Recent content by dudefromtampa

I understand but sometimes it's hard NOT to "let" them do things. They way I have them now is that their coop is in the middle of this big corral where I also have 2 chicken coops and a quail tractor. I did it this way initially so it'd be easy to just put one electric fence around the whole...

Guinea are a quagmire

It worked. I used to herd them in before (when I had Guinea a few years back) but I never saw all of them roost on top of the coop like that before. Thanks very much for your advice.

Thank you. Sounds like good advice. I'll try this tonight.

My wife and I hatched 15 guinea fowl earlier this year and now they are about 6 months old. We have them a coop to sleep in and we let them out all day to roam. About 2 weeks ago, they stopped going into their coop at night and just started roosting on top of their coop. I've raised guinea...

Thanks. I learned something new today.

good to know

My apologies. OP?

I guess you're right there. I was drawn to them for their cold hardy-ness. Good looking birds too.

I'm surprised I haven't seen more posts regarding Rhode Island Whites.

Wyandottes are on the list. I passed on to the Missus about a 1/2 doz to choose from and leaving it up to her to pick from there. She tends to make more logical decisions than I do. :-) Thanks much for your advice!

Thanks. Definitely will.

14 weeks havesting is good to know. Dual Purpose also. Thanks for your reply.

Gotta admit that's the first time i have heard of Naked Necks but googled them. Interesting bird. Looked at NJ Giants. They are on the short list of birds I'm considering. Have to make up my mind soon. I think the only con I found with the NJ Giant is that the feed to meat conversion wasn't...