I hatched out 4 guineas and can not keep them, I already have 9 full grown guineas. They are FREE to a good home. I can not ship them, pick up only. I live in Hillsborough NC. The guineas are 7 weeks old. They are pearl grey. All must go together. One has a white head, it was born white...
I have 2 guinea eggs in lockdown. They have been in lockdown today (Monday) this is the 2nd day. One has had an external pip last night at 11:30p, so far it has not hatched or pipped further. It has been 10 hours and it seems to be trying with no success. Should I assist a little bit with...
Last night (Monday night)I heard my guineas squawking and I knew it was my guinea that was sitting on her eggs because she was the only one that wouldn't come into the barn with the rest for the night. It had been raining all day. Any way she was really screaming and I knew something was...
I incubated 4 guinea eggs from my guineas that are laying. They hatched out within minutes of each other. They are in a brooder with a heating pad and plenty of room to get away. My brooder is 2 1/2 feet wide and 4 feet long. I noticed 3 days ago 3 of my keats had pasty butt. I cleaned them...
I have 10 guineas-6 male, 4 female. I found the females nest and it had 16 eggs in it and yesterday 3 more eggs. Can 1 female lay 3 eggs or would it be other females also. I have only seen 1 female going to the nest. My question is can I remove her eggs and place them in the barn? Will she...
I do understand people do eat silkies but in my case I have to many silkies as pets. I would never eat them but I do eat chicken from the store so what will be will be. I would be apoplexy to hear someone ate their silkies that they raised. My silkies are bantam size so there is hardly no...
I have a question about my 4 month old guineas. The guineas stay in the barn all the time. I open the door and leave it open, they have only come out 2 times for a short time and then back in. They are always squawking especially when I enter the barn, the females start hollering and won't...
I have a bearded white silkie with Wry Neck. As soon as I noticed it I started feeding scrambled egg with water and the neck day I boiled an egg and chopped it up. She loved it. She can straighten her head out when she eats but afterwards it looks like she is moving her head around backwards...
Just to let everyone know on Thanksgiving Day I had 7 chicks hatch with 1 loss because it was the last one and had externally pipped a good size hole in the egg, the other chicks knocked it over on the side of the pipped area. I turned the egg over and noticed its back was on the external pip...
I have 10 guinea keats and they are off all heat. They are 32 days old. I noticed one of the keats has runny diarrhea. It looks runny. They are all energetic and eat and drink normally, no puffed feathers. They have alot of feathers coming in and they are preening them and I have found 1 or...
My 10 guineas are 22 days old and have always been energetic. They started tearing up the saran wrap I had on their MHP. I fought with it for a few days and finally this morning removed heating pad and all. Last night they didn't even use it. My avatars on my profile is the latest picture of...
I had 6 silkie eggs, 4 hatched and are healthy. The other 2 eggs I did the water test, naturally they floated right, there was an air sack. I waited til day 24 and opened the eggs. Bother of the chicks were fully formed had soaked up the yoke and blood vessels and was facing the air sack but...
I have hatched 4 silkies (a total of 6 eggs) and its 2 days going on 3 days the other 2 silkie eggs have not even piped. The air sack is large like almost half but not quit half way. Will they hatch later? How long should I wait before turning the incubator off. The silkie end is dark can't...
I have 10 guinea eggs from my neighbors hen who got hit by a car and I took her eggs to incubate. Yesterday day 27 1 hatched and today day 28, 8 have hatched. They were knocking eggs all over the place but I left them alone and they hatched. This is my first time and had very good success...
Hello everyone and am glad to have joined today. I am new to chickens but have 3 guinea fowl that belongs to my neighbor across the way but the guinea stay on my property so I have adopted them with my neighbor. There are 15 eggs in the guineas nest but she doesn't stay on the nest only to lay...
I am looking for Silkie Chicks. I am new to this forum and love the Silkie Chicks. I heard they were good mothers. Currently my neighbor has 3 Guineas and they stay on my property all the time except night time. One of the guineas is laying eggs and I found her nest. She only sits on the...