Birdsbrain
In the Brooder
- Feb 8, 2022
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Hello, everyone. I have searched several blogs on this site and gained a wealth of info about raising guineas that has been immensely helpful. I am new to raising guineas and, like many of you, intended them for strictly utilitarian purposes - tick and bug control. However, from tiny keets to now (8 months) I have grown to appreciate their most unpredictable (and sometimes hilariously entertaining) ways. I live on 30 acres in the country with lots of woods and, of course, lots of wildlife. In the recent past few years, we’ve had an overpopulation of deer in our area and the resulting invasion of deer ticks. My husband has had Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever and I have been treated for Lymes disease and most recently, dealt with alpha gal allergy (all tick-borne diseases). Therein lies my motivation for raising guineas. I started with six one-week old keets (turned out to be just one female, “Jenny”) A few weeks after they started free ranging, one of the boys, “Denny”succumbed to a 50 mph car grill. The remaining 4 boys, “Kenny”, “Lenny”, “Benny”, and “Pig” have grown up to be healthy and beautiful (from the neck down). At this time, we are in the typical weather cycle for the upper Midwest, and keeping them cooped-up more than normal due to the snow and cold is starting to take it’s toll on them. They are “protesting” considerably more than usual and on days that I can allow them outside, they are cranky and aggressive toward each other. Any tips to promote peace and harmony til Spring?
