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Hi!

I'm Michelle and a first-time chicken mama. I recently got 4 hens and 2 guineas. They are about 14-15 weeks old. I didn't want to raise chicks. Not sure about the future. My hens are a Speckled Sussex, Beilefelder, Rhode Island Red and a Wellsummer. Here are pictures of my girls. Not sure yet if the guineas are both female or a male and female. I got them a few days ago, so they are staying in the coop for a couple weeks before I let them free-range.

I found this site by doing a web search on chickens and cleaning out their pen. I'm sure I will be back with questions or search for answers on questions during my journey.
 

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NWCountrydancer said:
Hi!

I'm Michelle and a first-time chicken mama. I recently got 4 hens and 2 guineas. They are about 14-15 weeks old. I didn't want to raise chicks. Not sure about the future. My hens are a Speckled Sussex, Beilefelder, Rhode Island Red and a Wellsummer. Here are pictures of my girls. Not sure yet if the guineas are both female or a male and female. I got them a few days ago, so they are staying in the coop for a couple weeks before I let them free-range.

I found this site by doing a web search on chickens and cleaning out their pen. I'm sure I will be back with questions or search for answers on questions during my journey.
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Welcome to BYC!! Beautiful flock!
 
Welcome to the flock! as far as guinea go gender wise listen for the way the sound. if it sounds like "buck-wheat" its female; if it sounds like "kikikiki" then its male (though females can do the same sound as males but males can not make the same sound as females) Edit: guinea are also very butch birds and may (not always) bully other animals. I had one Guinea hen that bullied my hens because she was sweet on my old red rooster and he didn't want anything to do with her
 
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