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Thank for the reply. The medicated feed did contain Amprolium and thats the only medication that they were given. I guess we're going to give guinea eggs a shot this weekend! Thank-you

Probably an odd question but.....................my guineas are about 20-weeks old and have just started laying eggs (yipee). They were on medicated feed only for the first 6 weeks of life and since then have been on medicated feed. On the first day of winter I got my first egg. Are the...

Great question but because of all the variables I don't think one answer fits all the situations. I have 14 guineas born in early August 2013 and they have free-food and water all-day every day and they are not free-ranging yet. I have a 12 pound feeder that I fill every 5 days. The math...

I too am new to guineas but 100% agree with PeepsCA. I went back-and-forth on whether to include a covered run with my coop and I'm so glad that I did. My boys and girls are 50 days old today and they have been experiencing the outdoors since week 3 and I believe their quality of life has...

I'm assuming that you want them back in their yurt each evening. That being the case have you been working with them to come to a call like "here guineas...guineas...guineas" or ringing a bell and them rewarding them with a treat like white millet? From everything that I've read they need a...

GOOD NEWS UPDATE - all are safe and accounted for - the last keet was found on our front porch pacing back-and-forth. We successfully netted him and when put back in the coop he immediately went for both the food and water. Here's what we learned: they didn't wander more than 100 feet from...

Some not so good news - when moving the keets from the covered run to the coop yesterday they rushed the door to the run and we had 2 escapees. It took about 5 hours but we successfully captured one of them but the other spent the night outside the coop in 40 degree weather. We heard his call...

Good question about why are we culling males. So our original guinea objective was to help with insect control (mainly ticks - 2 family members had Lyme disease) with weed control and edible eggs being a great bonus. We got into this knowing that we would not eat our guineas and we prefered...

September 9, 2013 Our keets were born 34 days and 2 hours ago and they have forever changed our life but I know I'm simply writing the thoughts of the millions of guinea owners that will read this (lol). In all seriousness if your reading this and are thinking about guineas for the first time I...

I'm new to guineas (31 3-week old keets) so I really don't have the experience that others on this forum have but I too experienced alot of wasted feed with my keets. I had a hard time with raising the feeder because we had two keets that were significantly smaller than the others and I didn't...

Thank you for the great communication JLeigh, I don't feel quite so alone with this new adventure. I plan to replace the heat lamp bulb with a 40 watt soft light bulb on a timer that will go on every night at dusk and stay on until dawn but not until week 6 or 7. I love the idea of letting...

Here's a picture of my coop and covered run. My plan is to keep them in the coop until 8 weeks old (end of September) and then give them some outside exposure in the covered run until they are 12 week old (end of October) and then begin to introduce them to free-ranging. I'm planning to...

No JLeigh your not rambling - your information is helpful and basically confirms that I'm on the right track (plus my guineas have confirmed that with great growth and observed happiness). I have a wireless thermometer mounted at floor level in the direct path of the heat lamp so I know for...

My goal is to have 6-8 adult hens in our 40 sq. ft. coop. After Friday we will have fourteen 4-week-old keets that I hope to raise until late winter in the coop and then find new homes for the roosters leaving 6-8 hens; does this sound like a good plan or am I setting myself for...

So my initial goal was to write a daily journal on the growth of our flock........forget that.......these little guys have kept us very busy! Our original count was wrong; we now have 31 keets and they are all doing well. This Friday (8/30) we are splitting the flock in two since our coop can...

I'm sorry for your loss and saddened but it sounds like the little guy was just too weak to pull through. It sounds like an isolated keet - I wish you well the others. I've also found introducing new menu items every couple of days has added to their growth and activity. So far I've given...

Our 31 keets were born 2 weeks ago today and we experienced similar symptoms for 2 of our keets. At first I thought they were born with a prolapsed vent but now feel as though the redness and swelling was due to the lack of feathers and swelling from other keets picking at their pasty bottoms...

August 8, 2013 The call (voicemail) came at 6:31am on 8/8/13 from Mary at the Post Office stating "your birds are here". I called her back at 6:32am and she didn't hesitate to say "it doesn't matter that we aren't open, knock on the back door and I'll let you in", good small town customer...

Thank you for the kind reply. My goal was to keep them in the coop until early winter and then allow them in a caged run that is attached to the coop. In the spring my plan is to slowly introduce them ouside of the coop and run and allow them to free-range during the day and return to the coop...

HELP! I was interested in raising guineas but wasn't sure which variety I prefered so I ordered an assortment of 30 keets from Murray McMurray Hatchery in Iowa. My little 5'x6' coop can only handle about half that number so I am looking for a good home for 15 to 20 keets. The varieties are...