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Can you tell a keets sex by the width of the stripe on its head?

My six year-old guineas roam as far away as my neighbor's a 1/4 mile away. They come home throughout the day for water and feed, even though they are foraging elsewhere. At night, they come home to roost in our huge hackberry tree. They were roosting on the framework of our unfinished carport ...

Has any one ever tried amaranth or quinoa for new keets?

I found the same thing with my guineas. The hen must have gotten scared off her nest or left it to go forage with the ones that hatched. I was going to throw away the eggs, but brought them into the house overnight. One egg had opened all around, and that one hatched. I decided to candle the...

Thank you for your post. My little one is doing fine, eating some and drinking some. It is in a box with a screen over the top, a towel covering one end to be a place to be sheltered. Since I posted, I discovered another egg with a live keet. I set up a light and crate and am trying to keep the...

My hen abandoned eight eggs after hatching 14 keets. I discovered about an hour later that one of the eggs was hatching. I gathered them all, put them in a large pot with moist paper towel covered with terry towel. I heated another towel to cover the pot. All this is to keep them warm and...