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    Guinea color combinations

    I think you will likely get one or the other color or Pearl Gray, which is dominant and often the fall-back color for all Guineas. In our little flock, for example, we started with Pearl Gray, Coral Blue, and Buff Dundotte and got keets in all three colors eventually and a few Lavender and one...
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    Getting Guineas to go in the coup at night.

    Love your video! Yeah, for us, too, training them to come home at night was like herding flees for a while but I ended up more persitant than them! Ha! Now I have different age groups in different enclosures, and they all come in and go to their spot - amazing really! I found that you had to...
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    Dirt bath

    Here you go! LOL
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    Teddy - my love has died

    Thank you so much for your thoughtful words, Noraaaaa! Very kind of you. ❤️ It helps!
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    Teddy - my love has died

    Thank you for the hugs, r2elk!
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    Chicks with Adult Guineas??

    I haven't raised any in a while but when I had to keep them inside / in a brooder after they started hopping out, I used plastic chicken "wire" - the green stuff you can get on a roll at Lowe's. It can be bent over the edge of the brooder and held together with a wire, so they can't fly out. You...
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    Teddy - my love has died

    Some of you may remember Teddy, our first keet from our own nest, with full article published in the Buckwheat Bites in 2013 with the Guinea Fowl International Association. Well, yeah, he grew up to be a magnificent bird and had a profound influence on the flock and my life. Even though he was...
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    Virginia

    Hello - yes, we are in VA but 1 hour north of Richmond and done with egg laying for the season :jumpy:D ask any questions you want, though
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    What scary movies do you watch for Halloween???

    Earnest Scared Stupid Hocus Pocus
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    How old are your oldest Guinea Fowl?

    Thanks! I'll take a look. They could use more protein, I think. Is it from fish waste? Soy? I'll take a look...
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    How old are your oldest Guinea Fowl?

    Thanks so much for the detailed reply, R2elk! Yeah, I tried to homegrow mealworms but never could produce enough. I use them as a supplement in protein to the layer feed. Also as highly valued foods for them to return to the coop at night or lately just to cut boredom if I can't let them out...
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    How old are your oldest Guinea Fowl?

    Hey, I would love to talk more but got to go - I'll be on later again - hope to catch you!
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    How old are your oldest Guinea Fowl?

    Thank you, R2elk! Sorry to hear but I get it. All my animals, including me, are getting old here, too. About the feed: what do you think is best for them to keep them healthy all their lives? I wondered about that before. My dried mealworms are all from China and God knows what is in those...I...
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    Incubating Guinea Eggs

    You'll love them. My first Guinea hatch was like R2elk suggested - and it was fun and easy - only bitter regret: I was told not to help and let 5 of them die in the eggshells after they had pipped and were peeping for help for over 24 hours - please do help them out if that happens to you! My...
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    Have you ever crushed SMZ-TMP pills for your Guineas?

    My local vet clinic no longer makes the liquid we used to get - so I can get pills from the regular pharmacy but the bird dose of 1/32 of a pill. I can put 32 cc water in a cup and crush and swirl one in and immediately get 1 cc out - but it is a risk to overdose if too much of the pill gets...
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