BYC Guinea hen club

[mystry]

Do you think guineas would be ok in a residential neighbourhood that does not allow chickens or other farm animals please suggest any other poultry that we could maybe have. I personally kinda want bobwhites

Guineas can be loud. If they do not allow chickens guineas would be out of the question also. (they would be considered farm animals) If a neighborhood doesn't allow poultry/farm animals you usually aren't going to be able to have any kind of animal except the usual dogs, cats, etc...

 

[nicktrkula]

I love my guineas so much they interact well with my chickens and they are all penned up together now but my guineas haven't started laying yet

 

[cicilianb97]

You can't have poultry unless it is protected and have Eagles, etc!

what do you mean?

 

[margaret8]

what do you mean?

Guineas are fair game for g
Big preditory birds. You would need to keep then penned up in an enclosure with atop on it if you planed on having both!

 

[cicilianb97]

Guineas are fair game for g
Big preditory birds. You would need to keep then penned up in an enclosure with atop on it if you planed on having both!

oh yes I see what you mean i was planning on free ranging them but by state falconry regulations (any state) you have to keep you eagle or any bird of prey in a mews (basically a shed or building that the hawk lives in) unless hunting or training or just having it out if the mews just because. Any way i would just keep them seperate from each other most of the time.

someday since I would like to have a large property somewhere (a ranch of sorts) with all kinds of animals like shetland ponies I had an idea for a leather almost saddle like thing for its back that has a perch attached to it so my pony could carry my hawk.

 

[mystry]

I've got one hen that has been sitting pretty steady for the last week or two, the other one seems like she is there "helping". They are both on a nest. So, now I wait with my fingers crossed.

 

[margaret8]

I've got one hen that has been sitting pretty steady for the last week or two, the other one seems like she is there "helping". They are both on a nest. So, now I wait with my fingers crossed.

I have some! One is setting and one is laying!

 

[nicktrkula]

Is the egg on the right a guinea egg because I'm new to this and mine should start laying soon

 

[R2elk]

Is the egg on the right a guinea egg because I'm new to this and mine should start laying soon

Congratulations on your guinea egg.

Good luck.

 

[BusyBearMama]

Yep I'm going to pen ours this year and see if we can get some