Joe Soslick
In the Brooder
Hello!
My wife and I just recently started raising guineas. We recieved 21 guineas from a place in Zeeland, MI and have been raising them since they were keets. We're almost to week 4 now.
Our main interest in getting guinea fowl over any other birds or animals currently is to help control the tick and other bug populations on our small suburban farm... we've had very mild winters for the past few years, along with a "mast year" for acorn trees (which increases populations of field mice, thusly increasing populations of ticks), so the insect pressure is very high this year. We have a large garden we're also starting, so ideally these little fellas will help keep things in check there as well.
Anyways, I'm excited to be a part of the community! I create videos on YouTube to track our progress as we build our suburban homestead... you can find me over there with the same name-- just search for "Joe Soslick" and you'll find my channel.
Here is the video of the day we received the keets:
We also built them a coop, and made that into a "guinea tractor" as well. Let me know if you have any questions for me, and thanks in advance for the welcome!
My wife and I just recently started raising guineas. We recieved 21 guineas from a place in Zeeland, MI and have been raising them since they were keets. We're almost to week 4 now.
Our main interest in getting guinea fowl over any other birds or animals currently is to help control the tick and other bug populations on our small suburban farm... we've had very mild winters for the past few years, along with a "mast year" for acorn trees (which increases populations of field mice, thusly increasing populations of ticks), so the insect pressure is very high this year. We have a large garden we're also starting, so ideally these little fellas will help keep things in check there as well.
Anyways, I'm excited to be a part of the community! I create videos on YouTube to track our progress as we build our suburban homestead... you can find me over there with the same name-- just search for "Joe Soslick" and you'll find my channel.
Here is the video of the day we received the keets:
We also built them a coop, and made that into a "guinea tractor" as well. Let me know if you have any questions for me, and thanks in advance for the welcome!