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post #1 of 23
12/21/11 at 8:48pm
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What do you think of my guinea coop??? I made them up on the paint thing on the computer.

This one would be for my breeding flock:
http://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/102830_guinea_coop.png

This would be for my free range flock in the winter:
http://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/102830_coop.jpg

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 #2 of 23
12/22/11 at 9:24am

Love that you have thought about adding an area for incubating. 

That's a lot of space for a lot of guineas.  How are you going to take the noise? lau  I had 3 a few years ago, they never shut up.  I know they are known for being the watchdogs but really, I didn't expect an all out red alert every time a robin flew over.  big_smile

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post #3 of 23
12/22/11 at 10:14am

Wow... that is a really nice design. Post pictures when you're done and along the way!!!

-Audrey
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-Audrey
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post #4 of 23
12/22/11 at 11:24am

I'm keeping a copy of your design for my BARN.
Hope you don't mind!
great planning.
Patricia

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My goal.....a Rainbow Egg Basket and a small sustainable living farm.

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post #5 of 23
12/22/11 at 5:01pm
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Originally Posted by Chicken Chat 

Love that you have thought about adding an area for incubating. 

That's a lot of space for a lot of guineas.  How are you going to take the noise? lau  I had 3 a few years ago, they never shut up.  I know they are known for being the watchdogs but really, I didn't expect an all out red alert every time a robin flew over.  big_smile


lol I only have 15 right now...I am going to get a lot more next year. I hatch about 150 keets this past year and hope to do about 400 next year.
I don't mind the noise..I know some people can't stand it but it just doesn't bother me.smile

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 #6 of 23
12/22/11 at 5:03pm
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Originally Posted by ALRwild 

Wow... that is a really nice design. Post pictures when you're done and along the way!!!


Thank you! I will definitely be awhile before I can get this thing build...my money is a little too tight for it just now.

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 #7 of 23
12/22/11 at 5:05pm
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Originally Posted by SarniaTricia 

I'm keeping a copy of your design for my BARN.
Hope you don't mind!
great planning.
Patricia


Thanks! No, I don't mind if you save a copy.

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 #8 of 23
12/22/11 at 5:37pm

All of the guineas I have seen nearby have all been free ranging guineas without housing they sleep in the trees, and are plenty wild. Most of them don't get fed, they all just forage.

In the beginning there was nothing. God said, Let there be light! And there was light. There was still nothing, but you could see it a whole lot better. Ellen DeGeneres   
also//////// Y'all also need to check out my homemade cooler incubator, my homemade fridge-a-bator, and my cabinet incubator on my BYC page.

 

http://www.backyardchickens.com/a/homemade-cabinet-incubator

http://www.backya...

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In the beginning there was nothing. God said, Let there be light! And there was light. There was still nothing, but you could see it a whole lot better. Ellen DeGeneres   
also//////// Y'all also need to check out my homemade cooler incubator, my homemade fridge-a-bator, and my cabinet incubator on my BYC page.

 

http://www.backyardchickens.com/a/homemade-cabinet-incubator

http://www.backya...

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post #9 of 23
12/22/11 at 6:56pm
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Originally Posted by quintinp 

All of the guineas I have seen nearby have all been free ranging guineas without housing they sleep in the trees, and are plenty wild. Most of them don't get fed, they all just forage.


Yeah, when we had guineas a long time ago that's what we did. We just bought some and penned them for a while then turned them out.
The reason that I don't do that now is because I breed them, hatch the eggs, and sell the keets, and since I count on that money I can't afford to lose any of my hens; so that is why I would have a coop for my breeding flocks.
The reason that I have a coop for my free range flock is for the winter. Because there is nothing for them to really eat in the winter, such as ticks, (the main reason I have a free range flock) and the only thing they can do is get eaten... so in the winter I just go ahead and put them up so none of them get gone.

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 #10 of 23
12/22/11 at 7:19pm

Finally someone of similar age with dreams as big as mine smile im envious of you. I coould never figure out how to do plans on the computer. So i just draw them by hand and end up with crooked lines lol good luck with you coop, well its so big its more like a barn smile if ever I have guineas that I breed like you do, I would for sure want it to look at least half as good as that. Way to set the bar high. smile

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