Guineas + Treatments

[SpicyDill]

Can guineafowl receive the same treatments (antibiotics, mite & lice treatments, coccidiosis treatment, etc.) as chickens and turkeys? Is there anything I need to know?

I received a few keets as a gift this summer and am also getting a local feral guineafowl pawned off on me, and I definitely want to be sure that the feral guinea is "clean" before adding it to my existing flock of gamebirds.

 

[R2elk]

Can guineafowl receive the same treatments (antibiotics, mite & lice treatments, coccidiosis treatment, etc.) as chickens and turkeys? Is there anything I need to know?

I received a few keets as a gift this summer and am also getting a local feral guineafowl pawned off on me, and I definitely want to be sure that the feral guinea is "clean" before adding it to my existing flock of gamebirds.

As far as I know the treatments are the same.

Their nutritional requirements are the same as for game birds and turkeys.

Their behaviors are unique to them.

Read the thread Raising Guinea Fowl 101 and pay particular attention to posts made by @PeepsCA .

 

[SpicyDill]

As far as I know the treatments are the same.

Their nutritional requirements are the same as for game birds and turkeys.

Their behaviors are unique to them.

Read the thread Raising Guinea Fowl 101 and pay particular attention to posts made by @PeepsCA .

Yep, I've already read up on the basics and know they have similar nutritional requirements to gamebirds and turkeys. I've had the keets for about a month and a half now, and have had keets (although not adults) in the past. I just want to treat the new feral addition as part of my standard quarantine procedure and wanted to be sure nothing would be likely to cause it any harm. I've never had to actually treat guineas for anything before and would hate to accept this feral bird as a "rehab" bird and then seriously mess that up! Still unsure how a guinea ends up as a feral stray in the middle of nowhere, Alaska, but I'm guessing someone decided it wasn't worth the trouble and dumped it.

Thank you for the info, I appreciate it!

 

[R2elk]

Yep, I've already read up on the basics and know they have similar nutritional requirements to gamebirds and turkeys. I've had the keets for about a month and a half now, and have had keets (although not adults) in the past. I just want to treat the new feral addition as part of my standard quarantine procedure and wanted to be sure nothing would be likely to cause it any harm. I've never had to actually treat guineas for anything before and would hate to accept this feral bird as a "rehab" bird and then seriously mess that up! Still unsure how a guinea ends up as a feral stray in the middle of nowhere, Alaska, but I'm guessing someone decided it wasn't worth the trouble and dumped it.

Thank you for the info, I appreciate it!

Male guineas all too frequently become strays when their mate gets taken from her hidden nest by a predator.

 

[SpicyDill]

Male guineas all too frequently become strays when their mate gets taken from her hidden nest by a predator.

I could definitely see that happening out here, although nobody's claimed him or come looking for him despite pretty extensive efforts to find his owner. Poor little guy. Lots of predators out this way!