The keets turned 1 mo old yesterday. Mom and Dad just started letting them get 4-6 feet away. They’ve also just started letting the 3mo Boneheads forage close to them but will chase the Boneheads away if mom thinks the keets aren’t getting first dibs. Last night mom even let the blue headed PG...
One of the male Boneheads (3mo old) guineas kind of collapsed this morning. Daddy Guinea got after him for getting too close to the babies and Bonehead immediately went to the ground and stayed still. After a bit he got up and ran a short distance then again went to the ground and lay still. He...
Our Guinea hen made a nest in tall grass along side a building and is sitting on about twenty eggs. Today I see that at least four have hatched but I can’t get close bc she hisses, screams and starts attacking me. I have a safe place to put the babies but cannot get to them bc she comes at me...
Happy to have found the BYC group. We are new to owning chickens and have Guinea fowl (my neighbor say you never really own guineas - you just provide a place for them to eat and sleep which they may or may not take you up on.) We bought 8 pullets: 3 didn’t survive the dogs and cat; one turned...