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    Can I raise them to be tame?

    You need to find some treats they like. Usually when they are young and not as picky of eaters. My first batch loved scrambled eggs and I had one that would jump up on my arm and eat. It was fine until I had a short sleeve shirt on and he slipped. Wow, major claws!. Last years little ones...
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    Raising Guinea and Chickens together?

    I've raised my young guineas with the chickens the last 2 year (I mix them in at about 3-4 weeks) Had good luck, except the last batch that had a mother hen taking care of had a keet that was attacked by a cranky banty hen when the cluck wasn't watching (took care of that problem) but other...
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    Convince me not to extend daylight hours.

    My coop isn't that bright so I have a light on a timer. This year I made sure to adjust it to way less light in the fall. I think last year it delayed their molt cycle (Having the light set for too long)and I had poor birds molting in December and January. This year I think my chickens are...
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    Guinea - Missing without a trace

    I've lost 5 Guineas this year due to a fox family, all in the middle of the day (between 11:00 and 2:00). Thought I was doing good training my birds to come in at night so they were safe from predators but I was wrong. Twice they went in pairs. I figured they were defending their mates. Now...
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    Shrill shrieking guineas

    The only time mine have shut up since their lock down in the beginning of December is when their eating and sleeping. Of course the females are the worst. I think their getting even with the thuggish behavior the males had this fall. I put their mirror in their coup for their entertainment...
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    Male to female ratio

    I ended up with 8 males out of 12 guineas. A couple went in the freezer and one for the wildlife . There seemed to be a lot of fighting in the beginning, probably when their hormones were kicking in but by fall all the males knew their places and seemed to get along fine. Besides, I think...
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    cold tolerance?

    Well they might be cold tolerant (we're at about 15 degrees)but mine are a bunch of sissies. We have about an inch of snow on the ground for the last 3 days, and they just screech out the front door at it. I keep telling them it's going to be worst. Poor things had to be purchased by some one...
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    Guineas as Guard Dogs?

    Mine have quieted down a lot as they got a little older. But when the first started wandering, every other thing set them off, getting separated, the garden hose, a crow flying over. My mob has a daily routine of covering about 20-30 acres, half of which is the neighbors yard and field...
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    Found one of our girls dead lastnight

    Oh, I'm so sorry for what happened. Every night when I go to lock mine up, I count my 9 and breathe a sigh of relief and am amazed their all there. As soon as it gets dark I feel an urgency to rush down there and shut the doors, afraid some night predator could just waltz in. Thankfully...
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    My fault it happened, but had idea tonight and wanted to know thoughts

    The shock collar worked wonders on our dog (A German Short Hair-a bird dog). I trained her when she was younger and gave her a zap whenever she started paying too much attention to the chickens. Now shes just runs past them like they don't even exist. I was worried that she would bother my...
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    So ugly? I think its beauty...

    I'm so use to everyone commenting on how ugly they are all the time, I was shocked that the neighbor (whose yard they visit) commented on how pretty they are. I think their pretty and cute too. What surprises me is that usually it's the younger kids (nieces and nephews) that think their cool...
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    Not a good day

    So sorry to hear about this. It's always on my mind the few times I get home later, when it's dark, if any thing found it's way into the coup. Just last night as I was racing home to shut the coup up a big raccoon crossed in front of my truck not too far from our driveway. (Some how it missed...
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    This is my first time raising keets without a hen......

    Yeah, mine didn't go far the first week out in the big world either. Thought I had it made until the neighbor came over one afternoon and said he herded them back to my yard cause the got on the road and wandered almost a half a mile away. Now they stop down at the neighbors every day...
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    Adding a bantam roo to 20 standard hens...will they love or hate him?

    Sounds like my situation this past summer. My cousin brought me 3 tiny little Bantys (in a little pet carrier all the way from Texas to Wisconsin) to go with my 19 full size hens (1 rooster and 2 little hens, around 4 months old). All I could think was "oh no, why did he bring these little...
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    Guinea Are Evil! -- confirmed!

    Everyone complains about the noise they make, but mine have gotten so quiet that it concerns me more. What are they up to? whose yard are they in? Yesterday, I was worried if I even had guineas anymore because most of the day I don't see them or hear them. Then I can home in the late...
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