A century of Turkey talk 2000-2100.

[duluthralphie]

Ralph, how far are you from Chatfield MN? Someone there is raising Bourbons.

Memphis,,, Memphis Tn is just a tad further than Chatfield from me. It is close to 4 hours I bet. There is no fast way to Chatfield.

 

[duluthralphie]

For all you guinea experts out there. If a single guinea was raised from a chick (or whatever baby guineas are called) by chickens, would said guinea continue to follow the flock or would it get the flock outta there and be a belly button?

I think you would have a bellybutton in your flock. Guineas cannot help themselves they are bellybuttons by genetics.

That said, my guineas that were raised by the BA are 150% better than those raised in incubators. They still follow the BA hen, and her them. which is just weird.

BUT if I let the older one out of prison they all revert and behave like her. That guinea may never see freedom again.

I would think one alone raised by chickens, while still a bellybutton, would not be unbearable.

I am also willing to bet if it is a hen, you will get a hybrid chicken/guinea.

 

[Chaos18]

If a single keet was raised with a flock of chickens, it would tend to stick with the flock of chickens. But because it is a guinea it would still tend to become a bellybutton because guineas have different traits than chickens. If it happened to be a hen, it would tend to work out better than if it was a cock.

Guineas are flock birds and their tendency to be feather pullers is an inherited trait that the other poultry will not like.

Why don't other poultry like it?

Seems like a harmless activity and helps pass the time.

I think you would have a bellybutton in your flock. Guineas cannot help themselves they are bellybuttons by genetics.

That said, my guineas that were raised by the BA are 150% better than those raised in incubators. They still follow the BA hen, and her them. which is just weird.

BUT if I let the older one out of prison they all revert and behave like her. That guinea may never see freedom again.

I would think one alone raised by chickens, while still a bellybutton, would not be unbearable.

I am also willing to bet if it is a hen, you will get a hybrid chicken/guinea.

Could I call it a chinea?

 

[holm25]

Thanks for the pics Chaos!!

 

[Chaos18]

You're welcome. I even included a pic of a fuzzy butt for Ralphie.

 

[duluthralphie]

If a single keet was raised with a flock of chickens, it would tend to stick with the flock of chickens. But because it is a guinea it would still tend to become a bellybutton because guineas have different traits than chickens. If it happened to be a hen, it would tend to work out better than if it was a cock.

Guineas are flock birds and their tendency to be feather pullers is an inherited trait that the other poultry will not like.

I have not seen mine pull feathers, When they decide to "beat" one another up, they just kill it. Otherwise, us great minds think alike!!!

I really like my guineas, even though they are bellybuttons. I will be locking mine up really soon. I just wish I got a better hatch rate out of them. I wonder if their being locked up affects their fertility adversely.

I put them in the Turkey pen, so I will have JJ/Ethel and a couple other hens, the Guineas and one set of chickens in the pen. It is a Large pen. I assume the chickens and guineas will use the turkey house.

I am also going to sex my guineas soon. I do not want more males than females in the pen, that is asking for dead birds.

 

[duluthralphie]

You're welcome. I even included a pic of a fuzzy butt for Ralphie.

LOL.. Ty TY TY...


I hope I can post pictures this weekend.

 

[R2elk]

I have not seen mine pull feathers, When they decide to "beat" one another up, they just kill it. Otherwise, us great minds think alike!!!

I really like my guineas, even though they are bellybuttons. I will be locking mine up really soon. I just wish I got a better hatch rate out of them. I wonder if their being locked up affects their fertility adversely.

I put them in the Turkey pen, so I will have JJ/Ethel and a couple other hens, the Guineas and one set of chickens in the pen. It is a Large pen. I assume the chickens and guineas will use the turkey house.

I am also going to sex my guineas soon. I do not want more males than females in the pen, that is asking for dead birds.

Once breeding season starts you can easily tell the dominant males from the lesser males because of all the broken off feathers on the backs and wings of the males.

So you have never seen a guinea getting dragged as it clamps onto a wing or tail feather of a turkey that is much bigger than the guinea. The guinea hangs on until the feather either breaks off or pulls out. I have watched a guinea get dragged by a tom for a good 30 feet. The tom could easily give the guinea a good beating but the guineas are so much faster than the turkeys that they quickly zip around behind and latch onto a feather.

I now house my guineas separately from the other poultry and no longer have any interaction issues even when they are all out free ranging in the same area.

 

[Chaos18]

 

[duluthralphie]

Once breeding season starts you can easily tell the dominant males from the lesser males because of all the broken off feathers on the backs and wings of the males.

So you have never seen a guinea getting dragged as it clamps onto a wing or tail feather of a turkey that is much bigger than the guinea. The guinea hangs on until the feather either breaks off or pulls out. I have watched a guinea get dragged by a tom for a good 30 feet. The tom could easily give the guinea a good beating but the guineas are so much faster than the turkeys that they quickly zip around behind and latch onto a feather.

I now house my guineas separately from the other poultry and no longer have any interaction issues even when they are all out free ranging in the same area.

I have not seen that. But there is no doubt they are evil little buggars. I am hoping to get 3 more large covered pens this coming summer. One of which will become Guinea gulag#2. I plan to make it my furthest out pen, I know it leaves it more exposed to predation, but it will be farther from the road.