Guinnea Mentality...

[perchie.girl]

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My new little Peeps are pretty mellow but they skitter right off my hand or wriggle out like OMG Im goina die. I try not to handle them much at least since I have had them only two days. But will as soon as they are old enough for a few little teeny meal worms and millet.

 

[Konza]

Hand feed them small pieces of egg. You might have to drop it in front of them a time or two for them to get brave enough to find out how awesome egg is, but they'll come get it out of your fingers eventually. Although I can tell when mine are getting full, because they start giving me stink eye and acting like they haven't each just snatched 3-4 bites from me already.

But they don't freak out whenever I walk into the room, or even if I stick my hand in the brooder to do something other than pamper their little butts.

 

[perchie.girl]

LOL... today is day three.... Went in to change the bedding did my PeepPeep talk to them. And this time the conversation didnt stop they just said to each other... "Oh its her again" hee hee. Seriously They were business as usual Keet business. I changed their bedding talking to them all the time changed their water and feed dish.

Then I picked one up.... OHMY GAWD I M GOINA Die...peepeep... peep.... Oh look at that.... Peep Ooh look at that.... pep pip. Very interesting.... The neck went out longer and longer and longer the struggling stopped... and I put him back. Too funny. Back to PeePeep. Such curiousity filled creatures... Probably why they arent good mothers because they get distracted.

When they are old enough I will try some egg. Two weeks? for an addition to diet?


edited because I cant count... sheesh

 

[Colettedre]

This is just great - I have French Guinea's - what a gas - You are absolutely right - I remember thinking the same thing when mine were Keets - .... You need to train them to come when you give them WHITE millet as a treat. I call "Treat - treeeeat - treeeeeaaaat" and all five of mine will come running from where ever they happen to be - in the woods, field even across the street in the neighbors yard. ESPECIALLY when they are in the across the street neighbors yard - that is when I usually call them in for treats. Darned birds have 5 acres to roam - and they have to head across the yard to the road and then across the street. They do train if you give them enough time. Mine always go into the coop before dark (I close the door to keep them safe) and will always come running when I call 'treat" to get their white millet snack.
They are so darned funny to watch - they run around the coop probably a dozen times before they will go in at night. And just let someone new come up the driveway - all kinds of noise and warning screeches go on. I love watching them line up across the lawn to hunt down bugs. And they refuse to move when I want to mow around them with the tractor. They get stuck in any fenced in garden area - does not matter how many times you show them the way out (which was the way they wandered in) they still will spend and hour trying to go through the turkey wire -- Ding Bats every one of them. I do love my Guinea Fowl.

 

[PeepsCA]

perchie.girl :

LOL... today is day three.... Went in to change the bedding did my PeepPeep talk to them. And this time the conversation didnt stop they just said to each other... "Oh its her again" hee hee. Seriously They were business as usual Keet business. I changed their bedding talking to them all the time changed their water and feed dish.

Then I picked one up.... OHMY GAWD I M GOINA Die...peepeep... peep.... Oh look at that.... Peep Ooh look at that.... pep pip. Very interesting.... The neck went out longer and longer and longer the struggling stopped... and I put him back. Too funny. Back to PeePeep. Such curiousity filled creatures... Probably why they arent good mothers because they get distracted.

When they are old enough I will try some egg. Two weeks? for an addition to diet?


edited because I cant count... sheesh

LOL... I talk to mine when I pick them up (they are usually thinking I am planning on killing them when I pick them up of course), as I keep talking to them (baby talk) they eventually stop screaming like I am ripping their hide off in strips and look at me with that pricked up ears puppy look and listen intently to what I have to say. I set them down when they are calm, just to end on a positive note.

The keets are old enough for egg now. I've been feeding my Peachicks 1/3 of a (boiled) Guinea egg yolk mixed with a tablespoon of 30% game bird chow as a morning treat every day since I got them at 2-3 days old... they love it and expect it every morning, and I see them tapping their little foot if I am late with it, lol. Zaz feeds her newly hatched keets scrambled eggs from the beginning (which I'm going to start doing too, since I have so many extra eggs!).​

 

[perchie.girl]

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LOL... I talk to mine when I pick them up (they are usually thinking I am planning on killing them when I pick them up of course), as I keep talking to them (baby talk) they eventually stop screaming like I am ripping their hide off in strips and look at me with that pricked up ears puppy look and listen intently to what I have to say. I set them down when they are calm, just to end on a positive note.

The keets are old enough for egg now. I've been feeding my Peachicks 1/3 of a (boiled) Guinea egg yolk mixed with a tablespoon of 30% game bird chow as a morning treat every day since I got them at 2-3 days old... they love it and expect it every morning, and I see them tapping their little foot if I am late with it, lol. Zaz feeds her newly hatched keets scrambled eggs from the beginning (which I'm going to start doing too, since I have so many extra eggs!).

Ooh goody I saw Zaz' egg ball..... Is that with a teeny bit of oil so it doesn't stick? BTW you can scramble eggs in a cup in the microwave. Scramble them up first with a bit of water so they fluff and put in a cup and microwave them. Comes out all fluffed up kind of like a souffle. (I didnt try this I saw someone from work do one in the Work Microwave... hee hee) 'Cept its more like a fluffy omelet which could be chopped up.

I have ten keets would two eggs be too much?

 

[zazouse]

perchie.girl :

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LOL... I talk to mine when I pick them up (they are usually thinking I am planning on killing them when I pick them up of course), as I keep talking to them (baby talk) they eventually stop screaming like I am ripping their hide off in strips and look at me with that pricked up ears puppy look and listen intently to what I have to say. I set them down when they are calm, just to end on a positive note.

The keets are old enough for egg now. I've been feeding my Peachicks 1/3 of a (boiled) Guinea egg yolk mixed with a tablespoon of 30% game bird chow as a morning treat every day since I got them at 2-3 days old... they love it and expect it every morning, and I see them tapping their little foot if I am late with it, lol. Zaz feeds her newly hatched keets scrambled eggs from the beginning (which I'm going to start doing too, since I have so many extra eggs!).

Ooh goody I saw Zaz' egg ball..... Is that with a teeny bit of oil so it doesn't stick? BTW you can scramble eggs in a cup in the microwave. Scramble them up first with a bit of water so they fluff and put in a cup and microwave them. Comes out all fluffed up kind of like a souffle. (I didnt try this I saw someone from work do one in the Work Microwave... hee hee) 'Cept its more like a fluffy omelet which could be chopped up.

I have ten keets would two eggs be too much?​

2 eggs for 10 keets and it will be gone in a few minutes once they know it is food.
I do not use any oil or water cause i cook them in a Teflon skillet, i just break all the eggs into the pan and keep turning them till they are mixed up and done.

Guess ya could microwave the eggs but i do 5 dozen at a time so it won't work for me.
Hope this helps.

 

[perchie.girl]

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Ooh goody I saw Zaz' egg ball..... Is that with a teeny bit of oil so it doesn't stick? BTW you can scramble eggs in a cup in the microwave. Scramble them up first with a bit of water so they fluff and put in a cup and microwave them. Comes out all fluffed up kind of like a souffle. (I didnt try this I saw someone from work do one in the Work Microwave... hee hee) 'Cept its more like a fluffy omelet which could be chopped up.

I have ten keets would two eggs be too much?

2 eggs for 10 keets and it will be gone in a few minutes once they know it is food.
I do not use any oil or water cause i cook them in a Teflon skillet, i just break all the eggs into the pan and keep turning them till they are mixed up and done.

Guess ya could microwave the eggs but i do 5 dozen at a time so it won't work for me.
Hope this helps.

Thanks it does a great deal. Do you suggest more eggs? Um er I guess the question is how many eggs should I use for ten keets.

Now I have another question another gal from another list who hatched out a Single Lavender guinea with her quail. She tried raising him up with her quail chicks now hes nipping on little quail toes. She asked me to take him. I said yes but now I am wondering will I be able to put him in with the Keets I have? The Keets I have are mixed ages. Seven have wing feathers and tail feathers and fuzz every where. Three have wing feathers started and fuzz every where. They are getting along quite well.

 

[PeepsCA]

Is the Lav keet close in age to your mix of keets? I usually have no problems integrating keets, it's when they get up to the 8-10wk old mark that they they start bein' buttheads about newbies, lol. If he's grabbin' toes you might need to scatter starter crumbles on the brooder floor to give him somethin' to pick at, and maybe add some straw to give him somethin else to fixate on besides toes, lol.

 

[perchie.girl]

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They all are within a week of each other I am certain. I will throw some distractions in there that's a good idea.