Recent content by docmark777

6 weeks sounds plenty old enought to me. As long as you didn't change to some new watering system they haven't figured out--they will drink when they are thirsty.

No, I went with another company. the model I wanted was out of stock and I needed to talk to the company to see if it would be coming in and discuss what kind of luck they have had with them. I called them 3 times...no answer. I left messages to call me back...no call. I emailed them...no...

I have a chicken that layed white eggs for about 6 months, then they turned to light brown. I have read that it cannot happen, but apparently it does.

How are those cx's doing at laying eggs.

I'm thinking of buying a plucker and the one sold by coopsnmore.com is the cheapest. However, I cannot find a single review on line. Does anyone here have any first hand info about the "Rite Farm" pluckers?

I am a newbie...so what I suggest might not be right. But I would also try adding some sugar to the water in case it is just too malnurished and weak to eat or drink. If the sugar helps, I would expect to see changes withing 15 minutes. Let us know

That would be interesting to see how much they would eat. I have read that each bird only needs 3 oz per day. That seems low, but a human might way 50 times what the bird does and 150 ounces of food for us would seem to be more than enough. Anyway, mine get about 6.6 ounces each per day, and...

During the winter when there is little to forage, do you just feed them morning and night, or do you set out food and let them eat freely?

I have searched the internet for hours to find out how much an adult guinea needs to be fed. There is next to nothing there. I could only find one article about a Nigerian guinea project and the amount of feed was very low--too low to believe. During the winter there have not been very many...