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  1. NancyP1

    Set 23 eggs today!

    Now for the 28 day incubator stare.....Hopefully I will find one or 2 more before the day is over!
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    Something stole my marble eggs!

    I found a guinea nest fairly close to the coop a few days ago. I took out the 3 eggs and replaced them with marble eggs. I collected 3 more guinea eggs yesterday. Went out this afternoon, found 4 guinea eggs, but the marble eggs are gone. I looked all over for them, they are nowhere to be...
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    Close call with neighbors dog AGAIN!

    Bad neighbors dog broke its chain and came into my yard AGAIN today. I was dumping a pail of chick poop from the brooder down the bank in my pasture and it came right at me....teeth bared and hackles up. Held the pail so I could stick its head in if it got any closer (2 feet is close...
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    Fox!

    Just finally got a shot at a red fox and missed! Crap! I wonder if it will be back. I have been watching for it for a few days now. My good neighbor called me a few days ago and told me it was stalking my guineas. I saw it yesterday, but by the time I got the gun, it was gone. Took the...
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    Neighbors dog was here, missing guinea

    Neighbor 3 places up the road has a young boxer mix. Knew it was just a matter of time until he got loose. It was here twice yesterday chasing my guineas all over. One is missing, I am hoping she is on a nest somewhere, but I doubt it. Its bad enough the people who moved in across the road a...
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    Wheezing hen?

    My hen is making a really funny noise with each breath she takes. she has been out all day, scratching around, doing normal chicken stuff...now she is under a bench. she has been making this noise all day. Hard to describe....i guess wheezing would be the best choice for sound? Its with...
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    Let the chase begin!

    Must be spring is in the air! The great guinea chase is on. Man, can those things run. Time to cover the run and keep them locked in. Seems the girls should be laying eggs by now, but I haven't found any. They are at least 8 months old..I would think I should get some eggs soon!
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    Keeping guineas makes me question my sanity!

    I have 21 of the screaming demons! Had a lady come to the farm to look at a pony I am trying to sell. Normally a pretty good pony....until the guineas flew up onto the coop roof and screamed bloody murder. Well, Norman tolerates the guineas on the ground, however on the coop roof was not to...
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    What happened to my rooster?! icky photos included

    This rooster was in with the guineas this am when I let them out. Some of the guineas were in the chicken side also...there are 2 roosters that look like this now. Did they get into a fight?
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    Guinea on nest-ready to hatch!

    So I marked my calender to start watching the guinea on the nest today. She has been sitting there faithfully for all of 26 days now. Last nite, DH took one of her eggs when she was off the nest. (She only seems to come off it, every other day for just a few mins.) Well, he brought me the egg...
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    just hatched chick has big red butt!

    It kinda looks like it should be on the inside, not the outside! what can I do for it?
  12. NancyP1

    candling guinea eggs!

    Wow! they are so hard to see into. Today is day 18 for 31 eggs I found in a nest. Candled them all and still just can't really tell if anything is there! I think I found 8 for sure. I marked the ones I think I see something in, and put them all back in the 'bator. Chicken eggs are so much...
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    Guinea on nest during Irene!

    Silly Bird! I thought she would go in last nite, went to check about 10pm. Pouring rain, 40mph wind and there she was, with her head tucked under her wing. Went to check her this am...same weather, she looks like she didn't even move. Kinda expected her to be swimming over the nest like a...
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    Chicks hatched!! but..

    I had 4 chicks hatch, today is day 21. Still have 5 to go but they are taking a beating from the ones that hatched already! No pips or any kind of movement from the other 5. I put 2 of the 4 in the brooder..they are the oldest and most active. I didn't loose any temp or humidity in the...
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    Still waiting...

    3 pips..one has started to zip, no progress since last nite. Another has a quarter size hole pecked away from the shell, but the membrane is still intact? The temp and humidity dropped overnight..97 for temp and 73 for humidity..sound ok yet? Today is hatch day. The one with no progress has...
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    how long from pip to zip?

    one egg piped this am...over 12 hours now and only a very small zip..about 1/2". I can hear the chick, see it trying to saw its way out...Is it still ok?
  17. NancyP1

    Is it ok to candle?

    I am in lockdown...today is day 20. Nothing..no pips, no rocking. Is it ok to candle? I did have a temp drop at about day 16. I candled them before lockdown and saw lots of movement...I don't want to do anything wrong!!
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    feeding guineas?

    What should I be feeding my guineas? My keets are eating game bird crumbles with no problem. They are almost 2 weeks old. My 3 adult guineas will only eat cracked corn or bread. I tried scratch feed, they just pick out the corn. With the bread, I tried the heels of whole grain, they won't...
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    Still Alive!

    I had a very sick little guinea chick. Thanks to everyone on here, it is still alive and seems to be doing quite well. Some save-a-chick, scrambled egg, and a sleepless night with the little bird did the trick. Thank you to everyone! He (she) was the only one to hatch in my first try and...
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    sick guinea chick?

    It was ok earlier today..I brought them in from the big brooder in the barn and now all it does is want to sleep. it seems lethargic. Any ideas to save him...i tried to give him some vitamin water (save a chick) and some scrambled egg...he is not interested.
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