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I wish I knew. The last time she was on BYC was Dec. 19, 2014. The last time that I had heard from her was in late 2014. I tried to contact her in the spring of 2015 and never got any response. I hope she is alright and has stopped posting for other reasons. She has really been missed and...

Read the Raising Guinea Fowl 101 thread and pay particular attention to posts by @PeepsCA

Just be happy that all the raccoon got was eggs and not the hen too. You can try to move the hen and the nest but most likely all that you will accomplish is to get the hen to abandon the nest. Some people have had a little success by placing a cage that can be closed at night over the nest...

I get my feed at a locally owned feed store which is not a chain store. While he will order in requested feeds, what I get is regularly carried. It is my experience that chain feed stores often will not carry the proper feed for anything but chickens. Part of this is because it is very rare...

I am too lazy to dig up the post but @PeepsCA in my opinion is the guinea expert. You should read the Guinea Fowl 101 thread and pay particular attention to posts made by @PeepsCA https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/312682/raising-guinea-fowl-101 She explains why guinea keets need a higher...

It is the same with any kinds of treats in that they need to have grit available in order to digest the treats. In season keets, poults and chicks will all help themselves to millers. Some people like to feed dried mealworms and others feed live crickets. Those that live where ants are a...

The keet can survive on chick starter but it will never reach its full potential and may suffer from other issues. When I brood chicks and keets together, I feed all of them turkey or gamebird starter that is 28% protein. I have never seen any evidence that the higher protein harmed the...

Introducing chickens to young guineas is not the same as trying to introduce chicks to adult guineas. The adult guineas would most likely eat the chicks just like they do with other small animals. Most posts that you see about chickens and guineas getting along fine are made by people who...

Are you talking about chicks or keets? If you are talking about keets, they will not be able to do without heat until they are fully feathered which is going to take more than a couple of weeks to get them acclimated to ambient temperatures. There are people who have introduced young guineas...

You are correct that guineas don't tend to dig as much as chickens. But guineas develop their preferred tastes early and if you feed them treats from the garden, they will devour those treats whenever allowed into the garden. If you want your guineas to prowl your garden, never feed them...

My guinea hens lay starting in April and continue into September. The eggs come slowly at first but once they get going, they tend to lay an egg every day. They will stop laying when they go broody.

My understanding is that the males help raise the keets when they are being hatched and brooded by the hens. There have been posts in this forum where it was claimed that the whole flock would help raise the keets.

Others get by keeping guineas with chickens but in my opinion it is not a good idea to house guineas with any other poultry. Guineas have a different nature than that of any other poultry and do best in large flocks of their own kind. Those that do manage to keep guineas with other poultry...

Probably not a good idea due to the nature of guineas and the size difference. One of the possible results is that the guineas could kill the quail.

If by different kinds of guineas you mean guineas that are different colors such as pearl gray, lavender, chocolate, etc., they are all the same kinds of guineas and will interbreed just fine. Jumbo (aka French) guineas are larger and apparently don't fly as well but can be mixed in with...

Congratulations on your guinea egg. Good luck.

I have had guineas with chickens and turkeys and now I have guineas separate from the chickens and turkeys. My recommendation is to continue to keep the guineas separate. I had all kinds of problems when the guineas were part of the mixed flock and now that the guineas are a separate flock I...

You can feed the keets chick starter but it is not good for them. Keets need a much higher protein content than is in chick starter. You should feed your keets a quality turkey/game bird starter that is a minimum of 26% protein. Higher is better. Read the Raising Guinea Fowl 101 thread and...

You will probably have better luck posting this in your home state thread in the "Where am I? Where are you!" forum. https://www.backyardchickens.com/f/26/where-am-i-where-are-you

Normally chicken hens make better mothers than guinea hens because they don't tend to have the wanderlust that guinea hens have. Here is my chicken hen with her hatch. I had given her 10 guinea eggs and on day 26 she hatched all 10 eggs...