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    Guinea sleeping on roof

    I understand but sometimes it's hard NOT to "let" them do things. They way I have them now is that their coop is in the middle of this big corral where I also have 2 chicken coops and a quail tractor. I did it this way initially so it'd be easy to just put one electric fence around the whole...
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    Guinea sleeping on roof

    Guinea are a quagmire
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    Guinea sleeping on roof

    It worked. I used to herd them in before (when I had Guinea a few years back) but I never saw all of them roost on top of the coop like that before. Thanks very much for your advice.
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    Guinea sleeping on roof

    Thank you. Sounds like good advice. I'll try this tonight.
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    Guinea sleeping on roof

    My wife and I hatched 15 guinea fowl earlier this year and now they are about 6 months old. We have them a coop to sleep in and we let them out all day to roam. About 2 weeks ago, they stopped going into their coop at night and just started roosting on top of their coop. I've raised guinea...
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    Best breed considering 3 factors; eggs, meat, and cold hardiness

    Thanks. I learned something new today.
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    Best breed considering 3 factors; eggs, meat, and cold hardiness

    good to know
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    Best breed considering 3 factors; eggs, meat, and cold hardiness

    My apologies. OP?
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    Best breed considering 3 factors; eggs, meat, and cold hardiness

    I guess you're right there. I was drawn to them for their cold hardy-ness. Good looking birds too.
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    Best breed considering 3 factors; eggs, meat, and cold hardiness

    I'm surprised I haven't seen more posts regarding Rhode Island Whites.
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    Comment by 'dudefromtampa' in item 'Rhode Island White'

    any cons to buying RIWs?
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    Best breed considering 3 factors; eggs, meat, and cold hardiness

    Wyandottes are on the list. I passed on to the Missus about a 1/2 doz to choose from and leaving it up to her to pick from there. She tends to make more logical decisions than I do. :-) Thanks much for your advice!
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    Best breed considering 3 factors; eggs, meat, and cold hardiness

    Thanks. Definitely will.
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    Best breed considering 3 factors; eggs, meat, and cold hardiness

    14 weeks havesting is good to know. Dual Purpose also. Thanks for your reply.
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    Best breed considering 3 factors; eggs, meat, and cold hardiness

    Gotta admit that's the first time i have heard of Naked Necks but googled them. Interesting bird. Looked at NJ Giants. They are on the short list of birds I'm considering. Have to make up my mind soon. I think the only con I found with the NJ Giant is that the feed to meat conversion wasn't...
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    Best breed considering 3 factors; eggs, meat, and cold hardiness

    Thank you for your reply. Buffs are on my list that has narrowed.
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    Best breed considering 3 factors; eggs, meat, and cold hardiness

    Thank you for your reply. I feel a little more educated on these birds now. :-)
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    Best breed considering 3 factors; eggs, meat, and cold hardiness

    My wife suggested I consider the Dominiques also. Although I have an old shed that I keep my birds in now (also have a bunch of guineas), this coming Spring I want to separate my chickens from the guinea and house them in nice, mobile, (and insulated) chicken tractors. Not sure if leghorns...
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    Best breed considering 3 factors; eggs, meat, and cold hardiness

    I have to admit I know very little about the Chanteclers but from what I have read, the White Chanteclers seem to be the better laying, more cold resistant breed of Chanteclers in general. I've seem remarks on chicken related websites that said the Partridge variety doesn't lay that many eggs...
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    Best breed considering 3 factors; eggs, meat, and cold hardiness

    Thank you for your reply. I was looking at White Chanteclers earlier. Rhode Island Whites as well. But the eggs were kinda pricey. My end up going that route however. It looks like cold weather may be more prevalent in the years to come.
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