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    Raising Guinea Fowl 101

    How much feed do guineas go through. I'm considering 5 guineas.
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    How to Tell a Fertile vs INfertile Egg (Pictures)

    Wow that is great. Thanks Question. Can you tell without breaking it? Jonell
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    Are your chickens tame????

    Most of mine are tame. I do a Noon treat, I yell girls, girls and they come running, I mean waddling. I held every chicken every night for weeks. Yes it took me about 30-45mins. I still hold them at random and the ones that shy away. I close my girls up every night, but they free range durning...
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    What is the squat I keep reading about?

    The squat....LOL Yes I've seen it. My girls do it when I reach down to pick them up. They do the little stampie feet thing too. They all do it. Jonell Idaho 5RIR 6WelSum 6BuffOrp 2LegH 2Roosters 4 Guinea's
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    Hatchery in ID-starts with S?

    There is Schwartz Chick-Inn Roost and Breakfast They post on CraigsList, Catagory Farm/Garden. Parma, Id A Beautiful Place.
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    Idaho?

    Hi Melba, Id South of Nampa 6 RIR, 5 Buffs 5 Welsummer, 3 mix
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    How old was your hen when she laid her 1st egg?

    Chicken Obsessed. Wow Thanks My RIR Alpha is 21weeks, + 3days. She layed her 1st egg, and Bertha RIR 21weeks + 6days layed her 1st egg. 4 RIR to go. and 5 22week Wels. 6 Buffs 13weeks
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    Post your FIRST EGG pics!

    RIR 21weeks produces
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    Feedback on Learning Center "Treats Chart"

    Hey All This is my 1st flock. I have 6 RIR, 6 BOrph, and 5 Welsum., and 3 LegH. I've been experimenting with treats. But so far have had little luck. ( Oh but they love bread, and have seen not to do this all the time.) I put out yogurt in a glass bowl with ice around a Larger Glass bowl, but...
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    Guineas vs. neighbors...what would you do?

    Hey I had the same problem. Dogs killing my chickens. I called the sheriff. Dogs running at large attacking livestock, chickens. You file a complaint and the Sheriff gives a warning. Next. Everytime you find the dogs on your property call in a compliant. The owner will be fined every time a...
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    How much feed do they eat?

    Thanks for the advice. I have a 8x10 coop, with a 4x4 roost pole, with 4 slate staggered upwards. I open the doors at 7am and close it before 9pm. I've read all I can find about rasing keets with chicks and for the most part they all get along. This is my very first time raising any kind of farm...
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    How much feed do they eat?

    I have 5 8week old guinea's and 12 7week old pullets. Should I be going through 25lbs of chick feed a week. I have a gravity feed feeder. Are guinea's opportunity eatter's. It seems like they are always at the feeder. I was thinking about limiting the feed to daily rations. That might prompt my...
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    7 week Guineas-1 making female sound... does that mean

    Wow thanks for the advice. I listened to them this morning and 1 is making a Honk-Kee sound. Like a bicycle horn. What I have read on other post that would be a female( 2 sylab) sound. Others are making a single sound, but I'll have to watch them closer to tell who is making what sound. They are...
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    Idaho

    Hey everyone This New Egg is South of Boise.
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    7 week Guineas-1 making female sound... does that mean

    Is the manner or sound they make the only way to tell their gender? I have 5 7 week old and all look the same, and most are doing call sounds.
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