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post #1 of 13
3/29/12 at 10:39am
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I got my guineas as keets two years ago, last year they were laying well.. i have 12 guineas in total. I know that most of them are gals, and some on them are boys.

 

The weather here is breezy, rainy, but warm. When do you think their laying season will begin?

I have four pearl guineas, 8 white guineas, 9 black sex-links, i Americana hen, 24 Rhode island red hens, one rooster. One mean black rooster, one barred rock hen, one wyandot hen, 6 australorps.
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I have four pearl guineas, 8 white guineas, 9 black sex-links, i Americana hen, 24 Rhode island red hens, one rooster. One mean black rooster, one barred rock hen, one wyandot hen, 6 australorps.
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post #2 of 13
3/29/12 at 6:27pm

Where are you located, i live in southeast Texas and my guineas have been laying sense February

“You can’t really begin to appreciate life until it has knocked you down a few times. You can’t really begin to appreciate love until your heart has been broken. And you can’t really begin to appreciate happiness until you’ve known sadness. Once you’ve walked through the valley, the view from the mountaintop is breathtaking"

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“You can’t really begin to appreciate life until it has knocked you down a few times. You can’t really begin to appreciate love until your heart has been broken. And you can’t really begin to appreciate happiness until you’ve known sadness. Once you’ve walked through the valley, the view from the mountaintop is breathtaking"

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post #3 of 13
3/29/12 at 6:32pm

If they are free ranging every day they might already be laying... 

 

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highfive.gif~150+Guineas/6Flocks(18 Different Colors, plus assorted Pieds),3IB Peahens,1IB Peacock(HONK!),

51Turkeys(2WildX,2Mottled BlackX,2NarriX&45Poults),24Coturnix&1Button Quail,

16Silkies(POOFBALLS!),5 1/2Horses(The 1/2's a Mini),1BLM Burro(Livestock Guardian),9MuttGoats(Brushers),

2Rotts,3Red Heelers(On Guard),7Lazy Cats(Worthless),4FishTanks~

 

 

 

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highfive.gif~150+Guineas/6Flocks(18 Different Colors, plus assorted Pieds),3IB Peahens,1IB Peacock(HONK!),

51Turkeys(2WildX,2Mottled BlackX,2NarriX&45Poults),24Coturnix&1Button Quail,

16Silkies(POOFBALLS!),5 1/2Horses(The 1/2's a Mini),1BLM Burro(Livestock Guardian),9MuttGoats(Brushers),

2Rotts,3Red Heelers(On Guard),7Lazy Cats(Worthless),4FishTanks~

 

 

 

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post #4 of 13
3/29/12 at 6:40pm

Yep they are good at hiding them nest even in plain site sometimes

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“You can’t really begin to appreciate life until it has knocked you down a few times. You can’t really begin to appreciate love until your heart has been broken. And you can’t really begin to appreciate happiness until you’ve known sadness. Once you’ve walked through the valley, the view from the mountaintop is breathtaking"

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“You can’t really begin to appreciate life until it has knocked you down a few times. You can’t really begin to appreciate love until your heart has been broken. And you can’t really begin to appreciate happiness until you’ve known sadness. Once you’ve walked through the valley, the view from the mountaintop is breathtaking"

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post #5 of 13
3/30/12 at 8:41am

I musta walked by this Hen 50 times in the 2 weeks she was missing.

I left her there when I found her and something nabbed her and all her eggs the next night somad.gif

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highfive.gif~150+Guineas/6Flocks(18 Different Colors, plus assorted Pieds),3IB Peahens,1IB Peacock(HONK!),

51Turkeys(2WildX,2Mottled BlackX,2NarriX&45Poults),24Coturnix&1Button Quail,

16Silkies(POOFBALLS!),5 1/2Horses(The 1/2's a Mini),1BLM Burro(Livestock Guardian),9MuttGoats(Brushers),

2Rotts,3Red Heelers(On Guard),7Lazy Cats(Worthless),4FishTanks~

 

 

 

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highfive.gif~150+Guineas/6Flocks(18 Different Colors, plus assorted Pieds),3IB Peahens,1IB Peacock(HONK!),

51Turkeys(2WildX,2Mottled BlackX,2NarriX&45Poults),24Coturnix&1Button Quail,

16Silkies(POOFBALLS!),5 1/2Horses(The 1/2's a Mini),1BLM Burro(Livestock Guardian),9MuttGoats(Brushers),

2Rotts,3Red Heelers(On Guard),7Lazy Cats(Worthless),4FishTanks~

 

 

 

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post #6 of 13
3/30/12 at 8:55am

Sorry about the loss Peeps. hugs.gif She's a beautiful guinea.

 

We have chickens, turkeys and guineas. The chickens and turkeys occasionally lay outside, our 9 month old guinea hen lay inside the barn. We walk the tall grass and tree line twice a week looking for eggs, but so far we have found only chicken & turkey eggs.  Go figure! idunno.gif

1 handy lovable hubby, 2 talented, loving sons, 2 precious daughters-in-love, 5 brilliant, beautiful, amazing grandchildren.

39 chickens, 6 turkeys and 5 guineas.


Blessed beyond measure, showered with blessings, standing on the promises.

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1 handy lovable hubby, 2 talented, loving sons, 2 precious daughters-in-love, 5 brilliant, beautiful, amazing grandchildren.

39 chickens, 6 turkeys and 5 guineas.


Blessed beyond measure, showered with blessings, standing on the promises.

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post #7 of 13
3/30/12 at 9:19am

Thanks, that pic was from was 2 laying seasons ago, and that's the last Broody Hen I lost to predators because I won't let my free rangers go broody out in the bushes any more. I hunt down their nests and collect their free range eggs each day for consumption... I only incubate eggs from my breeding flocks that I keep penned until they've laid their eggs in the coop/pens each day. The buffet is closed to predators, they can dine elsewhere!

 

highfive.gif~150+Guineas/6Flocks(18 Different Colors, plus assorted Pieds),3IB Peahens,1IB Peacock(HONK!),

51Turkeys(2WildX,2Mottled BlackX,2NarriX&45Poults),24Coturnix&1Button Quail,

16Silkies(POOFBALLS!),5 1/2Horses(The 1/2's a Mini),1BLM Burro(Livestock Guardian),9MuttGoats(Brushers),

2Rotts,3Red Heelers(On Guard),7Lazy Cats(Worthless),4FishTanks~

 

 

 

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highfive.gif~150+Guineas/6Flocks(18 Different Colors, plus assorted Pieds),3IB Peahens,1IB Peacock(HONK!),

51Turkeys(2WildX,2Mottled BlackX,2NarriX&45Poults),24Coturnix&1Button Quail,

16Silkies(POOFBALLS!),5 1/2Horses(The 1/2's a Mini),1BLM Burro(Livestock Guardian),9MuttGoats(Brushers),

2Rotts,3Red Heelers(On Guard),7Lazy Cats(Worthless),4FishTanks~

 

 

 

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post #8 of 13
3/30/12 at 10:47am

I have some hens and I heard they are poor parents. How true is this?

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post #9 of 13
3/30/12 at 12:28pm

They are not poor parents just out of the enviroment they have instincs for.

Look at it like this, they are from a  fairly dry and open habitats ,

We brought them here and put them in high and wet grasses where keets get wet and die, it's not the parents fault instinc tells them to keep moving all day it's what they do, if you pen your hen and keets she will be safe as will her keets but they can be left behind by the parents when free ranging in the tall grasses.

 

“You can’t really begin to appreciate life until it has knocked you down a few times. You can’t really begin to appreciate love until your heart has been broken. And you can’t really begin to appreciate happiness until you’ve known sadness. Once you’ve walked through the valley, the view from the mountaintop is breathtaking"

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“You can’t really begin to appreciate life until it has knocked you down a few times. You can’t really begin to appreciate love until your heart has been broken. And you can’t really begin to appreciate happiness until you’ve known sadness. Once you’ve walked through the valley, the view from the mountaintop is breathtaking"

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post #10 of 13
3/30/12 at 5:44pm

Last year I had a Guinea hen successfully raise four keets, for the first time. Maybe its because I don't have tall grass anymore. Actually I don't have any grass anymore. The chickens and Guineas ate it. hmm.png

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