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  1. KCChickenMomma

    What do guinea do?

    Chickens/hens cluck. Roosters crow. Ducks quack. Geese honk. Ect. Ect. What do guinea do? I've been trying to cone up with a word to use when they're making their noises. So far all I've got is call but it's not working for me. It doesn't describe that eeehhhhh sound they make when they find...
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    Please help me figure out how to wrap this tendon!

    I've got a 10 day old guinea keet that started out with a mild splayed leg. I had a broody hen hatch some guineas out and I think she ended up squashing this little guy. His leg was going out to the side when I pulled him out of the nest on day 2. I hobbled him and kept him close to me in a...
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    Mama squashed babies

    I used a broody hen to hatch out some Guinea keets. I breed and sell them. This is the 1st time I've used a hen to hatch out keets and unfortunately she squashed 2 of them. One is gone and the other has splayed legs. The poor thing is almost flat against the ground. I took that keet away from...
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    Worm balls in crop!!!

    Yes, you read that right. I have treated my chickens twice now for eye worms. Both times several hens have gotten an impacted crop from the mass of worms that won't go down. I have had 2 that ended up dying from sour crop. It's been a few days since the second treatment and when I checked...
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    I can't loose another one, especially not this one! I need to know exactly what to do. Please help me!

    This is a long one, I hope you stick around. This is Maybelle, or M.J., after her papa, Mudd. He's moved on to bigger and better things but before he left, he gave me one thing, Maybelle. She's a Buff Orpington/Silkie/Americuana. I don't think there will ever be another like her and I'm pretty...
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    Can I spread a respitory infection to my flock?

    I'm concerned I might make my girls ill. I handled a chicken today that had some sort or respiratory issue. I couldn't see any visible signs of anything but the rasping that I heard from the hen has me very nervous. Also help a roo that has mites. I did not know this when I picked him up or I...
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    Poultry Cell or Nurti-Drench? Which one do I give and for what?

    I have a hen with sour crop that isn't eating yet. I'm treating her and she seems to be perking up a little bit, but I'd really like to give her some extra support. So I grabbed my chicken kit and pulled out the nutri-drench and then the poultry Cell and the rooster booster. At this point I'm...
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    My whole flock has eyeworms! Help!

    I have 30 chickens and 16 guinea fowl and all of them have worms in their eyes and their sinus cavities. I treated with ivermectin, drops in the eyes, in the mouth and topically twice ten days apart. No results. I tried vetRX and again no results. It makes the worms uncomfortable so they leave...
  9. KCChickenMomma

    Guinea eggs at different stages and idk what day they're on

    My guinea hen left her nest so I put them in the incubator. It's been 13 days and after candling I'm lost. 2 appear to be on day 25/26??? A couple more around day 22??? and then I've got 3 that are maybe day 18. She was only sitting on 15 eggs which is weird and after a hunt I found the rest. 13...
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    I hear chirping with 4 days left, what do I do?

    I'm hatching out guineas and chicks and I'm on day 17. With 4 days left to go I know I'm supposed to take them out of the automatic turner with 3 days left to go. Guineas can hatch from 26 to 28 days. I put my chicken eggs I when it was at 21 days left. So they're both on the same time frame. I...
  11. KCChickenMomma

    Hello chicken parents

    I've had chickens for 2 years now. I took over my father's flock when he was not able to care for them anymore. Since them I've learned a lot about chickens and chicken math. My flock has gone from 8 birds to 31 and still growing. I plan on stopping at 40. I have a variety of breeds and now some...
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