I'm curious, MTtrout.... did they continue laying? Was that a 1-shot deal and they started acting like guineas later, or did they continue to mimic the chickens?
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Originally Posted by Ridgerunner
Have you given them anything to eat that might color their poop?
Not that I can think of. The only "special" thing they've gotten from me in the last couple of...
Not sure whose poop, but I think (from size) it was the rooster. 12 hens and 1 roo, everyone acts normal. (3 broodies)
Should I be worried? It's VERY green.
I think the feathers are key, more important gage than age. Speed of growth varies with variety and feed. I wouldn't put any out until they were well feathered - down doesn't provide much protection, and 2 weeks is still...
I've been told that prior to antibiotics farmers fed their chickens raw milk to keep their GI tract healthy and avoid coccidiosis. Same general idea, I think..... the living enzymes in raw milk improve health. I feed...
Triplell...
How old were your guineas?
I'm wondering:
maybe mine were harvested before they got aggressive?
or maybe the French guineas aren't as aggressive as the regular ones?
Surprised by this thread and the common experience of guineas bullying chickens.
Last fall I got a mixed flock of 50 Buff Orpington and Silver Laced Wyandotte chicks, and when they were 4 weeks I got a flock of 50 French...
Just received a batch of 100 keets by mail. Everything seemed fine, then suddenly, NOT. One keet stretched out on its side, legs extended, stiff, but trembling convulsively when I picked her up. Stuffed her inside my...
Humm. Given that I have the heat turned up high, am wearing layers (of clothes, not chickens) and am rescuing dying keets by stuffing them inside my shirt to warm them up....
I'm wondering how these birds will bond...
