Posts by tomingreeneco

Put the eggs in an incubator and candle them in a week or so.  If nothing is going on inside you do not have a male.  

If there are not 30-40 eggs in nest she is probably not ready to go full broody yet.   

I have mentioned in other posts that I had a hen go broody in the coop last year and she hatched out 4 keets. Well this year I have 3 hens laying in the coop and one went broody a few days ago. Here is a pic of her in the coop along...

I have three nest boxes in the guinea coop that my girls are laying eggs in.  One girl has gone broody and is stating to sit most of the day and at night.  I will try to take pics this weekend.  Every night I tell them...

Mr. Drake and Baby Doll.  

Make sure to buy regular niacin, not the no flush kind.  Add 100 mg per one gallon of drinking water.   Do this until duck matures (6 months).   

The duck has a niacin shortage.  You need to give them additional niacin in their water. 100 mg per gallon of water.  You need to buy regular niacin (not the time released no flush kind) and add it to the drinking...

We have names for some, but not all.  The males with names are Joseph, Mario, Lee, Hooker and Good Lookin'. The females with names are: Mama, Baby Doll, and Sweet Young Thing.  

See my response to a simmilar question at: http://www.backyardchickens.com/t/761632/guinea-nesting-boxes  

Quote: Originally Posted by PeaChick C  One thing that I do to condition my guineas and helps them know when to come home is whistle a certain call every time I feed them.  I start when they are little...