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Thank you for your responses! The eggs should hatch in the next week if they going to. I'm sure I will have more questions then. :)

I have 6 guinea fowl; one male and 5 female, 11 months old. They have been raised together since 2 days old. I am trying to hatch keets "naturally". One of the hens has become broody and sits on her eggs constantly, only getting off her nest (inside the coop) for a short amount of time. Often...

Thanks for all the info. If I decided to incubate the eggs, when could I introduce the hatched keets to the flock? Weather permitting, could I introduce the keets after hatching and keep them confined to the coop or do I have to wait until they are older? Do guinea hens know whether or not the...

Thanks for the info.! Pardon my many questions and ignorance. How do you know if an egg is fertilized and can be incubated? You stated "if you feel the need to mess with a nest.." Does that mean you normally do not collect the eggs even inside the coop. I have heard people say guinea eggs are...

Thank you Food Freedom Now and R2elk! I wish I would have consulted you before last night. I assumed since they absolutely love to roost in the coop at night and they are used to coming and going inside the run while I am there, that they would put themselves inside. I guess the automatic door...

Guinea Expert, History: I have had 10 guineas that I have raised since two days old and they are now 7 months old. I built them a fully enclosed, predator proof coop (see pic) at our farm which they have lived in for the last 5 months. Since I do not live at the farm, I let the guineas out to...

I will millet. I mistakenly typed bloodworms in previous post. I meant I tried mealworms but they were not interested. Maybe need to just keep trying. Thank you:)

I have ten 8 week old keets. I raised them in my garage for 6 weeks and then moved them to their coop two weeks ago. I kept them confined to their 8 ft. x 8 ft. coop for 10 days to condition them to their new home and then allowed them access to their 10 ft. x 28 ft. covered run. They are very...

Ok, I tried to quarantine him last night and that didn't go well. Since they are almost 6 weeks old they can fly. After I finally caught him I put him in a container and he repeatedly tried to fly out hitting himself on the screen screeching and causing the others to screech as well. He pooped a...

I have 10 5 week old keets. They have been thriving...eating well and growing. I have been feeding high protein game bird starter. They are currently living in my garage in a large dog crate. This evening I noticed one of the keets separating from the group and eyes closed. He will open his...