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  1. AMoritz

    Keet colors 😍

    Just got new babies in and I'm so excited for these! I think I know some of the colors, but not all of them. I see violet, blonde, bronze, and pinto. But I can't figure out what the others are, especially the suuujper dark one. He has stripes on his head but none on his back. What colors do...
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    Wobbly airsacs in mailed guinea eggs

    I'm incubating mailed eggs for the first time. And quite a few of the eggs have wobbly air sacs. My incubator lays eggs on the side and turns them that way, not the traditional up and down way in a white plastic egg turner. (As you can see in my video). Is there anything I can do to try to stop...
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    Which ivermectin do I use?

    I had a pretty medium to kinda bad case of scaly leg mites with my chickens last year (didn't know they were even a thing then or what to look for :barnie) anyway.... I'm concerned some may still have some as their scales still don't look "normal". Since they possibly had them for so long I was...
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    Incubating disaster 😭

    So apparently at some point today my incubator came unplugged, hatch day is on Saturday for my keets and chicks! 😭 Temp on all my guages says 76 degrees 💔 They were all viable before this, do they have a snowballs chance in hell still since they're almost there? I'm def going to candle tomorrow...
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    Mean guinea male

    I have (well had) a mean male guinea this summer and I was wondering if you could help me figure out why. Its quite possible it was just his disposition but I was not tolerating it. We have enough space in our coop to comfortably house 60 birds but we only keep 20 total, and let them free range...
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    New Chick tractor for our coop

    My husband has been hard at work when hes had time off for the last week to make a chick tractor for our coop 😍 It's sooooo nice! He did such a good job I had to share! Now our chicks and keets can be in with the big birds and have plenty of room, and not Cooped up in our mudroom 😁😝
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    Mystery chicks 😬

    I know this is probably too soon since they're chicks, but I ordered barred rock pullets and did NOT get barred rocks 😭 I'm not real familiar with what all chick/chicken breeds look like but I at least know some and barred rocks are supposed to be black as chicks. Anyone wanna help me...
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    Hovabator 1602N or Hovabator 2370??

    I'm getting a new incubator that we'll be using for guineas and chickens (not at the same time obviously). I've narrowed it down to one of these with the egg Turner's, automatic fan kits, etc. But I can't decide which one to get. Which one do you prefer?
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    When do guineas pick mates?

    I've had guineas for a couple years now but I've never paid attention to when the young ones choose their mates. Now I have 3 young lavenders that I want a pair out of. When do they pick their mates? Before breeding season in spring? I'm thinking about possibly putting the lavenders in their...
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    Underheated eggs

    Hey! So I've had a batch of about 35 guinea eggs in my still air incubator for 12 days. I checked the heat guage tonight and it's down to 80, the dial is also lowered. Which means my 2 year old was messing with the incubator at some unknown time today :hit My question is: how long can they last...
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    Guinea hatcherys without a 15 minimum

    I'm looking to add some color to my flock but I don't need 15 of em. I've been searching for guinea hatcherys for the last week and can't find any that don't require at least 15keet minimum - is there any out there?!
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    Killing my guinea eggs?!

    Warning: graphic images This is my 2nd batch of guineas in the same incubator, and I know I'm doing something wrong. 15 eggs all moving when candled and totally viable. Out of those 15 in this batch only 6 hatched. The ones that hatched also hatched early. The first one started hatching in the...
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    Are these dead eggs?

    I need some help to determine if these are good eggs or what's going on here. They are guinea eggs, and should be around day 22-25. However the air cells look reaaaaaaally off. I didn't see movement in the first two eggs (I know that's not necessarily a tell tale sign the embryo didn't make...
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    I need some serious help!

    I have a week old keet that was doing awesome, first one to hatch, walking just fine no problems etc. 2nd keet to hatch had what I thought was splayed leg. Treated that for 2 days and then she started walking on her hocks. Picked up nutri drench, sav-a-chick, poultry vitamins and a vitamin b...
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    Keet walking on hocks

    I have a keet that was apparent to have a splayed leg by the beginning of day 2. I have treated that (bandaid was on for over 48hrs) but now I've noticed she's been walking in her hocks too. I've found threds that said she needed vitamin b, as it could be a deficiency. I have sav-a-chick and...
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    Splayed leg keet

    I have 2 hatched keets so far, Earl is 4 days old and Evie is 2 days old. Evie appears to have splayed leg. I though it was just cuz she was very young but it's def not getting better. There are times both her legs are OVER her wings :hit I read an article on here to use a small rubber band and...
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    Guinea/chicken egg cross?!

    Ok so...I have 6 cinnimon queen hens and 2 mated pair guineas. It used to be 2 mated pair guinea and a lone female but last week she got taken by a fox :barnie. In any case, I had to move the eggs my broody was sitting on because she was breaking em. So as I'm putting the rest of the eggs in...
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    Broken eggs in nest

    One of my broody hens is sitting on about 20 eggs, at different stages (she was stealing eggs from the next nest over) :he and I didn't realize it til too late. Any way, ive had a couple keets hatch out of the eggs in my incubator and I know the eggs the hen is sitting on is only a couple days...
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    New to guinea keets

    Ok, I currently have 2 new keets that have hatched the last couple days. I've never had baby keets/chicks before so excuse me for the new questions. Lol What do I vaccinate the for, how, and with what? Also what at what ages? Or hopefully there's a thread ive missed with this info? Search...
  20. AMoritz

    No movement after external pip

    So i had started a thread in a different area before i realized there was a section specifically for guineas (oops). Last night between 11:30pm and 7am my 2nd guinea egg made an external pip (I think, my first time ever hatching anything) but NOTHING has happened since. I know I'm supposed to...
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