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They are not making it easy. Before this hey is cut, I'll do my best to walk the section I think she might be, in sections 5 foot apart. Other than that, I also have two creeks full of briars 4 foot tall. I would need a armored vehicle to get in there. I got lucky and found a nest in there about...

I have 4 females and 4 males. For the last 3 days, one of my females has gone MIA. I see no evidence that anything got her, but they range over about 10 acres so anything could have happened. The male she paired with is now hard to get in the coop at night and you will see him from time to time...

I have 8 guineas about a year old. They were laying random eggs in the coop but now I have found a nest behind my wood pile in a clump of briars. Pretty battle hardened nest if I must say. Anyway, it's only about 4 eggs in there right now. I really don't want to raise anymore at this time. Do I...

I never did get #8 cooped. I believe he has taken up with the 5 at the farm. About 50% of the snow is still on the ground and they are calling for the possibility of a "BIG" storm Christmas day. So the gang will be cooped for a while. I can't take a chance letting them out with snow still on the...

*Update* I have 7 of the 8 cooped. I walked over this morning to see if they were in the pines before I started with the millet. My dad was out there and said they were all just out in the road directing traffic (good lord). Ten of them, my eight and two of the farms were all together. Let's...

Finn's Mom : How did you do with the snow? Have they come back at all? They are still out there. Today makes day 6. They are roosting in the pines at my parents house every night which is between my house and the farm. The problem is now, a few of the farms guineas are with them and it's hard...

No luck tonight either. Mine are now between me and the farm at my father's house, under pine trees. 3-6 inches of snow tomorrow so, if they make it, I guess I will see them in spring.

Well, all 13 (my 8 and the farms 5) were still in the trees at 7am this morning talking to each other. It was 10 degrees this morning. Now if I can get them down and cooped today. They are calling for 2-5 inches of snow Thursday. Looks like I will be clearing a path to the coop and hopefully it...

My 8 guineas usually get together with the 5 from a farm across the road (across the road is 1000 yards away mind you). Anyway, today they were all together in my yard around the pines in the grass. We have about 2 inches of snow on the ground so they hung around areas that had melted. Usually...

Since my original post, mine are now free ranging and go in at night. I took Robins advice and let them go in and out the run door and that seems to be working out. However, I ended up also taking off the netting I had on top of the run area. They were flying up from outside onto the boards at...

So my guineas have been free ranging for the last few days and I leave them out a little longer every day. So today I was going to leave them out till about sunset but about 4pm they started raising heck. As I walk down to see what's going on, I start seeing some weird things. Three of them are...

.. they went in the opposite direction than I wanted them too of course. Instead of going in the open 4 acres in front of their coop and run, they go behind it, into the wooded area and thickest grass and weeds they can find. Flew over a creek and into a cow field next door. I directed them back...

I think I am going to uncover the run area next week. I have bird netting over it now (14x30). I have what can be called a perch area in the front that they could fly up and out and back on. I really don't want to open the run area door to the outside and have them get use to that. Something...

With that Pyreneese in the yard, That RT probably knows his role.

My guineas are now 14 weeks. Attached to the coop is a large covered run area, 14x30. They are ready to explore my 4 acres, however I am a little nervous due to a red tail hawk I have here. I see him flying around at various times of the day and I know he has been checking them out. At 14 weeks...

Now you have me wondering. I got mine in late June, they are 12 weeks now and I wasn't expecting any eggs until spring as well. So far I haven't seen any.

I just came from the coop and I think this bird needs Prozac. They were all roosting together and I gave them their nightly millet. He ate with the rest of them but when they were finished and started to eat from the feeder, he jumps up on the lower roost and starts pacing. Back and forth, back...

I have nine 12 week old guineas. I think I have 4 females and 5 males. One of them is being outcast by the others. My guess is it is one of the males. They all seem fine in the coop and roost together. When they get outside in the large run however, they won't let this one get too close to...

What about in the winter, to generate some heat in the coop. During the winter here, it can dip down into the single digits at night.

I let them in a secure pen when I am around and have been training them to come back into the coop when I ring a bell. Yes, there are windows ect on the coop for natural light. It is like daylight in the coop during the daytime. Should I just start letting it naturally go dark in the coop in the...