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I believe my wife will also be joining and may duplicate some info but here is a summary.
We are new this year to chickens and Guinea Foul.
We have 4 chickens(funny story) and 4 Guinea. I believe 2 male and 2 female. Both groups are about 2 month old and outside in the coup...
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My wife and I just recently started raising guineas. We recieved 21 guineas from a place in Zeeland, MI and have been raising them since they were keets. We're almost to week 4 now.
Our main interest in getting guinea fowl over any other birds or animals currently is to help control the...
I'm new to rural living, and raising chicks and ducks. We have 11 2 month old chicks and 2 ducks. They're doing great, free ranging and sleeping in coops at night. We have a major bug and tick problem in our area and I keep hearing guineas are the way to go. We have 12 acres, 3 of which are...
Help! I just got these guys about 2 days ago and I noticed some of them have a hard poop cap over their butts. Is there something I can do to help them? I don't want to lose any. Thanks so much!
So this may be a strange question. I just bought 9 baby guinea fowls and 3 baby ducklings and have a big bag of game bird starter for them. I would like to raise chickens with them so that they all get along but wondered how I would do the food with them altogether. Can baby chickens eat the...
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We are raising 22 guinea keets and 4 peafowl, all of which are only 1 month old. They are in our house right now, in separate cages (guinea in one, peas in the other). We converted a horse stall into a coop for the birds, all enclosed with chicken wire to keep predators out. We raise...
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Myself, my wife and our three children started a small homestead in the sequoia national forest in California 4 years ago and recently started our own flock of chickens, it has been amazing so far!
(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens?
Yes we are very new, we...