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Impromptu keet food??

post #1 of 25
10/8/12 at 4:50pm
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One of my MIA guineas showed up with 5 keets tonight. I'll have no game feed or chick starter till tomorrow night. What can I feed them tonight? I have layer and scratch which I'm pretty sure is a no. I do have rabbit, pig and guinea pig food?

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post #2 of 25
10/8/12 at 7:01pm

I'd just grind up some scratch in a blender or a coffee grinder and sprinkle it over some scrambled eggs or a crumbled boiled egg for them to peck at until you can get some game bird or turkey starter.

 

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&1Button Quail,21Silkies&6Showgirls(POOFBALLS!),5.5Horses(The .5's a Mini),1BLM Burro(Livestock Guardian),8MuttGoats(Brushers),2Rotts,3Red Heelers,7Lazy Cats,4FishTanks~

 

 

 

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post #3 of 25
10/9/12 at 5:05am

wow !! what a nice surprise :)

4 horses: Arabian (Polish), Arabian, BLM, Paint thbrd 1/4, 2 dogs: 1 terrior mix, 1 blue nose bull with gotti line, 1 cat: caleco, 7 koi fish, chickens: 11 bramma's, 10 rhode island reds, 4 white leghorns, 5 buff orpington's, 1 black Minorca, 1 duckwing, 1 brown leghorn, 1 (possibly) polish, 1 grey bantom. guinea's: 6 white, 5 pearl grey, 5 lavender. turkeys: 4 blue slate, 4 royal palm.

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4 horses: Arabian (Polish), Arabian, BLM, Paint thbrd 1/4, 2 dogs: 1 terrior mix, 1 blue nose bull with gotti line, 1 cat: caleco, 7 koi fish, chickens: 11 bramma's, 10 rhode island reds, 4 white leghorns, 5 buff orpington's, 1 black Minorca, 1 duckwing, 1 brown leghorn, 1 (possibly) polish, 1 grey bantom. guinea's: 6 white, 5 pearl grey, 5 lavender. turkeys: 4 blue slate, 4 royal palm.

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post #4 of 25
10/9/12 at 6:03am
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It gets even better - DH said he found one of our other missing guineas this morning sitting on a nest of 15 eggs..... last time we had one sitting on a nest that big something ate all the eggs. I'm going to try to come up with a shelter of some kind to cover her.

 

Thanks for the advice on the feed. Number one priority today - FEED STORE!

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post #5 of 25
10/9/12 at 10:03am
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wow !! what a nice surprise :)  wee.gif

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post #6 of 25
10/9/12 at 10:17am
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:)

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post #7 of 25
10/9/12 at 1:57pm

What a great picture! Soooooo cute!!!!!!!
 

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post #8 of 25
10/9/12 at 2:25pm
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:( one of them escaped and met the dog.... Sure hope the other fifteen eggs hatch could definitely use some more guineas.....

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post #9 of 25
10/9/12 at 3:23pm
I have a question about food, I have 6 16-18 wk old keets and have been feeding them scratch and turkey
mulch mixed. I seen domething about layer pellets and oyster shell. I could sure use advice what to feed them at this
age. Thanks so much
Well I have 27 RIR, 5 golden laced polish, 6 americaunas (EE), and 10 Spitzhaubens that I gladly got talked into:D. I have 5 silkie cochins, 1 Japanese roo, a turkey till Thanksgiving. 7 pearl grey guineas .
A mastiff, mastiff boxer cross, and a Belgium Shepard. 8 cats, a parrot. A husband 2 kids and a partridge and a pear tree!
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Well I have 27 RIR, 5 golden laced polish, 6 americaunas (EE), and 10 Spitzhaubens that I gladly got talked into:D. I have 5 silkie cochins, 1 Japanese roo, a turkey till Thanksgiving. 7 pearl grey guineas .
A mastiff, mastiff boxer cross, and a Belgium Shepard. 8 cats, a parrot. A husband 2 kids and a partridge and a pear tree!
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post #10 of 25
10/9/12 at 4:38pm
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At that age mine have always been on flock raiser or game feed. oyster shell is more for if their shells are thin. I've never had a problem with thin shells, but I free range. If I were you I'd wait till after they start laying to decide if you need oyster or not. DH didn't tell me he had stopped picking up flock raiser a couple of weeks ago since it's more expensive. I prefer it to layer.

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