Do you think this is too much for keets?

[Mrs. Fluffy Puffy]

So ya'll think I should get them?

 

[racuda]

I think you should get them. Unless you are sure that you want lots of Guineas, you could start with 7 or 8, then next year if you really like them you can raise dozens of them from your own eggs.

I really like my 8, so now I have 20 eggs under 2 chickens, and so far there are 17 eggs in the Guinea's nest that I am going to let them hatch. (I have 2 females). If they lay another 17 that will give me a total of 50+ keets!

 

[Mrs. Fluffy Puffy]

So I should get 10 from him and then if I rally like them I'll get some more.

( I wonder what colors he's gonna order? I want alot of colors!! )

 

[dieselgrl48]

The avg.here is around $4-$6 a piece.I never got to hatch any from my old flock last year.Got some egg's coming this week going to start new.ground ready keet;s sell easily here for about $8. which is fair if you take in feed price and brooding to get them ready to go out.Some new local swaps have cropped up here and the livestock mkt. does a once a month sale for non cattle/ horse and a lot of diff. birds bringing good price's from I have heard.$4 each is good i would buy them.At least you can see the birds when you buy local and you arent losing any in shipping.I have never shipped any chicks or birds and wont.

 

[ScoobyRoo]

I paid $4.00 each for french pearl keets. I got ten now eight. They are very skittish compared to the chicks I have raised in the last year. I'm sure the price depends on what breed of guinea you buy. This is my first time with them and I'm really enjoying them. I have a broody hen raising them for me. They will be 3 weeks old this Friday.

 

[Cacklin" Hens]

Mrs. Fluffy Puffy :

A breeder near me was going to"Hatch" me out some guinea keets I though, but when I saw him Friday he said he was going to order them and they'd be $4.00 each I was going to get 30, but then I decided on 20 but now I'm thinging 4 dollars each is just too much to pay. And I think I may call him and say I'll just wait to order ...

What do you think?

Most keets do sell for 3-4 dollars. I sell mine for $3.50 easily. I bet I could get $4.50 for them because everybody wants them right now!

 

[rooster0209]

wow, I sold keets last year for $2 each.

It only takes a few hens to end up with a yard full of guineas.

My first order 3yrs ago was at a feed store. I think i paid about $3-4 each. I got a dozen. I ended up raising 7 to full grown. The nest spring I had over 20.

 

[thechickenchick]

We paid just under $40 for 6 from our local feed store and 3 died! My DH felt bad for me so he ordered a dozen eggs from Ebay. They are in the bator right now

The eggs with shipping were $25.

 

[Mrs. Fluffy Puffy]

I think what we decided to do was go ahead to get the 20 keets from him and then if we like them alot we will order more from a hatchery.