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The Guinlet died Saturday night between the hours of 11pm and midnight, at three months and twelve days old, of complications of the respiratory system. It fought bravely to the end and died in my arms. The wee little beastie beat the odds of survival so many times that it is a real tragedy that...

Today the keet is 11 weeks (77 days) old. Yesterday was the first time the keet woke up outside to an overcast day, and I can see how the story of Chicken Little came about. After I rolled up the side covers to the bird loft, the keet took one look at the sky and it froze in the doorway with...

Yes, thank you! I saw your message, in my other thread, which I have quoted part of below for others reading this thread to click on to go to see your entire message (and to see my responce); and I will respond to it in that thread. (Shooo, reading this over, it feels like a mouth full, lol...

"My, what big feet you have." "All the better to dig up your strawberry plants." The keet's feet are no longer bright orange in colour.

Yesterday the keet was ten weeks old. I recently learnt that every part of the avocado tree, not just the fruit (which I have known about for years), is highly toxic for birds. Now I am so very worried about the keet, which has been digging up almost all my garden, getting poisoned by any of my...

The keet has taken a great interest in my strawberry plants so I thought we better read up on them and I explained to the keet that digging them up is not a good idea... ...the lesson was ignored.

Guess who needed a nightlight again last night? 😂

Bird rescue 101: first put bird in dark place to calm it and to destress it ...right? All of my previous birds, rescues or not, settled down when the space around them went dark. ...not so with this one! I never would have thought!? The keet has been sleeping outside in a bird loft for a...

Thank you for your post. I enjoyed reading about your Guinea Fowl family. I would have liked to have visited Tasmania but only made it as far as the Blue Mountains on mainland Australia. I have three threads on BackYard Chickens where I share the keet's progress so please check in on all three...

I was trying to measure the size the keet this morning... FAIL!! 🤣

Today I took pics of the keet taking one of its daily dust baths. ( @tlcmurphy ) Dusty dust dust. Well camoed. View from above. The crater left behind after the "storm".

Really!? I am really hoping that it is a female, but my affection for it will be just the same regardless. 🐥💕

The keet is now five weeks and four days old (39 total days), and yesterday it started making a new sound, but it only makes this sound when I am stroking or petting it. It is obviously difficult to describe a noise, but I am going to give it a go... It is higher pitched than the keet's normal...

They are very common birds here and they are called Wagtails because their tails are constantly bobbing up and down - adorable to watch. A few years back, I rescued some Wagtail chicks when a storm destroyed their nest located in my folks' garden. Fortunately I thought to check on them when the...

Today the keet is five weeks old and is doing really well. In the past two days I have noticed a change in colour of its beak - moving from orange-red to dark brown with a hint of black. Amazing how quickly the changes are happening. There has also been a notable change in the keet's demand for...

I had quite a scare this morning. The keet (28 days old) ate a wasp that was very possibly killed by insecticide. It stole the wasp from ants that were carrying it to their nest. I thought that very clever of the keet, when it suddenly became very lethargic, ill looking and quiet. I was at a...

...oh, yes, it is also a bottomless pit of hunger! 🤣

I try spend a few hours each day in my garden so that the keet can forage for gritty bits. It is a real pain trying to dig a hole because the keet wants to be in EVERYthing! 🤣 At the moment it wants to be in my ear...

The keet (26 days old) showed me in person this morning, just what little savages fowls can be. It caught a gecko and, after knocking it about a bit, swallowed it whole. I already knew fowls to be so, but to witness it just a few inches from my eyes is a little... well... I can't think of the...