New Guineas... MORE Questions...

[Guinea Goonie]

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I found this to be very true.

Keep your guinea in the coop for a few weeks. Let them watch and learn that the chickens go out and come back to roost

Feed them GAME bird with poultry scratch 50/50 They will thrive on this until they get mature, then you can let them eat what the chickens eat and free range.

They do get pretty big. A mature well feed guinea is about as big as a leghorn hen, but stockier and lower to the ground.

They are increcibly stupid. One person on this site called them the "unimind" and observed that it takes the whole group of them to make one brain.

I find this true also. I love my guinea, would not have it any other way. They are GREAT watchdogs if you can stand the noise.

They will blend right in with the chickens and the chickens WILL learn that if they alert, it is for a reason.

BTW; Guinea fowl come in MANY different colors. I have whites, lavanders, purples and the pearls. The purples are really cool.

 

[FLOWERPOT]

Thank you everyone for all the great information!

 

[rooster0209]

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My hen hatched 25 on her own, outside in a ground nest under a dead tree in the shelterbelt around the yard. They can hide their nests very very well. When she started taking the keets out on day 2, I stole them. I had two window screens and kind of swooshed them toward the coop, gathered them up and put them in the 'nursery'. Mother hen was not pleased and I couldnt get her to go into the coop. They are are 4months old and they follower her everywhere now.

Guinea hens will take their keets out during the day, the babies get cold and die. Keets must be kept at 95F until they start to feather out, then decrease the temp 5F until fully feathered.

I had a hard time hatching guinea eggs myself and didnt end up with good numbers. Guinea's prefer ground nests. I have read where people have actually gotten their guineas to lay in a secluded ground nest, in the coop...I havent been so lucky.... yet.

Enjoy your stupid (and I do mean stupid) comical and goofy birds. They are fun to have and do an awesome job controlling the tick population