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    Will hen take chicks back that are late hatchers.

    I have a hen who sat on a clutch of eggs. One hatched out a couple of days ago. This morning she was off the nest. I checked the eggs and they were cold. I rescued one that was half hatched, warmed it up and put it back under her because she went back to the nest. The chick had to be...
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    Calling Mystery Detectives.

    Could the other chickens get into their cage? No signs of a fight?
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    Horrible news

    I had a nightmare the other night that all my chickens died because we forgot to close the coop door and a predator killed them all. In my dream I was inconsolable. So I can imagine how you must have felt. It's hard when something that brings us so much joy can also bring us so much pain...
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    Guineas won't come down from tree--third day.

    Did I mention it was -14 yesterday?
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    Guineas won't come down from tree--third day.

    Update on the guineas. The male spent four days and nights in the tree before finally coming down. The female spent two more night...a total of six days and nights, roosting in the tree, not coming down for food or water! She went in the coop today. The time and energy spent by my husband...
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    Guineas won't come down from tree--third day.

    Thanks for your experience. We tried everything we could today. We even got the chainsaw out and cut the branch they were on. They just jumped to another branch right before it fell. I put out kitchen scraps. They looked interested but didn't come down. As the sun was going down, they...
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    Guineas won't come down from tree--third day.

    I have 2 guineas that mostly stayed in the coop since it snowed several weeks ago. They decided 3 nights ago to roost in the tree about 100 feet from the coop and have not come down to eat or anything. We plowed a path so they should have a good landing area. Trying to coax them with food...
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    Hi from Wisconsin!

    We were climbing all over the trees yesterday but they just flew from tree to tree. We have wrangled the guineas before but they are much trickier than chickens. Didn't think about doing it after dark. They would be quieter but maybe not safe for us. I don't get why they suddenly stopped...
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    Hi from Wisconsin!

    So excited to join. Like everyone else I love talking about chickens. I have solved many problems in the past in free ranging my birds and keeping predators out. But I'm totally stumped today. We have a pair of guineas, got them this summer. Three nights ago they decided to stay the night in...
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