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post #11 of 17
Thread Starter 

Okay, so I have a Lavender? 

I still need to get the pics of the other guineas.  They were feed buys.  My hubby got them 5 for $20.  I'm just pleased to see a couple of them come out so pretty.

So Lavender is rare?  Not that it really matters, lol.  I'm just surprised to have such pretty birds from a junky old feed store.  smile

Jess

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to accept the things I cannot change,
the strength to change the things I can,
and the wisdom to know the difference.
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the strength to change the things I can,
and the wisdom to know the difference.
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post #12 of 17

Here is a site I found on colors of keets.  I honestly think you do have a lavender.
http://paraguinparadise.netfirms.com/keet_kolor_key.htm
It took me awhile but I found the guinea site that I love.  Has their sounds too.
http://www.guineafowl.com/fritsfarm/guineas/sounds/


Edited by ozark hen - 8/15/07 at 5:02pm

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mostly orps here!  We have five daughters, one foster son and 18 grandchildren and seven(another one on her  way ;-)  )  great-grandchildren!   Yes, there is a God

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post #13 of 17
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Yes, I agree as well.  Now, I've looked at the other pictures and still have no idea what colors 3 of the others are.  I have another, smaller keet that is also a lavendar.  I will try to get some pics of the others up.

Thanks-
Jess

God grant me the serenity
to accept the things I cannot change,
the strength to change the things I can,
and the wisdom to know the difference.
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God grant me the serenity
to accept the things I cannot change,
the strength to change the things I can,
and the wisdom to know the difference.
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post #14 of 17

Hi!  I'm brand new to this - this is my very first post.  I bought guinea eggs on Ebay - two different sellers - and they started hatching last Friday.  I had 27 eggs, but the first batch of 12 eggs only yielded two keets (they were not very well packaged).  The second bunch of eggs, 18, yielded 17 keets!

So, I have 19 keets, all less than one week old.  They are the cutest things evah!  I built a couple of brooders for them - they are in the laundry room with heat lamps - but this weekend, I want to build them some kind of coop for them to live in until they are old enough to free range during the day. 

I got so many because we have 77 acres that we just bought - full of ticks and chiggars and rattlesnakes - and the guineas are part of my pest eradication program! 

I have several different colors.  The keets all appear to have bonded with me - as soon as I walk into the room and talk to them, they all start making sweet little guinea sounds, and none of them run away when I go to pick them up.

Anyway - to my question - Does anyone have a suggestion for a coop for guineas?

post #15 of 17

Hi!  I'm brand new to this - this is my very first post.  I bought guinea eggs on Ebay - two different sellers - and they started hatching last Friday.  I had 27 eggs, but the first batch of 12 eggs only yielded two keets (they were not very well packaged).  The second bunch of eggs, 18, yielded 17 keets!

So, I have 19 keets, all less than one week old.  They are the cutest things evah!  I built a couple of brooders for them - they are in the laundry room with heat lamps - but this weekend, I want to build them some kind of coop for them to live in until they are old enough to free range during the day. 

I got so many because we have 77 acres that we just bought - full of ticks and chiggars and rattlesnakes - and the guineas are part of my pest eradication program! 

I have several different colors.  The keets all appear to have bonded with me - as soon as I walk into the room and talk to them, they all start making sweet little guinea sounds, and none of them run away when I go to pick them up.

Anyway - to my question - Does anyone have a suggestion for a coop for 19 keets?

post #16 of 17

You should post your picture on the guinea fowl website..here is the link
http://guineafowl.com/board/index.php

These people are guinea finatics!! Kinda like the the chicken finatics here!!! They will tell you exactly what color it is...there are so many different colors......I had no idea that there were!!!

Just a girl who loves her chickens
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post #17 of 17

smile

I'm soooo addicted to guineas!  I love that site!  My girls were awesome this morning at sounding the predator alarm!  I'm also sad I don't have more guineas!!!

Suburban Homesteader:  2 RIR, 2 Black Stars, 1 White Rock, 1 EE, 2 Barred Rocks, 2 Buff Orpingtons and 1 Welsummer chickie!
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Suburban Homesteader:  2 RIR, 2 Black Stars, 1 White Rock, 1 EE, 2 Barred Rocks, 2 Buff Orpingtons and 1 Welsummer chickie!
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