I have a guinea mom that finally (after many weeks of setting) hatched a baby-much to our great surprise and delight. We brought him into the garage in a box because I'm sure something (predator or chicken or guinea) would get him if we left him out in the pen. He seems fine except for lonely...
one of my guinea females laid a huge nest of about 30 eggs under the hen house inside their pen. She has been faithfully sitting on it but unfortunately I have seen no babies hatch. She has definitely been on there about 6 weeks or so! Should I just clear out the nest? Can I check the eggs...
This afternoon when I went into the coop to collect eggs and feed the chickens, I discovered Mary-a one year old Ameraucana, dead in the coop. She was lying under the roosts like she had just dropped dead in the night. My birds have outdoor and shade access as well as fresh water all day...
We have 6 juvenile guineas and 10 juvenile chickens. The chickens won't let the guineas roost in the coop with them so we have been using a pen with some roosts and a roof. Every night we sorta herd the guineas in there and they seem ok with it. Recently they have started flying on top of the...