Posts by JLeigh

How cute! Love 'em. Can't wait for mine to hatch, and I sure hope they do well hatching since the eggs are so small. I'll send pictures when they do! I promise!  

That's great Nikkatime. Good luck gathering and hatching. It's a real thrill. Keep us posted on how it goes. Have you hatched guineas before?   The idea to mark the guinea eggs comes from PeepsCA, who taught me just about...

I'd get the eggs and incubate them. A couple of things are against you if you let a hen incubate, and you want keets. First, guineas are notoriously bad mothers and the keets don't stand a good chance of making it back to the flock...

Your plans sound great to me. Make sure the guineas get plenty of fresh air and sunlight while in coop confinement, and put it where your new coop will go. How old are your guineas, or do you have them yet? Consider getting at least 6...

Mini, at day 7,  novices (like us - I'm one too) should be able to see three "sections" to the eggs - the air sac at the top, a little bit of a darker section below that, and the darkest part at the pointed end. The darkest part...

Quote: Originally Posted by KrisH  Because it's hard to hear while wearing earplugs   yes they do.  especially at treat time.   RobertH x2. My husband wears his, or...

Quote: Originally Posted by MiniHorses  My chickens & guineas were all brought here as 3-7 day olds, so they were caged next to each other in my barn for about 3 weeks.     Then I moved them to...

Quote: Originally Posted by PeepsCA  I have Turkey poults and Guinea keets hatching in my cabinet hatcher right now... it has a big huge clear door on it but I can't see much of what's going on in there and it's...

I have a chick who has legs that are twice to three times as big around as my others of the same age and breed.  It's legs are as big around as my 2 year old roosters, who is five times as large as the chicks. What is this a...

They probably will calm down for the most part, but guineas are always noisy. When they mature, they're not noisy all the time, only very often. I have a hen who wouldn't shut up. She made a racket all day every day for weeks (seemed...