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post #11 of 25
12/26/11 at 12:20pm
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Originally Posted by ksj0225 

Great pyreness, I got her from a farm that had goats and chickens.  She is the best!  The ticks were eating her alive last year.  Literally...  I was trying everything conventional and non-conventional....  So guineas it was!


Has it had any impact on the tick population yet?

(That was what we got them for also)

RobertH

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post #12 of 25
12/26/11 at 2:27pm
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It seemed to, but it was toward the end of the season.  We are really hoping for a big decrease next year...

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post #13 of 25
12/30/11 at 9:09pm

If I clipped one wing, would they scale a 5 ft. Fence??

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post #14 of 25
12/31/11 at 9:42am

D'Angelo N Va. :

If I clipped one wing, would they scale a 5 ft. Fence??


I would say yes. Mine can just that high without even opening their wings. So I'm sure they could.

HI, I'm Ashley, I'm 18 years old and I am the owner of almost 60 critters!-18 chickens--8 Indian Runner Ducks--1 Horse--3 Pygmy Goats--1 Peacock--About 20 Guineas.

Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight.
Proverbs 3:5-6
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HI, I'm Ashley, I'm 18 years old and I am the owner of almost 60 critters!-18 chickens--8 Indian Runner Ducks--1 Horse--3 Pygmy Goats--1 Peacock--About 20 Guineas.

Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight.
Proverbs 3:5-6
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post #15 of 25
1/19/12 at 2:51pm

they are cool. the pearl that have white on the bottom. you made a new breed.

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post #16 of 25
1/19/12 at 3:19pm
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Originally Posted by Guinea and Chicken raiser View Post

they are cool. the pearl that have white on the bottom. you made a new breed.



 Thats a Pied not a new breed.

Chickens - (Naked Necks, Easter Eggers, Ameraucanas, D'uccles, and others.)
Call Ducks - (Blue Bibbeds, Greys, Chocolates, Whites, Silvers, and Butterscotches.)

Guineas - (Pearl Greys and Royal Purples.)
 

New for 2013: Blue Paint Silkie Project
 

~Steven

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Chickens - (Naked Necks, Easter Eggers, Ameraucanas, D'uccles, and others.)
Call Ducks - (Blue Bibbeds, Greys, Chocolates, Whites, Silvers, and Butterscotches.)

Guineas - (Pearl Greys and Royal Purples.)
 

New for 2013: Blue Paint Silkie Project
 

~Steven

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post #17 of 25
1/19/12 at 4:25pm
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Originally Posted by Guinea and Chicken raiser View Post

they are cool. the pearl that have white on the bottom. you made a new breed.



 Thats a Pied not a new breed.


 

 

 And any color of the 30+ different colors of Guineas can be Pied, except the pure Whites, obviously. The degree of Pied (the amount of white on the chest and wings) can vary also, from slightly Pied to heavily Pied. I hatch Pieds in at least 15 different colors out of one of my breeding flocks, Heavily and slightly Pied... And hopefully more than that this season. So yah, Pieds are common, especially for those of us who have Pieds and pure Whites in our flocks.


Edited by PeepsCA - 1/21/12 at 7:21pm

 

highfive.gif~160+Guineas/6Flocks(18 Different Colors, plus assorted Pieds),3IB Peahens,1IB Peacock,2Pied Peachicks(HONK!),63Turkeys(2WildX,2Mottled BlackX,2NarriX&57Poults),26Coturnix&1Button Quail,14Silkies&2Showgirls(POOFBALLS!),5.5Horses(The .5's a Mini),1BLM Burro(Livestock Guardian),9MuttGoats(Brushers),2Rotts,3Red Heelers,7Lazy Cats,4FishTanks~

 

 

 

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highfive.gif~160+Guineas/6Flocks(18 Different Colors, plus assorted Pieds),3IB Peahens,1IB Peacock,2Pied Peachicks(HONK!),63Turkeys(2WildX,2Mottled BlackX,2NarriX&57Poults),26Coturnix&1Button Quail,14Silkies&2Showgirls(POOFBALLS!),5.5Horses(The .5's a Mini),1BLM Burro(Livestock Guardian),9MuttGoats(Brushers),2Rotts,3Red Heelers,7Lazy Cats,4FishTanks~

 

 

 

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post #18 of 25
1/21/12 at 6:53pm

I love seeing all the pics! I wish I had my camera this evening when I was patiently escorting my 6 guineas (the Lavendar Wave) across my yard to their house, thru snow that is higher than their backs, calmly stopping every minute or two so they can warm their feet and catch their breaths...thinking that I should have plowed a path for them...when it hits me...These suckers can FLY! What the heck??  he.gif

Lovin' Life to the FULLEST! I adore my little Silkies and Showgirls! 2 rescue swans, a tribe of guineas and numerous other rescued critters, including my Livestock Guardian, Tony Llama...YES! I live on a farm! Praising God daily! 

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Lovin' Life to the FULLEST! I adore my little Silkies and Showgirls! 2 rescue swans, a tribe of guineas and numerous other rescued critters, including my Livestock Guardian, Tony Llama...YES! I live on a farm! Praising God daily! 

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post #19 of 25
1/21/12 at 7:02pm
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I love seeing all the pics! I wish I had my camera this evening when I was patiently escorting my 6 guineas (the Lavendar Wave) across my yard to their house, thru snow that is higher than their backs, calmly stopping every minute or two so they can warm their feet and catch their breaths...thinking that I should have plowed a path for them...when it hits me...These suckers can FLY! What the heck??  he.gif


yuckyuck.gif   and imagery.....

 

deb always learning

 

I don't have help at my place except the goats....  Well um they are just company you cant turn your back on.... more like hyper active neighbor kids coming to see what your doing..... Well they aren't much help at all.... Oh well.

 

(1)Percheron(1)Dog (3)Cats(3)Goats(10)Guineas (17)Welsumers (2)Silkys(2)Auracanas

 

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deb always learning

 

I don't have help at my place except the goats....  Well um they are just company you cant turn your back on.... more like hyper active neighbor kids coming to see what your doing..... Well they aren't much help at all.... Oh well.

 

(1)Percheron(1)Dog (3)Cats(3)Goats(10)Guineas (17)Welsumers (2)Silkys(2)Auracanas

 

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post #20 of 25
1/21/12 at 7:18pm
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Originally Posted by blessedchick View Post

I love seeing all the pics! I wish I had my camera this evening when I was patiently escorting my 6 guineas (the Lavendar Wave) across my yard to their house, thru snow that is higher than their backs, calmly stopping every minute or two so they can warm their feet and catch their breaths...thinking that I should have plowed a path for them...when it hits me...These suckers can FLY! What the heck??  he.gif



 

LOL, pat yourself on the back, bigtime!!! thumbsup.gif highfive.gif yesss.gif

 

Most young Guineas take to the trees and will not come down for a week or until they freeze or starve to death and fall out before they will even consider letting the let snow touch them, lol (I can get away with laughing cuz it rarely snows here). Some people do plow paths for their birds, so they can get out a bit during the winter, but some people find out that letting their birds out after it snows (or during a snowshower) is a bad bad BAAAAAD idea, and have to lay down a bunch of straw or shavings, even a blanket to get them out of the trees and back into the coop! Guineas hate change, and snow and bad weather is a rather abrupt and unavoidable one, so your Lavender Wave must really trust you!!! Congrats!!!

 

This is my flock of Free Gangers (full time free range flock)... one Spring when a weird cold front blew thru...  what's that maybe an inch of snow? LOL. They followed me around griping and complaining for an hour while I fed everybody that morning, lol. Whah whahh whahhhh!!!

 

 

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Edited by PeepsCA - 1/21/12 at 7:29pm

 

highfive.gif~160+Guineas/6Flocks(18 Different Colors, plus assorted Pieds),3IB Peahens,1IB Peacock,2Pied Peachicks(HONK!),63Turkeys(2WildX,2Mottled BlackX,2NarriX&57Poults),26Coturnix&1Button Quail,14Silkies&2Showgirls(POOFBALLS!),5.5Horses(The .5's a Mini),1BLM Burro(Livestock Guardian),9MuttGoats(Brushers),2Rotts,3Red Heelers,7Lazy Cats,4FishTanks~

 

 

 

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highfive.gif~160+Guineas/6Flocks(18 Different Colors, plus assorted Pieds),3IB Peahens,1IB Peacock,2Pied Peachicks(HONK!),63Turkeys(2WildX,2Mottled BlackX,2NarriX&57Poults),26Coturnix&1Button Quail,14Silkies&2Showgirls(POOFBALLS!),5.5Horses(The .5's a Mini),1BLM Burro(Livestock Guardian),9MuttGoats(Brushers),2Rotts,3Red Heelers,7Lazy Cats,4FishTanks~

 

 

 

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