch, it would be invisible.) Roan typically is individual white hairs intermingled with coloured hairs rather than a solid patch of white. So, for instance, my one pig, Leela, has small areas where she has white hairs intermingled with brown- even though most of her fur is either solid white or solid red or brown, those intermingled white hairs on her face indicate she has the roan gene. Hadley has a small patch of white on the back of her neck (and a big solid white patch lower on her body)- less sure because the white, even the tiny spot on her neck, is a discrete patch with no coloured fur in that space. It's easier to rule it in than out.
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I see. That's really interesting. Thank you!
 
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