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    Should I clip their wings?

    We have some guinea keets being raised by our chickens. They are about 4 weeks old and are really developing their wings. Our back yard has 6 ft privacy fences on 2 sides, and one side has a standard chain-link fence. All our neighbors have backyard dogs. We have clipped our chicken's wings...
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    Hens raising keets and keet death

    Thank you for the suggestions. We will cut back on the watermelon treat and get some meal worms asap
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    Hens raising keets and keet death

    Thank you so much! Going now to get starter - thankfully a feed store is open. I will try and save the remaining chicks.
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    Hens raising keets and keet death

    Thank you for your information. All my hens (total of 6: 4 layers and the 2 parents) roam and forage in the same area. Would it be OK to feed them all starter since they are all together? Or should the mother hens and keets be penned separately? (P.S. I love your Mark Twain quote - one of my...
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    Hens raising keets and keet death

    We had 2 broody hens, so a neighbor gave us 11 fertilized guinea eggs. They all hatched successfully, The hens shared the care of the keets, and have been very good mothers. They are allowed to roam our large suburban backyard with is kept in a natural state - we use no pesticides, herbicides...
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    hens and guinea chicks (keets) - why are some dying?

    We had 2 broody hens, so a neighbor gave us 11 fertilized guinea eggs. They all hatched successfully, The hens shared the care of the keets, and have been very good mothers. They are allowed to roam our large suburban backyard with is kept in a natural state - we use no pesticides, herbicides...
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