Guinea talk.

[GlennLee]

He should be fine. James had a tube of bacitracin on hand and we put it on to prevent infection.
And we had a chicken loss last night, she was a young pullet some how got vent gleet we had been fighting it with her for a week or a little more and she gave up last night when james and i left the room for a small bit.
Im planning on getting my chicken first aid kot set up this month, going to be hard now that i am jobless.
Also had a chicken catastrophe, she stepped underneath my foot when i was walking in the pin to feed the younger crew and broken two of her toes. She is splinted and in a cage in the coop so they still know her.

Very sorry to hear about your chicken... It's always difficult to lose one and especially after you have been nursing it and hoping it will recover.

And sorry to hear that you are now jobless! That is too bad... I hope something opens up for you that you are interested in working at.

And last, but not least, I hope your chicken with the splinted foot is recovering. They do get right underneath and it's hard to move at times without stepping on them. Here's to a full recovery for her!

 

[GlennLee]

@guinealeghorn - oh they are marvelous little fluff balls! How wonderful and what a great surprise. You are going to have your hands full, but it will be well worth it. Love the pics that you posted and look forward to many more in the future.

 

[MartinsPoultry]

Life happens on the farm. We just welcomed a jumbo keet into the world and soon to follow more.

Shes not to happy about the splint, I'm going to redo the bandage come morning as shes tearing it apart.

It was hard, we had tried so much. But today she was cremated incase it was something besides vent gleet. Everything she was in contact with has been sterilized, cages cleaned and I am keeping a close eye on everyone else. One keet is not liking being in with the chickenss and turkey poult, shes been moping about. No smell like the chicken that died. Putting them on acv, honey and electrolytes for the next week or two. James is getting me a dewormer for the flock and I am thinking of buying some corid but man is that stuff pricey.

I know its not cocci from what we have read, heard and learned from others. Turkeys are higher susceptible to cocci than chickens and guineas and would show signs first, and out turkeys are fine. Specially the younger ones.

 

[MartinsPoultry]

Here are the babies. Only three left to hatch.
7 dud eggs, 14 hatchlings since last night, theres one thats screaming and the keets are trying to help it hatch, i chipped the shell a little arouns the pip and she or he still has a long fight. Moistened the membranes with bacatracin so to help it later when its ready. Veins showed instantly and all full still. My guess it will be hobbling around come morning.
I had james grab me a larger container for the newer hatched keets so they can rest and for the few whom tried to hatch with yolk still attached, those little ones are in it until morning. Others are stronger and trying to run already.

Bottom right is the original container for yolk babies but needed a bigger one as the stronger babies were walking on them and the newer hatched.

 

[guinealeghorn]

@guinealeghorn - oh they are marvelous little fluff balls! How wonderful and what a great surprise. You are going to have your hands full, but it will be well worth it. Love the pics that you posted and look forward to many more in the future.

Sorry! Been too busy to go online lately. There are 8 of them now. Sadly, I found quite a few dead under momma, lots of eggs with beaks sticking out, but not alive. I took the rest of the eggs out and am incubating them now to see if any more hatch. I don't know what was going on. I was lucky enough to find two eggs with keets still alive and trying to hatch. I had to assist hatch them. They are doing all right now. Some of them have something on their stomachs, just above the vent, that sort of resembles egg yolk. Will this dry up and fall off? Or will they absorb it? The eight are doing great! I promise to post pictures, I just have to use the phone instead of the laptop. I can't get good pictures on it.

 

[GlennLee]

@MartinsPoultry - oh my gosh, every time I see a new hatchling, I am amazed by how tiny and vulnerable they look. You guys are doing a great job with all your birds and to think literally months ago, you didn't even have them. So sorry to hear about the tragedies at the farm though. We all know that's a part of what we do, but it's still hard to deal with when it happens. The new life somehow helps to make things better. So sweet and you are so good about posting pictures for us! Thanks!

@guinealeghorn - gosh, that's too bad that you have so many die in the shell. I have not had a lot of experience with hatching so I'm not sure what advice to give you here. I do have a great book I use as a resource, but it's more about incubator hatchings. I suppose some of the reasons would apply to natural hatchings as well for deaths at hatch - temperature variation, humidity issues, genetic abnormalities, insufficient turning or handling - don't know if this helps or not. Obviously with the hen hatching them, you don't have much control over these variables. I'm not sure what to tell you able the yolk on their stomachs either. Maybe someone else will have some insight for you, but please let us know how things progress. The book does mention unhealed navels - causes include temperatures too low, humidity too high, inadequate ventilation, contamination. Again applies more to incubators. It does say if they start to smell, they should be culled since they will die anyway. Sorry.... Good luck and keep us posted.

 

[MartinsPoultry]

I love how fluffy they are. I call them my fluff nuggets. All 16 are doing great, eating and drinking fine.
We starter last year just joined here months ago for support and talking to others about the birds and ideas.
Here are the 15 in the brooder last one had just hatched and left her in the incubator.

 

[casportpony]

Pictures of your beautiful Guinea Fowl are needed!
Other Poultry 2018 Calendar - Pics & Pre-Orders

 

[guinealeghorn]

Okay. Finally have time to post pics!

This is Lucky, who I rescued from outside the nest. He/she was barely alive, and getting stepped on by adults. Now he is a huge snuggler! Lucky is happy and healthy so far.

Exploring on the floor!

This is an assist hatch chick. Horrible photo, but you can make him/her out. The last picture won't load, but it is of a new hatchling from the incubator. That one hatched at 7:00 this morning. Also, the yolk chicks are doing fine.

 

[GlennLee]

Oh, good to hear that everyone is doing well. Beautiful pics and I like the one of the assist hatch chick. Very artsy! Thanks for sharing the good news and the photos. Love those fluffy keeters.