I have a guinea that’s been sitting on a nest. I candled the eggs beneath her and it appears that they are extremely close to hatch, maybe 2-4 days. Yesterday and today she has been getting off the nest more frequently and longer periods of time. Is that normal close to hatch? I’ve always heard...
Mortified. Came home and realized the curtains next to the incubator was open and the sun was hitting it directly, it’s beeping like crazy and it said the temperature was 116 degrees! Are all these eggs done? They were very warm to the touch borderline hot! I got the temp down to 103 so far but...
Hi! My girl went broody full time on 6/5. She should have hatched keets last Saturday. I was told to give her a week longer. At what point do I force her off? At what point do I have to worry about exploding eggs? I candled a bunch but they all seem like they’re at different stages but a couple...
PLEASE HELP. New and clueless bird owner.
1) What type of bird , age and weight (does the chicken seem or feel lighter or thinner than the others.)
10 week old guinea keet. Normal weight.
2) What is the behavior, exactly.
The bird is limping and breathing heavily, laying down often and...
First time bird owner. When I began my guinea adventure I learned a lot from this forum! I read page after page and was more than prepared for spring to get hectic next year. I got lucky, I ended up with 3 female and 3 male Guineas. All was well up until today. The birds will be nine weeks old...
2 questions. 1) I was told to leave food out constantly while they’re babies. Do I keep doing this until they’re out of the brooder? Or do I continue to do this until they’re done being lock downed in the coop?
2) Freaked out when I saw some blood on their roost. I started treating with CORID...
I’ve received tons of wonderful advice from this site in regards to treat training keets. I picked up white Millet, mealworms, alfalfa hay, etc because I have no other birds and really need them to cooperate when cooping you for the night so willing to find what they like. But I’m having a major...
Please help. Not sure what’s going on with this little one. I’ve caught him/her eating with the rest about twice but besides those times always lays alone under the plate. Seems really low energy mostly though, I feel like it’s on its way out. I feed them gamebird starter by Manna Pro 24%, they...
Hello! Brand new to the bird world. I ordered ten guinea keets that arrived a week early, yesterday! I spent the previous weeks researching guinea for tick control. I frequently see Guineas around my neighborhood (wandering, screaming, trying to get hit by cars :D) and I’ve been fascinated. So...