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  1. PinkyLee

    Raising Guinea Fowl 101

    I don't know how many females I have. But I get 4 a day. So I am assuming 4. They lay in the spring and through summer and then go dormant.... so would that be seasonal? I don't know if my males are doing the deed either.
  2. PinkyLee

    Raising Guinea Fowl 101

    I have 13. When they are out foraging the do not eat their pellets or scratch. I think it depends what you have in your yard. Mine eat a lot of weed seeds and bugs. I think if they are hungry they'd find something to eat. The main thing is to make sure they know where their water is. My...
  3. PinkyLee

    Raising Guinea Fowl 101

    Saw the trap on amazon prime. https://www.amazon.com/Rugged-Ranch-Products-SQRTO-Squirrelinator/dp/B0046VJ8RU/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1492453799&sr=8-1&keywords=squirrelinator+trap Now I assume they are alive when they are caught in there. Then what would be the humane way to off em...
  4. PinkyLee

    Raising Guinea Fowl 101

    I am going to look for the trap... I have a CHP officer that stays at my place when I am not there so he was going to tell the warden. When I told the Warden he said because my neighbors feed the deer, which they're not suppose to, it attracts the predators. I don't want to be a mountain lion...
  5. PinkyLee

    Raising Guinea Fowl 101

    The mountain lion looked like something straight out of a movie. I was waiting for it to talk. it was just lounging. I was thinking did this escape from someone's compound? and then reality hit and I realized.... he's lounging because he wasn't afraid of me... so then I became afraid. My...
  6. PinkyLee

    Raising Guinea Fowl 101

    My run has that metal corrugated panels... so they are safe. they can't get out. Funny you said ground squirrels would take an egg.... I found eggs on the outside of the pen and wondered how they got their.... so that's it. Those squirrels are going in and coming out with eggs. I have...
  7. PinkyLee

    Raising Guinea Fowl 101

    I am in sunny california. I read a lot of articles about winterizing... but I don't think that really applies to me. My gunieas are in a pen with a big shed but they choose to roost in their tree in their pen. I am not there to see what is going on so I don't know what will happen. Does...
  8. PinkyLee

    Raising Guinea Fowl 101

    I got eggs at Lake Isabella, CA. I get 4 a day.... I was away and I have about 40 that have been layered in the corner of the coop with straw and shavings almost like someone was preserving them.... I notice 2 hens sitting on them so I left em. So my question now what will happen? I...
  9. PinkyLee

    Raising Guinea Fowl 101

    Thanks Deb! This might sound strange but my tree is growing inside my penned in area. We put corrugated metal roof panels and cut around the trunk. I was gonn remove part of the roof so they could go free range and then come back... But now that you say "bobcat" .. I didn't think of that. I...
  10. PinkyLee

    Raising Guinea Fowl 101

    My gunieas choose to stay out in their tree instead of going in their little shed. I feel so bad for them because they r put in the cold... But reading all the posts, you guys are freezing. Mine r out in about 28 degree weather. I am in the high desert of Calif .. Below 70 is cold to me! My...
  11. PinkyLee

    Raising Guinea Fowl 101

    They r too noisy for neighbors. They also like to roost in trees... So if you don't have trees and your neighbors do... That's where you'll find em.
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