Hi everyone! We had chickens and a couple of ducks when I was about nine years old (that was MANY moons ago!). My husband and I are building a chicken tractor with coop, and we will be getting 3 lavender Orpington pullets and one cockerel. For a start, anyway. I am also getting Guinea fowl keets...
So I thought I would just catch the 4 weeks old keets and put them out into the chicken coop for the day. Apparently they have learned to fly, darn well! This is one sitting up on the rafter and laughing at me. FYI I eventually coaxed it down and it joined its confusion.
So Guinea Fowl are a particular group of fowl that interest me, but of which I know a lot less about. Now I've used some of my chicken insight and gathered various thoughts and opinions online to form ideas on what type, what number, what sex, and in what combinations thereof, am currently...
Ok, breeding season is coming up, and I am busy getting all my poultry into breeding groups, setting up nest boxes etc. Looking forward to babies!!
This is my first time with Guinea fowl. I have 10, and they are about 10 months old, I got them last April as keets. They free-range on our 24...
I got 2 baby guinea fowls and 2 baby chickens about 7 months ago and all turned out to be boys ! Roosters were a little bit older and They raised guinea fowls. They were inseparable! But unfortunately in my neighborhood i cannot keep roosters, so i found a great farm with over 30 female...
So i got 2 chicks and now they are about 7 months old. When they were younger , like two -3 months ago… i was pretty sure that the white one is male and the dark one was female, but now they are starting to look more alike. So what do you think? Is it also a male dark one?
Here is my Guinea hen, she is amazing and lives mostly in the house. I had to help her hatch out of her egg, she was feet 1st and struggling. She fit in fine as a keet but when I moved them to their coop, things changed. I always noticed she was smaller, slower and would not roost up high. And I...
I've finally met my noise limit and don't have the heart to send them to freezer camp!
Presumed 1 male, 2 females based on crests and behavior. Standard pattern. Yummy hard-shelled eggs. Raised with a 20+ flock of chickens. Great guards, better bug eaters, fun to watch dork around.
Free to a...
Hey I’m not sure where I should post this but I just want to share some love on misunderstood fowl… guineas
My babies went from want to be lap babies to pirate parrots lol
Hi all!
So I have some guinea fowl that hatched on May 24th. They ended up all being females, which was a blessing. I've owned Guineas for a few years but I've never had females- only males. So I'm super happy to have these. :D
But my question is- when should they start laying eggs? They're...
Hey y'all! Hope every ones having a good day so far!
So this is my first time raising guineas, I got them when they were a few days old and they are so cute and fun! I tried really hard to not scare them, talked calmly, sang to them, tried to be very careful changing water and food so as not...
My last hatch of the season. IN Verona, Ontario Canada.
Have Keets hatched July 18 and 19, 2021
Mainly Pearls.
Also eggs, both for hatching and for eating.
Chicken and guniea fowl.
Hi! I need some help about Guinea fowls. We recently hatched Guinea fowls and one of the babies cant stand up and it's legs are always on the side, he's around 4-5 days old, is there any way to help it?
Good Afternoon!
I need some Guinea Fowl around 2-5 months old for my grandfather. They will be free range. Does anybody have any they want to get rid of or know anyone who does in Northeast TN?
Thank you all so much!
I went to check my guinea fowl coop this morning and found that 4 of my hens barely responded to my presence. The are very disoriented and have trouble walking, the worst of them cranes her neck inward severely when stressed (when I was handling her).
The four hens are all last year's hatch and...
I hope this is the right place to post this, I'm sorry if I got it wrong.
Short version: I have a year old guinea who hops on one leg or flies to get around. It appears to be very painful for the bird to use the injured leg at all. Upon close examination, the hock joint is swollen about 3x the...