Because you have been heating them all along, you will need to wean them off of it. I do not provide my guineas with any supplemental heat or light. It can and does get down to -30ºF here.
- @R2elk - east of me, but not far. Rosie hasn't laid clutches, but she has started dropping random eggs. I went back and looked. Last year I was talking abt finding a white egg and putting it in a 3rd nest in coop. The discussion must have originated earlier in another thread, bc I remember asking abt the significance of the small white egg vs. The bigger brown ones (wondering if it was Bella's & not the Jumbo's). But that conversation isn't in my thread. Point being they started practicing nest building and dropping eggs sometime in April. It was warm last winter, I really don't think this year was as warm. We're def having more snow/precip. In any event, Rosie is not THAT active, but going into gear.
Mine started laying in April last year. I expect the same this year too.- @R2elk - east of me, but not far. Rosie hasn't laid clutches, but she has started dropping random eggs. I went back and looked. Last year I was talking abt finding a white egg and putting it in a 3rd nest in coop. The discussion must have originated earlier in another thread, bc I remember asking abt the significance of the small white egg vs. The bigger brown ones (wondering if it was Bella's & not the Jumbo's). But that conversation isn't in my thread. Point being they started practicing nest building and dropping eggs sometime in April. It was warm last winter, I really don't think this year was as warm. We're def having more snow/precip. In any event, Rosie is not THAT active, but going into gear.
Nah. My run is attached to coop and enclosed for the winter, so I usually don't even close pop door unless it's going to be single digits bc 3 prefer to sleep in run.
The ones I said prefer to sleep in run hatched in August. I agree w/@R2elk abt weaning them off the heat, though. Mine moved out of the house at 8 wks and had the fall to acclimate. They have very soft solar nightlights, but that's it.
