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    Guinea Garden Solutions Needed~ Pics & New Info Added

    That could be a factor. Initially they didn t get in that detailed digging but after awhile they started developing the sense for it. (My yard is only half an acre). Enlarged the pen so I plan on having them stationary at least till the temperatures begin to drop in order to preserve the soil...
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    Guinea Garden Solutions Needed~ Pics & New Info Added

    There are solutions for keeping them out of the mulch and even certain plants, indeed, but the cost is significant and makes me feel like a fool. Money can be spent on something constructive, not backtracking poor decisions. As far as their potential destination away from my homestead - the only...
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    Guinea Garden Solutions Needed~ Pics & New Info Added

    Same experience as the author. My situation: A. Initially i got 2 adults (male female) that didn't know anything about bug eating. All day they kept close to the fence separating my neighbour s chickens. Obsessed I should say. B. Supplemented the flock with two more (again, pair) from a local...
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    Guineas in the vegetable garden?

    Guineas are a variable species. I got mine (10 keets) for bug control. The are 3 months old and when allowed outside the coop they demolish comfrey plants (which i need for other purposes). Plus they are mad birds - spooked by anything including the guy who feed them since day-old. All in all...
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    Guineas eating grass, vegetation ??

    You can't rely on general assesments like those published in various flower-power articles about let's take it to the moon. I'm another guy who's learned that guineas (adults) don't necesarilly eat bugs or won't destroy greens of interest (in my case, simple, ordinary comfrey plants vandalized...
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    When do guineas start acting like guineas? Haha

    I have 4 adults and 10 twelve-week keets. I can tell you that there is nothing instinctual about insect eating in guineas. Perhaps in their homeland Africa but not abroad, at least not nowadays. Two of the adults search and eat mainly seeds while the other two eat insects very selectively...
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    8 to 9 week old Guinea fowl not eating live bugs?

    My, similar, situation: Last fall i got one pair of guineas through a friend of my dad's, mainly for stinck bug control (that destroyed all my tomatoes that season). After conditioning with their new home, they were allowed to free range al day. They were free but they had no interest in insect...
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