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  1. charid

    Guinea talk.

    No it's not bad advice. Each flock is different. Each land and predator. Each situation. For these birds I am done stepping in. The fit will survive. I should have considered getting them home and doing it alone. They were very far away. They were in a huddle. Am I glad I did it? To be honest...
  2. charid

    Guinea talk.

    Getting all my birds back from these woods was an impossibility but I got lucky.
  3. charid

    Guinea talk.

    Let me clarify that was a 2 minute excerpt of a 3.5 hr experience here is every single detail... I only used the truck lights to pin point them. They cover 40 acres easily. I heard them last by owls tree 1/4 mile away. Very big area to search. I went there and searched from 830-12 with a thumb...
  4. charid

    Guinea talk.

    ...together sure beats the odds of them scattering deep into the woods separated and alone. It's wet and cold af. I screwed up royally and am beyond p***Ed. I am done with asking for advise. The best advise, these birds arent pets. Leave them to be. If they didn't come home it was for a reason...
  5. charid

    Guinea talk.

    Urgent question. This has never happened before. The young birds were out with the older birds. They had never wandered too far until today. I have seen the older babies chase the young ones further and further into the field until they were all spread out. They had gone very far today. I could...
  6. charid

    Guinea talk.

    @pattyhen Cute squirtle. So baby made another come back. I guess he just has his days where he needs to catch up on rest. I have gotten better at noticing his exhaustion. I bring him into the "bird room" where he has a room made up inside the bedroom. He can run as he pleases. The floor is...
  7. charid

    Guinea talk.

    Many predatory animals are efficient killers. His suffering would not have been too long. I am also anxious to make it to spring. I can lose a bird a day out here. The hunting season has evolved. Owls are out sooner or later into the day. Raccoons every hour of the day and night as their...
  8. charid

    Raising Guinea Fowl 101

    And that's exactly how I ended up getting them in. I swept them in with the rake, no eye contact.
  9. charid

    Raising Guinea Fowl 101

    I released the older babies. Well half. I hate them. They are doing dangerous things right now. I see broken legs everywhere. I don't know how exactly but 3 are on the coop roof. 1 is around the bottom. It's overcast and early owl time and no sign of these fools finding the door. I really don't...
  10. charid

    Raising Guinea Fowl 101

    Honestly if they have a coop why wouldn't you want to keep them in it? I have 18 babies and there is a good chance that by next spring I will have zero once again. When I said I was fed up with losing birds, I didn't mean emotionally (except for baby that is an exception). No. I meant in terms...
  11. charid

    Raising Guinea Fowl 101

    @duluthralphie could you just throw the eggs under another hen? I@Nickeyo very unusual. My birds didn't roost in a tree until the oldest went up. After that I could never get them down and that's why all of my first batch is dead. Chose the oak with the coons in it. Smh. Maybe sit one of them...
  12. charid

    Raising Guinea Fowl 101

    @duluthralphie Yea. I try to stay detached but all that changed when I hatched my own eggs and had to nurse a sick one. My batch was unusually curious I think because of my lingering presence. I will never hatch my own eggs unless my numbers become greatly reduced again. And these guys...
  13. charid

    Raising Guinea Fowl 101

    ...much of it, just send them on with a message of gratitude or say something like one life dies, so another can live blah blah but collectively the sh*t is starting to get old. One day I will get sick and tired of losing them and give mine away. You could have them. Mine are cuter than most...
  14. charid

    Guinea talk.

    GLENNLEE - I have the actual chlorahexidine, prescription strength. I don't know what the potency is on the other stuff in your shampoo. Because it is quite strong I only applied it once a day or as needed. If an open wound got too mushy or wet I would lightly swab the area with the...
  15. charid

    Guinea talk.

    GLENNLEE - even my adult guineas needed the tiered perches. They are just, I won't say weak fliers, just not precise landers. Tiered perches help also once the birds get moody. The tiers aid in evasion better. I truly hope it isn't Marek's but perhaps a vitamin deficiency. The two injured birds...
  16. charid

    Raising Guinea Fowl 101

    Um question...my babies, that I buy, had gone a winter and then laid their first eggs next spring. Is it highly unusual to get eggs in the fall from 4-5 month old birds? For some odd reason I think this one random hen will be laying come Sept. Probably cause I do not have room for 1 more bird...
  17. charid

    Raising Guinea Fowl 101

    Did the delinquents make it back?
  18. charid

    Guinea talk.

    Definitely agree. Mine went so far the first few months I had to drive around in the car to find them. Then guide them home and go back and get the car. Need a gator bad, yard tractor died. I put deer guard on the inside of the coop add on so the babies cant get caught in the chainlink...
  19. charid

    Guinea talk.

    I have been reluctant to put my keets out in the add on. Its 110 heat index. An unforecasted torrential downpour occurred yesterday morning to noon and now again on sunday monday and tuesday. They are going into the add on monday..no matter what.. but i just dont trust my carpentry skills or...
  20. charid

    Raising Guinea Fowl 101

    Baby grew 26 grams in 5 days and got a new splint. I guess he is gonna be ok. His morale was doing a number for a minute but ever since he got his new home he has been doing great. He thinks he runs this flocks. Crazy bird. He is an odd little guy. There is usually always one that just isnt like...
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