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    All my sweet birds are gone. What to do?

    Our neighbors lady came screaming over to our replace with, "...well it was JUST a pig!" to which we responded, "well, it was just a dog." The "pig" was our potbellied pet, "Petunia," who came running to greet me everyday when I arrived home, for her saltine cracker treats as soon as I would...
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    All my sweet birds are gone. What to do?

    Regarding the 4 neighbor dogs that attacked the 2 young women out jogging https://www.wthr.com/article/owner-of-dogs-in-carroll-county-attack-surrenders-to-police-graphic-images "A 20-year-old woman remains in critical condition today after being attacked by a pack of dogs in rural Carroll...
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    All my sweet birds are gone. What to do?

    First of all, I am so terribly sorry for your horrible experience with losing your beloved flock. We lost all of our remaining 3 chickens, 1 rooster, and a lone guinea fowl last night to a wild predator of some sort in the evening. I understand. It's horrible. A few thoughts to consider -...
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    Float Testing, Checking Egg Viability For Late Or Overdue Hatching

    Just wanted to note that eggs laid after you lose all your roos can still be fertile for about a week or even two (rarely) afterwards.... as the little wigglers remain viable in the hen's ovaduct for some time. The likelihood of fertility decreases as the time without a roo increases, but it's...
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    Severe Frostbite on Feet-Early Stages, what to do?

    Do NOT EVER "massage" a frostbite!!!! This will result to severe trauma of the tissues, as the frozen ice crystals cause exreme damage. Doing so will cause far more severe injury. Carefully run the frozen feet, etc under warm water (not hot), or immerse them in warm water to defrost, being...
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    Anyone loosing guineas to the cold?

    We had a -15 night about 6 wks ago, all of the guineas went into the coop except one. Blizzard like conditions that night. The sole guinea that spent the night out of the coop was found on the ground the next morning with its legs frozen solid and its tongue frozen to its beak. I warmed the...
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    How cold hardy are Guineas?

    Its advisible to give guineas some heat source in the winter, even a light bulb in a heatlamp over their roost in the shed.... however, I have one that lives outside in the Midwest USA, and has survived thus far. We've had single digits, wet freezing rain & it hangs out in its spot in the tree...
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    Agressive Guineas

    The bully guineas need to come out of the pen & get separated, if even by wire. My single guinea on the outside of the coop is content to follow along outside, since she's technically "with" the flock, just on the other side of a fence! My run is about 40 ft long, 4 high, 5ft wide, with 2x4...
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    Agressive Guineas

    We have a dozen guineas in with large breed chickens, in a coop with a long attached run. There is one guinea that was continually picked on by the rest of the flock when they were all out free ranging. If I put her in with the others, they attack her non-stop. She is a different color...
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    Guineas - 2 Months Old Now

    First guineas arrived in mid-July, a hatchery mix. Ordered the 15 minimum, and 13 survived. Moved them to an outside run area at about 6 weeks, relocated from the enclosed porch xlg dog crate on a table in the window... a huge daily mess! Had started to let a few outside, with some in a lg...
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    Cackle Hatchery

    My Cackle CX meaties were great! Went to process today, at 11wks +1day old. Average processed weight was 6 lbs. One was as small as 5lbs, but 10 were 7 to 8 lbs. NO issues with flip, nor did any appear to have any joint or leg issues. All were healthy & did well outside in their porta-coop...
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    HELP with baby guineas

    Guineas 1st week - 95 degrees, measured at floor level under lamp 2nd week - 90 degrees 3rd week - 85 degrees 4th week - 80 degrees As long as they have an area to go to to get away from the heat, its okay if its a little warmer directly under the lamp, but not over about 97 or so. I hang a...
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    Meat chicken questions-cost to raise, dressed weight vs. live weight..

    Just had 22 large 11 wk old CX processed today. Their dressed weight combined was 140.8 lbs (not including giblets). Feed, birds, slaughter (couple bucks under $50), total cost $235. Made a porta-coop to keep them in with misc. repurposed salvaged items, mostly as an exercise in creativity...
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    "Grass fed" Cornish?

    The CX birds we had processed today were all 11 wks old (yesterday). None had any joint problems, many weighed almost 10 lbs, one bird dressed out at 8 lbs! They averaged 6 lbs. , dressed. These birds had been in a portable outside run, with one side shaded, since about 5 or 6 weeks - if we'd...
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    Cornish X Meat Birds Butchered Today - Weights

    Have been raising meat birds this summer, ordered 25, lost a couple early as they were growing FAST, none since putting outside in a portable run, & adding some rolled oats to their feed to slow down growth & fill them up. They also were happy to graze on grass & weeds as we moved the...
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    Is the consensus still diluted Chocolate?

    Wow! Stunning girl. What a lovely & striking color, the pearling pattern on her is beautiful.... I'm brand new to guineas (mine are almost 3 wks) but have admired them for years. The out of control tick situation tipped the balance for me this year, so nice to see what these beautiful &...
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    First Guineas!!!

    Thanks Nike! Yes PeepsCA has been a great help & source of excellent info! Currently we have the Guinea Keets, who will be 3 wks on Tue, in a larger stock tank lined with newspaper that's covered with puppy pads. The quart jar waterer works well, seems to hold enough for the 15, but I change...
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    Denied Refi by "Profits Not Chickens" Bank!

    Okay, absolutely HATE the Big-brother society we've turned into. However, the problem you likely ran into is that if you have any ag activity on your tax returns then you have officially become a mixed use, vs. strictly residential usage property, as far as loan criteria is concerned. This...
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    Looking for recommendations...

    Hi geckolas, Your cute little "Pig & New" guineas look just like my 2.5 wk olds! I've been feeding 28% protein Game Bird feed (Prince) from the local Pet Food store we frequent. Chick starter we use is 23%, so if the lower protein slows down development, possibly yours are a bit older, but not...
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    First Guineas!!!

    Thanks WKAmy & PeepsCA! All very fascinating with these little whizzers... As of today, they can fly! Have some 2x4in fencing over the top of the lg stock tank they're in. The tank is at least 2 ft tall sides, & when I took the top off to feed/water/clean today, the little whizzes just flew...
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