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    Guinea hen molting?

    Hey everyone - i am having an issue with one of my birds.. hopefully its not anything serious but it looks pretty bad.. Im not sure if shes molting or has a disease, but i took some pictures. If anyone has any ideas, please let me know! Shes been this was for about 2 weeks now, losing feathers...
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    Guinea Not walking - possibly hurt?

    Well everyone, I appreciate the responses! I was able to put hands on the bird (which means she really wasn't feeling well as I caught her) and did not find anything alarming - I isolated her and gave her separate food and water, and she did drink and eat. I kept her isolated for 48 hours and...
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    Guinea Not walking - possibly hurt?

    Hey everyone - I have had guineas now for just over a year; 2 females and 4 males (im pretty certain). Recently, all the birds have been going crazy with the nice weather and are beating each other up quite a bit . I believe this to be normal. Yesterday however, i noticed that one of my...
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    Free range guineas and the coop..

    Thanks for the reply sumi- I actually tried that earlier, and managed only to send a few birds into the woods for the evening.. I'm worried about the temperature dropping, and whether they'll know to go into the coop when it snows/goes below zero..
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    Free range guineas and the coop..

    So after opening the pen that is attached to the coop, the guineas decided that sleeping in the coop wasn't in the cards.. Now, all 8 of my guineas sleep on top of the recently opened pen. Does anyone else have this issue? The coop is plenty big enough for all 8 to roost; I'm worried about the...
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    Guinea hen odd behavior

    Hey everyone- I'm new to guinea fowl scene, and am about to let my birds free range- I have one hen however that decided she doesn't want to walk anymore, but instead flap around on the ground.. I'm worried she's hurt but can't tell. There are many eggs laid, so I'm wondering if maybe its broody...
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