Consolidated Kansas

[ChooksChick]

Hi folks!! I've been fighting to keep up on the hatchalongs on here and haven't managed to make my way into this thread in a while. I worked over 65 hours last week and I'm a mess.

How are you all!?! Are you as happy as I am that we're getting a bit of a spring?

I need to get rid of most of my birds:-(. While the city allows them, my neighborhood is enforcing a bylaw in my home owners association. Ours are "caged" pet birds, but they call them live stock.... I am just sick....

So.... I would prefer they go to homes where they will be pets. They all I've to be held and are very social. I am in the Topeka, Lawrence area. Please PM me if you would like any of the following. I would prefer they go in pairs if possible.

2 black copper Marans- lay beautiful dark eggs
3 EE Greenish blue eggs, Ginny, ReeRo, Deb
1 Buff Orpington- Molly
1 White Rock- Diva
1 Splash Rock with Curly toes
1 Salmon Favarolle- Molly

I am going to really fight to try to keep my Silkies.... But I also have three of them- white, splash and red. My daughter adores them....

Give me an email chookschick@gmail I'm in Lawrence and I have at least 3 families that are wanting hens right now- you'd get pet homes.

Well on the news front here, I am down about 28 birds as of today. I made some really good deals and the guy took a lot of what I have. I am going to be really low on eggs for awhile though. I sold all my cuckoo marans, dominiques, an EE, a sussex, all my polish, and a Swedish Flower hen roo. Maybe the feed bill will go down just a little. I need to do some more pen dividing and moving and get some girls moved out of the ghetto trailer.
There were a couple of birds I was really attached to and it made me sad to let them go. Like my silver laced polish named Pretty. I have a few eggs in the bator from them but I have no idea if they are fertile or not. I really don't need them.
I only have some nice roosters to sell and a handful of mixed hens that need to go now.
I need to get some separate pens for my brahmas and my cochins then I could move my red stars in one hen house and the white rocks and new Hamp rooster for making new red stars in the other hen house. I guess I'd better get busy building more stuff.
It was really cold out there today. I've been coughing a lot since I spilled all that oxine yesterday. I think I must have breathed in a bunch of it. The cold air really got me wheezing bad.
I did some sewing while I was waiting for the guy to get here. I need to get back to that and get this mess finished. I have spent more time ripping out than actually sewing. Now I know why I quit sewing all the time! It must be my adult ADD that I can't remember to do things right!

You nearly caused me a heart attack!! I read that wrong and thought it said you were down TO 28 birds...that would make me the likely candidate for the most birds around here, and I always console my husband by telling him I know other people in Kansas who are perfectly sane who have more birds than me...

Keep it that way, sister!!

But seriously, I'm sorry about the Oxine-spill-cough and I'm glad you dropped your feed bill some. I'm about to have a serious sell-off. It's going to have to be pairs and trios, though. I am adamant about not taking the roos to be processed if I can help it.

bbsnooks, I did some research on the stuff you said you had. It is very similar but not quite the same chemical makeup as Oxine. If I read it right the FDA took it off the market.
I really had a busy day and just finally wore out. I had to lay down for a little while. Then I had to get back out and feed the birds. I had an opportunity to sell some more birds this afternoon but I asked them to wait until tomorrow. I just knew I didn't have the energy to chase birds again today.
So with luck maybe I'll sell a few more tomorrow.
I had 3 white English Orps hatch today so I hope they do well. It's kind of hard to tell them from some of the other chicks cause white Orpingtons are born with color on them.
I've been wondering if I could build a wooden multi layer brooder. I am just not sure what heat source I would use for it. It seems like I keep having to replace bulbs. In the long run I'd be better off with a permanent heat source of some kind. The problem of course is having something that wouldn't break the bank for multiple pens.
I really am getting to the point I want to get things done and get breeds divided. I'm tired of working so hard all the time on these projects. I like building stuff but I'd rather do it when I chose..not all the time.

Danz, I highly recommend the SweeterHeater for this. It runs on 18w of power and you can hang it in each level. The energy savings would save you a lot over a short while, so they pay for themselves. I worked out my electric bill and saved the cost of mine in 7 weeks. I got the 11x16 (or something like that) and it is incredibly safe and easy. I'd definitely get one of them for each level if I was doing a multi-unit brooder. Never buy a lightbulb again!! It's like a more robust and versatile version of the Ecoglow. There is no way to convey all the benefits until you try one...makes a big difference to me to not have to worry about a fire risk from the fixture, too. Losing one home to a fire is plenty in a lifetime.

 

[RoosterLew]

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Roosterlew - any more chick pics? I'm definitely no expert on chicken breeds but the fluffy cheeks sure look like EE to me as well.

Probably in a few more days, all of them feathering in pretty well and tearing up the FF!
We have a Buff O we are wondering about sex on...was sposed to be a Lady, but her legs are getting awfully thick! Hope she's not a gent!

 

[michelleml]

Kuan- I have few buff orpingtons and my girls are the sameway i wash them also. This last time I clipped a few feathers and it's helped some but it will need to be done again when it warms up.

 

[chicken danz]

I've been considering the sweeter heater. I have heat lamps all over the place. I think the eco glows are too small for as many chicks as I produce. I'm thinking today about building a big brooder box in my basement. It is cooler down there but I think with a heater that it would be okay. I just hate to have the dust accumulate and I don't go down there all the time so I wouldn't be watching the chicks as close as I do right now. I've got to do something.
Chooks I don't think I'll ever be below 28 birds unless I become totally crippled and can't care for them at all. The guy that was here yesterday said, "You really have no idea how many birds you have do you? It would be impossible to tell." He is right I'm afraid. I have tried to count adults a few times but that is always changing as the chicks grow older.
There is always a danger of fire regardless of what you use but at least with the heater you don't have to worry about a falling lamp fixture. I'll always have some types of heat lamps unless I can afford to build a climate controlled building. Yeah right like that would ever happen!

 

[Trish44]

It's been raining here off & on all night & still is, it's a muddy mess out there. I just rolled over & slept in this morning. I figured that if it was raining the animals & birds wouldn't want to be out in it any more than me. It's really cold too, my hands were hurting by the time I got back in after going out. The little goats really don't like being out in the rain, so I put their food bowl in with them in their shelter & a little bit of hay. I gave the last bottle to the younger one last night, so she won't be happy with me this evening because she is used to having one before bedtime. She still looks for one in the morning too, but quickly figures out that isn't happening, now to condition her for none at all. She is eating great though, so she'll be fine without one, it's just the mindset of thinking she needs one.

I evidently have a very sneaky predator here. Yesterday I found one of my older partridge rock hens dead behind my hoop coop, she was headless. Then this morning I went out to let the chickens out & discovered that my white leghorn hen is gone. She had a tendency to wander away by herself, not a good thing to do here. So if I lose any more they're just going to have to be shut in for awhile till it either goes away or the dogs get whatever it is. The hen without the head tells me raccoon & I have had problems with them in the past. The weird thing is that it happened right in the middle of the day. I think some of the predators are getting pretty desperate & a lot bolder after that drought. I just can't afford to lose any more laying hens though or I won't have enough eggs until my new ones grow. They might be unhappy shut in, but at least they would be alive.

 

[Hawkeye95]

It's just hard for everyone to wait & it's nerve wracking for sure. She is a child who wants to run & play & do all the things kids do & dealing with all of this is hard for her.


Hawkeye, I hope you get your work done soon on your house so you can get things put back in, that's hard when you have construction to have to deal with. It will be nice I'm sure when you get it all done though.

My little Mini Rex rabbits are having babies. I have 3 litters so far & am still waiting on one more. My little Netherland Dwarf rabbit had her first litter of babies & didn't know what to do with them so they died. That was heartbreaking to see 3 perfect little rabbits die because their mom didn't feed them or keep them warm. I hope she does better the next time. The rabbit breeders I know have told me that's pretty common for a first litter & she will probably do fine the next time. I hope so because otherwise I will have to sell those for pets & not breeders.

I sure hope they get on the ball and get a bit more proactive with your GD. Hate to see her go through this, but I'm sure once they get it figured out, they'll have a plan of action. I can't wait for my house to get back in order too! YAY for baby rabbits!! I'm so sorry about the 3 babies that died. That is a real downer. I hope that bunny figures it out, I'd hate to see her do that again to more babies.

Medawinks already has her birds in a screened in porch to keep her neighbor from complaining! I think I'd be having some really negative thoughts about that neighbor. It is hurting those kids.

Hawkeye you'll be back in soon and then chaos can return to normal chaos. I just hope you get to stay!

Well on the news front here, I am down about 28 birds as of today.

Well if they are in a screened in porch-- what the heck is all the fuss about?!?! I thought under the deck was a fantastic solution for an in-town home. I thought it was genius here! LOL Although, I'm quickly running out of room! I can't believe she has a neighbor so upset about a few chickens. My gosh, people are mental. I'm so glad you are selling birds!! If you can just get down to your breeders, you'll be in great shape and you can have a lot more fun concentrating on the breeds you are interested in. Good luck on the sale for today or tomorrow-- you said you told them to wait a day, and I've lost track of time. I hope you're feeling better. I know you're run down and you need to listen to your body.

That's funny Hawkeye - about your DG - my boyfriend is the very same way. I am starting to get supplies to build the chicken tractor and he's all like.." Let me help you plan it.. etc." lol.. I think it is his true engineer nature that just comes out - he can't help it I don't think he'd admit this to anyone - but - I think he enjoys all this crazy chicken stuff as much as I do! Shhhh..... don't tell him I even suggested such a thing!

Sounds like he is enjoying the chickens! Which is a great thing! They are tons of fun, who wouldn't love them? Maybe he'll come up with a great idea though... even though my DH gets all crazy about being "perfect" he can come up with some really neat ideas and solutions. So he's an asset even though he can slow me down! ha!

Wow, never knew us fellas were such a pain in the rear for wanting things done right! Lol

So sorry for your GD, just recently my GS fractured his collar bone and he is only 3. Broke my heart to see him hurt like that, I could not imagine what your going through!

Yes, you men can be quite a bit of trouble! Big trouble makers you all are! LOL Eh, it's a good thing most of us wouldn't have it any other way. I'm so sorry about your grandson, that had to be a terrible time for him. I hope he is quickly mending!

Hawkeye - you are right about having too many roosters. DH processed 2 today and a few more tomorrow. I think we will only have 3 roosters left and about 20 hens.


For those of you who have husbands who over measure stuff, I have the opposite. LOL. He just wants to get things done and as long as the end results are "ok", as in not epic fail, he will just call it good.

I apologize for missing some of the posts, I'll try to get on the slowputer later and do multi quotes and respond to all.

Stay warm, everyone.

Kuan

YAY for meat in the freezer!! And your girls are going to thank you for it! How is everyone getting along now? Have things already calmed down now with the roosters gone? Hopefully the ladies will be out and enjoying themselves.

Just an FYI- I woke up about 3am to one of my little chicks screaming this morning. I got up to see what was going on and the little girl was completely stuck in one of the feeder holes! (Those round bases that have a plastic screw on container). The feeder must have ran out of just enough food for her to get herself in and fall through the hold and then probably through the struggling to get out, she actually got herself stuck even more - her head and wings were on the outside of the base and the rest of her body stuck and wedged underneath. I got out my scissors and as carefully as one can at 3am, cut her out. She is fine. I have 2 of these feeders in the brooder and I usually just make sure one of them is full before going to bed - I will from now on make sure both are full to help prevent this from happening again.

That is just BIZARRE!!!! I mean, really-- that is nuts!! Good to know, though. I'll remember that.

It's been raining here off & on all night & still is, it's a muddy mess out there. I just rolled over & slept in this morning. I figured that if it was raining the animals & birds wouldn't want to be out in it any more than me. It's really cold too, my hands were hurting by the time I got back in after going out. The little goats really don't like being out in the rain, so I put their food bowl in with them in their shelter & a little bit of hay. I gave the last bottle to the younger one last night, so she won't be happy with me this evening because she is used to having one before bedtime. She still looks for one in the morning too, but quickly figures out that isn't happening, now to condition her for none at all. She is eating great though, so she'll be fine without one, it's just the mindset of thinking she needs one.

I evidently have a very sneaky predator here. Yesterday I found one of my older partridge rock hens dead behind my hoop coop, she was headless. Then this morning I went out to let the chickens out & discovered that my white leghorn hen is gone. She had a tendency to wander away by herself, not a good thing to do here. So if I lose any more they're just going to have to be shut in for awhile till it either goes away or the dogs get whatever it is. The hen without the head tells me raccoon & I have had problems with them in the past. The weird thing is that it happened right in the middle of the day. I think some of the predators are getting pretty desperate & a lot bolder after that drought. I just can't afford to lose any more laying hens though or I won't have enough eggs until my new ones grow. They might be unhappy shut in, but at least they would be alive.

I'm sure it will be really nice not to have to bottle feed your baby anymore! Sounds like she'll be just fine. What an aggravation about your predator, though! I would be furious that something was getting in when you have the dogs. It must be really sneaky!! I hope the dogs find it and take care of it.

Hi folks!! I've been fighting to keep up on the hatchalongs on here and haven't managed to make my way into this thread in a while. I worked over 65 hours last week and I'm a mess.

How are you all!?! Are you as happy as I am that we're getting a bit of a spring?


Give me an email chookschick@gmail I'm in Lawrence and I have at least 3 families that are wanting hens right now- you'd get pet homes.


Danz, I highly recommend the SweeterHeater for this. It runs on 18w of power and you can hang it in each level. The energy savings would save you a lot over a short while, so they pay for themselves. I worked out my electric bill and saved the cost of mine in 7 weeks. I got the 11x16 (or something like that) and it is incredibly safe and easy. I'd definitely get one of them for each level if I was doing a multi-unit brooder. Never buy a lightbulb again!! It's like a more robust and versatile version of the Ecoglow. There is no way to convey all the benefits until you try one...makes a big difference to me to not have to worry about a fire risk from the fixture, too. Losing one home to a fire is plenty in a lifetime.

Glad to see you are doing well. Geesh, you are putting in a lot of hours, though! I bet you are just exhausted and to keep up on your little farm too! I just don't think I could do it all. Something would have to give. How do you use your sweeter heaters? Do you hang them or attach them to the wall?? Eventually I want to have a brooder area and I think I want to get a sweeter heater. How many chicks do you get under it??

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I have had a day from heck. That's the polite way to put it. And the day isn't over. This morning my car battery was dead and had to be jumped, and then one of our lovely children left the door to the fridge wide open all night long and it wasn't discovered until about 8:30am (the fridge isn't in the kitchen right now) and the motor had burned up trying to keep up with the door being left wide open. So now our fridge is shot and we need a NEW one!!! ARGH! And then from there, there are too many other little details I don't even want to get into, but a lot of run around this morning various places and I've HAD it. I just got home a bit ago and I sat down and I need to clean out the fridge and throw out all of our food and I'm just exhausted. But I opened the door and things are starting to stink in there, so I need to get at it asap. As soon as I post I guess I better get up and get out one of those huge industrial trash bags and get it all bagged up. Sigh. I'm sad about all the bacon and meat I had in there. Everything else I don't really care, but the meat is just so expensive-- especially when we're not buying grocery store meat.

 

[mg15]

I've been considering the sweeter heater. I have heat lamps all over the place. I think the eco glows are too small for as many chicks as I produce. I'm thinking today about building a big brooder box in my basement. It is cooler down there but I think with a heater that it would be okay. I just hate to have the dust accumulate and I don't go down there all the time so I wouldn't be watching the chicks as close as I do right now. I've got to do something.
Chooks I don't think I'll ever be below 28 birds unless I become totally crippled and can't care for them at all. The guy that was here yesterday said, "You really have no idea how many birds you have do you? It would be impossible to tell." He is right I'm afraid. I have tried to count adults a few times but that is always changing as the chicks grow older.
There is always a danger of fire regardless of what you use but at least with the heater you don't have to worry about a falling lamp fixture. I'll always have some types of heat lamps unless I can afford to build a climate controlled building. Yeah right like that would ever happen!

Why did you have to give up 28 birds ?
thanks.
mg

 

[checoukan]

Oh, man guess I had better chime in!!
Good news, Ive got baby rosecombs and wyandottes hatching!!

Now, I am having some serious computor problems. So If you do not see me on, its cause I can't get on. I have done just about everything I can. Says Im missing a file.

I have made sure Ive got all junk off, and got rid of any malware. Where in the "H" does that crap come from? Defraged, and something else in that category. Used system restore, then it comes up and says, something about a partition table, and no OS files on found on disk! Didn't know there were tables in the the machine down there, and I have no idea what a OS file is, and I think I need to just wipe the whole slate clean, and start again.

Now, I have to go and get ready to go to work, then at 4:30, have to go to a leader workshop somewhere with the extension agent.

So supper for hubby is ready, I made it on here, so that takes a big load off my shoulders. But I still don't think this machine is right. If it goes to sleep, it won't wake up and run. It may be time for a new one, this machine is several years old. Put two kids thru high school, one thru college, and this is really the first time it has ever never failed to work. Running Vista hummm maybe I need to get rid of more stuff on here. I think that may be what happend, I may accidently removed a file I should not have.

 

[HEChicken]

I've been considering the sweeter heater. I have heat lamps all over the place. I think the eco glows are too small for as many chicks as I produce. I'm thinking today about building a big brooder box in my basement. It is cooler down there but I think with a heater that it would be okay. I just hate to have the dust accumulate and I don't go down there all the time so I wouldn't be watching the chicks as close as I do right now. I've got to do something.
Chooks I don't think I'll ever be below 28 birds unless I become totally crippled and can't care for them at all. The guy that was here yesterday said, "You really have no idea how many birds you have do you? It would be impossible to tell." He is right I'm afraid. I have tried to count adults a few times but that is always changing as the chicks grow older.
There is always a danger of fire regardless of what you use but at least with the heater you don't have to worry about a falling lamp fixture. I'll always have some types of heat lamps unless I can afford to build a climate controlled building. Yeah right like that would ever happen!

A climate controlled building. Now wouldn't THAT be something. Wow. I thought you already had a sweeter heater?

I evidently have a very sneaky predator here. Yesterday I found one of my older partridge rock hens dead behind my hoop coop, she was headless. Then this morning I went out to let the chickens out & discovered that my white leghorn hen is gone. She had a tendency to wander away by herself, not a good thing to do here. So if I lose any more they're just going to have to be shut in for awhile till it either goes away or the dogs get whatever it is. The hen without the head tells me raccoon & I have had problems with them in the past. The weird thing is that it happened right in the middle of the day. I think some of the predators are getting pretty desperate & a lot bolder after that drought. I just can't afford to lose any more laying hens though or I won't have enough eggs until my new ones grow. They might be unhappy shut in, but at least they would be alive.

I bet you're right and its coming during the day. If the dogs are on duty all night, it may be sneaking in while they are catching up on their sleep during the day. I hope you are able to get it taken care of before it gets more birds. From what you are describing, raccoon sounds the most likely to me too.

I have had a day from heck. That's the polite way to put it. And the day isn't over. This morning my car battery was dead and had to be jumped, and then one of our lovely children left the door to the fridge wide open all night long and it wasn't discovered until about 8:30am (the fridge isn't in the kitchen right now) and the motor had burned up trying to keep up with the door being left wide open. So now our fridge is shot and we need a NEW one!!! ARGH! And then from there, there are too many other little details I don't even want to get into, but a lot of run around this morning various places and I've HAD it. I just got home a bit ago and I sat down and I need to clean out the fridge and throw out all of our food and I'm just exhausted. But I opened the door and things are starting to stink in there, so I need to get at it asap. As soon as I post I guess I better get up and get out one of those huge industrial trash bags and get it all bagged up. Sigh. I'm sad about all the bacon and meat I had in there. Everything else I don't really care, but the meat is just so expensive-- especially when we're not buying grocery store meat.

Oh gosh, that's awful and I'm so sorry. I know what you mean about the loss of the food - I worry so much about our freezer quitting working and we would lose hundreds of dollars worth of meat. Is there a neighbor who could store some of the meat for you before it is completely gone? Sorry about your car battery also - I agree, you are having the day from heck. I hope it gets better for you.

Oh, man guess I had better chime in!!
Good news, Ive got baby rosecombs and wyandottes hatching!!

Now, I am having some serious computor problems. So If you do not see me on, its cause I can't get on. I have done just about everything I can. Says Im missing a file.

I have made sure Ive got all junk off, and got rid of any malware. Where in the "H" does that crap come from? Defraged, and something else in that category. Used system restore, then it comes up and says, something about a partition table, and no OS files on found on disk! Didn't know there were tables in the the machine down there, and I have no idea what a OS file is, and I think I need to just wipe the whole slate clean, and start again.

Uh oh, Checoukan, it sounds like you have a virus. OS stands for Operating System (Windows in most cases - i.e. you could be running Windows Vista, Windows 7 etc., depending on the age of your computer). The OS files are necessary files that the computer needs in order to boot and run. So, if the machine is not detecting them, there is a strong likelihood there is a virus preventing them from being detected. There are sneaky little viruses called "root kits" that can bury themselves into the operating system so they can't be detected by anti-malware. Well, that's not exactly it but its the end result. What they really do is bury into the operating system and write their own files. The malware does recognize that the files don't belong, and deletes them, but the root kit then goes ahead and rewrites them. Root kits are really hard to detect and even harder to get rid of (my dad's computer got one and it beat me to death getting rid of it). My best suggestion would be to take it to a computer place and have them look at it for you, but if its a really old computer, you may end up being better off with a newer machine anyway, as they're so cheap these days, sometimes it isn't worth spending a lot to fix an old one.

Congrats on the rosecombs and wyandottes!

Well, I was just driving down the road on the way home from our barn, and there was a dead carcass of some kind in the road that a crow was tearing at. I slowed down because I didn't want to run over the crow, and right as I was going past it, something caught my eye on the side of the road and when I looked over, it was 3 pearl guineas! How weird is that? I assume they belong to someone and flew over the fence but they are going to be road kill themselves if they don't get smarter. I hope they find their way home soon. Unless they are wild? I dunno - do guineas run wild around these parts?

 

[Hawkeye95]

Why did you have to give up 28 birds ?
thanks.
mg

She probably "gave them up" (sold them) because she has hundreds upon hundreds of birds on her place! LOL!! I doubt the 28 made a dent... Danz.. did it make a dent??? hehehe!!

Oh, man guess I had better chime in!!
Good news, Ive got baby rosecombs and wyandottes hatching!!

Now, I am having some serious computor problems. So If you do not see me on, its cause I can't get on. I have done just about everything I can. Says Im missing a file.

I have made sure Ive got all junk off, and got rid of any malware. Where in the "H" does that crap come from? Defraged, and something else in that category. Used system restore, then it comes up and says, something about a partition table, and no OS files on found on disk! Didn't know there were tables in the the machine down there, and I have no idea what a OS file is, and I think I need to just wipe the whole slate clean, and start again.

Now, I have to go and get ready to go to work, then at 4:30, have to go to a leader workshop somewhere with the extension agent.

So supper for hubby is ready, I made it on here, so that takes a big load off my shoulders. But I still don't think this machine is right. If it goes to sleep, it won't wake up and run. It may be time for a new one, this machine is several years old. Put two kids thru high school, one thru college, and this is really the first time it has ever never failed to work. Running Vista hummm maybe I need to get rid of more stuff on here. I think that may be what happend, I may accidently removed a file I should not have.

YAY on babies!! Can you take a pic of the baby rosecombs?? I'd love to see what they look like when they are chicks! I bet they are just adorable!! I'm so sorry about your computer issues! I bet HeChicken is right. My DH has fought off some serious viruses on friend's computers lately. They are much sneakier now. Have fun at your workshop! When ever we have them, we have cookies and juice and it's a good time had by all!

A climate controlled building. Now wouldn't THAT be something. Wow. I thought you already had a sweeter heater?

I bet you're right and its coming during the day. If the dogs are on duty all night, it may be sneaking in while they are catching up on their sleep during the day. I hope you are able to get it taken care of before it gets more birds. From what you are describing, raccoon sounds the most likely to me too.

Oh gosh, that's awful and I'm so sorry. I know what you mean about the loss of the food - I worry so much about our freezer quitting working and we would lose hundreds of dollars worth of meat. Is there a neighbor who could store some of the meat for you before it is completely gone? Sorry about your car battery also - I agree, you are having the day from heck. I hope it gets better for you.


Well, I was just driving down the road on the way home from our barn, and there was a dead carcass of some kind in the road that a crow was tearing at. I slowed down because I didn't want to run over the crow, and right as I was going past it, something caught my eye on the side of the road and when I looked over, it was 3 pearl guineas! How weird is that? I assume they belong to someone and flew over the fence but they are going to be road kill themselves if they don't get smarter. I hope they find their way home soon. Unless they are wild? I dunno - do guineas run wild around these parts?

The food was already long gone. It was all room temperature by the time my DH discovered it late this morning. The meat was already "weepy" looking. Ick. I tossed it all out. The bag was so heavy, I barely got it drug outside. I could not lift it, so it's just laying in the garage. That bag of food weighs more than I do! Such a stinkin' shame!! I had all of that pastured meat I had bought lately. Uuugh. Crazy about the guinneas! Perhaps they do run wild! They are pretty resourceful and they sleep in trees, so that makes them harder to get at. Although, raccoons can get up there, too. I don't know?!