For Sale: For Sale- Guinea eggs from Chocolates, Lavenders and Pearls - Page 2

I can't send you any ASAP as I have a waiting list from prepaid orders. My next available shipping date is June 11, at this time. If someone comes along that is wanting that date and pays for me to send them at that time then it will be gone, too.

Thank you for understanding.

I hope you get a chance to try them next year. They are great! I have been so happy to lose all those fire ant hills. Now my Pearls need to get off the nests and back into the garden for pest control!

I raised mine at the barn with the chickens and ducks and they now range all over my 8 acres but occasionally run out the gate if we leave it open. Interestingly enough they do not fly over the fence to the neighbors. They seldom go down in the woods and seem to prefer to stay in the fields moving through the tall grass to find bugs. They are excellent for eating ticks and I seldom find any on my dog or us. They do like to roam and though mine will come back to the chicken coop to sleep at night I have heard plenty of people say theirs sleep in the trees. I prefer mine to stay safe and just call them to coop at night. I have treated mine like my chickens and ducks and they are cool pets but wander further from the barn than my lazy chickens, who hang around for a free meal. The ducks are good to go around the farm for food but not as far as the Guineas. Foxes probably could be an issue but owls may be worse at night if they sleep in the trees. Guineas fly well and are fast runners so it would have to be a night critter that would get them.

Well, JLeigh, pretty much answered that!

I agree and when I raised mine I had them first in plastic brooders as little keets, where they hated me tremendously because they were so adorable and I just HAD to catch them and kiss on them. I would set them back down and you could just see them running away going "Palooy! Blah! Plak, phooey!" But I could not help it! LOL

Then when they were around 2 weeks old I moved them to my end stall in 6' long wire bottom brooders (seen on my website under Housing) where they stayed for a few weeks and then I let a few out at a time. Those would run outside where there is an open grow up pen attached but would stay right in the pen because the others were in the brooder coop calling to them so they got very used to coming back in to sleep.

Then a week later I let a few more out and pretty soon I had about 60 keets out running the pen and some would accidentally fly over the 4' fence but I would open the gate and herd them back in okay. I sold some but the ones that have stayed all come back to bed at night unless they are broody on eggs.

I have 2 hens on eggs beside my bedroom window and their male protector has stayed by their side for the last 4 weeks. I am sure once they are up and going with their kids they will eventually head back down to the barn. I spoil them by feeding them right there near the nest.

And yes, they can certainly let out some noise but mine seldom do much. I have 2 pens going now and some that free range. Around 30 in all. My DD hates them but my neighbors say they seldom hear them. And I just had roofers here today and no one was the least bit upset. Mine haven't exactly been good watch dogs but maybe because I sell eggs from the farm and have a lot of cars here all the time.

I hope we have helped you understand them a bit better. I like mine a lot!