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Guineas and gardening go well together. Guineas don't scratch up your plants or eat your plants the way chickens do. Guineas eat weeds, bugs, and weed seeds. In groups they will attack snakes. I never could get mine to be friendly about holding or petting. As keets (chicks in guinea talk) they...

If you're worried about them getting along with your chickens, I'd suggest that you raise the guineas keets with your chicks...worked for me last spring... (click photo to enlarge) I only have two guineas left (due to predation). My guineas get along with my chickens. They all roost...

Here's hoping that your hen will go broody. I finally gave up on mine after a ridiculous amount of eggs went bad. I guess I'll see if my neighbors silkie has any luck. You could try an incubator or silkie hen if you don't want to chance the cold. Good luck!

Cute keets!

14 eggs in the nest and counting! By the way, a friend at the farmers market asked if I would sell him some guinea eggs for his silkies to hatch. Is it a bad idea to take away eggs from her nest? My guineas seemed to be un-tame-able even though I tried to give them lots of attention as keets...

That would be awesome if she hatched even half of those! Bring it on!

I've got 3 guineas. 2 females and one male. Hoping for more soon! There's a nest with about 6 eggs in it so far! Wondering how many there will be before she starts sitting on them... We have tons of grasshoppers to keep them busy in summer! The guineas are great in the garden! They see a...