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    Confused guinea hen (and owner)

    How did you build the fortress?
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    Ring of Death?

    Did you wait until there were a bunch of eggs before taking them? I did not. I thought my hen was a bad parent for leaving the nest, plus she made a nest by the highway. But I haven't had luck with incubation last year with eggs from a hen that has since perished, or with the two eggs I tried...
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    Will the guinea really hatch the eggs?

    Oh I am so glad I found your post. Did they hatch ok? What did you do? I have a guinea that is trying to hatch 10 eggs. I have checked on her 3 to 4 times a day for the last least 3 weeks. She stays on the nest which is under a tree 11 ft from the farm road/highway I live on. I have not...
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    Confused guinea hen (and owner)

    I'm trying to let my hen hatch her eggs now. I haven't had good luck with incubation. When I tried to get close to her to give her food because she never left the nest she hissed and moved off some of the eggs.I figured she was just being a female saying "leave me alone I can do it myself." So...
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    Guineas and the rain!

    Leave that coup/shed open. If the rain gets bad enough they will go in.
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    I finally got a Guinea Gang!

    How is Buffy? I would do what you did for him. Even though guineas are "just birds" I still care about them. I had two males and one has disappeared. I like to think he just went and found a new home since I did not find a carcas. As for rain - my remaining male and two females have weathered...
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    Adopt a bird.

    Ok, so its been a couple of weeks since your post. How is it going? Hopefully ok. Was your male older than the rest of the birds? I have only added adults to adults. I started with a male and female adult and had them almost a year. Then the female got hit by a car when she flew across the...
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