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    Breeding choice: WWYD: in line or in bred?

    I'm paying $10 per. Seemed fair. But what do i know :) Good to know on guinea farm. I got mine local and probably will next time too unless i'm "needing" more colors :)
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    Breeding choice: WWYD: in line or in bred?

    Duh that makes sense that either way would be 25% white. and I was afraid buying them would be the easy way... I'm already over budget on new stock this year, I'm going to get some swedish flower hens (I saw you have those as well!) I'm hoping that I get lots of keets and lots of variety since...
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    Breeding choice: WWYD: in line or in bred?

    So as per: http://guineafowl.international/articles/genetics.php ... If I had a pair of pearl greys throwing lots of colors and pearl/non pearl varieties, they must've had hidden recessive genetics... So if what we think we understand about the genes is true, then it's likely that the father is...
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    Breeding choice: WWYD: in line or in bred?

    Thanks! I've been to that site before but you're much more concise! :) I guess I may have to just choose randomly. Is there a time period with guineas like there is for chickens where the hen was previously exposed to a different male and she's still covered by him as well? Like 2 weeks or...
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    Very unusual chick, Guinea / chicken hybrid!!

    I really think it's a hybrid, if it's not it was really really messed up chicken. It wasn't dead at 26 days incubation, the chicken eggs were all done or dead by then. My roo is black and is throwing nothing but black and white chicks, something like 60 chicks hatched in the last few weeks are...
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    Hatching Guinea Eggs, Day 30 no pipping.....

    I always go with, if they are still moving, let them be. And FWIW, I can't usually get humidity up as high as is suggested and last year, they did alright. I'm hatching this year with chicken eggs so my temps are "too low" and the humidity is variable because I'm staggering hatches in the...
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    Breeding choice: WWYD: in line or in bred?

    Actually I think the daddy is the one pictured in my profile pic.... maybe.
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    Breeding choice: WWYD: in line or in bred?

    I have 2 males and 1 female. we're going to put the female in a dog house so she can have a nesting box to herself and go broody in safety. she'll have a run and 1 male in there with her. Due to space constraints, we can't probably let all three be together, as they have been So question: which...
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    Very unusual chick, Guinea / chicken hybrid!!

    We just hatched our first hybrid but it died almost immediately :( I was so hopeful! It was brown with purple wing tips. Had a single comb and the bald bump for his horn. We've got 2 males and 1 female so I'm hopeful the non-dominant male will continue to try his luck with the hens :) I really...
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    color question again.

    thanks :) yea, it's easy to get addicted apparently :D I did try keeping her in, first day she scooted out with all the rest before I could stop her. 2nd day we kept them ALL in until 3pm but she didn't lay by then, so I followed her to no avail... I guess I'll try again. stubborn is right! I...
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    color question again.

    Well I'm hoping for at least one more batch of eggs but I can't find any. Her broody break was a month ago. I found one lone egg by a tree. Then tracked her to a new nest with three eggs and she hasn't laid there since (even though I didn't look at her and walked away immediately and didn't...
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    color question again.

    I did NOT know that about the newspaper... I just ran in there and added a towel. There's so much to learn! We got chickens and guineas this spring, I had never been around either, ever before! (One of our chicks was splay legged but he wasn't hatched here.) I hope that's not why one of the...
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    color question again.

    I'm having trouble following, forgive me... The first picture is the parents. (The third bird disappeared.) The second picture is the first hatch -- only the lavendar pied on the left survived. Am I wrong about this color? He's 2 weeks old in the third picture. The third picture is my first and...
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    color question again.

    Though are some beautiful birds!!!! I can't wait to have more varieties and a buff dundotte is my DREAM. I also love the look of the blues -- we'll see how long it takes me to get to where you are Peeps :) Ok -- I've been reading like crazy and checking charts and I'd like some confirmation...
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    Guinea hatching -- wait or help?

    Of the 18 eggs, we have 4 live keets. 4 hatched and lived - I had to help 3 after 24 hours post-pip, no zip, fading tweets. 6 hatched but didn't live, four(?) got their heads out and then didn't go further (should I have popped them out? would they have died anyway? I'll never know), 2 were...
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