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[OneMountainAcres]

I just got some chicken nipples at tractor supy, figure I'll put them in the bottom of a bucket. Has anyone used this method of watering? Do your birds figure it out quickly?

That's what I did and mine figured it out really quick. I don't even bother to really show it to new birds anymore. They just pick it up from everyone else now. It's so Simple and convenient

 

[winc564]

Ok so I have lost my mind. I went and bought more chicks. I couldn't pass them up. I don't have bantams and they were so darn cute. So do any have any ideas what I should expect out of them?

The first chick - with its head down - and the chick with the dark head look like they might be Gold Sebrights.

 

[winc564]

Does anyone here sell keets? I am not ready for them yet, but I'm having trouble finding them locally. I am interested in what a good price may be.

 

[AnneInTheBurbs]

Ok so I have lost my mind. I went and bought more chicks. I couldn't pass them up. I don't have bantams and they were so darn cute. So do any have any ideas what I should expect out of them?

You should expect chicken math is a force you cannot overcome.

 

[dheltzel]

Does anyone here sell keets? I am not ready for them yet, but I'm having trouble finding them locally. I am interested in what a good price may be.

You sure you want guineas? Really, really sure? I have them in a cage and they have no redeeming qualities at all. Free ranging to eat ticks they are ok, but the keets are meaner than chicks or poults, the adult males are brutal with each other and the constant screeching . . . Well, anyway.

Fertility has been bad so far, but I'm hoping that improves soon, then I should have keets to sell. I've been telling people $7 each, but they have to promise that they've watched one of the youtube guinea call videos and turned up the volume to high. I'm not taking any back, they will have to take them to wing's freezer camp if they prove too obnoxious.

I'm pretty sure this is my only year hatching guineas, they are getting free ranged later this summer, once I have all the keets I want or can sell. I'll just buy some keets every few years to raise up and free range.

 

[dheltzel]

Got our very first Peafowl eggs this week - 2 of them! The first was damaged, but I'm gonna try incubating the second one to see if it's fertile.

They are young, so I'm keeping expectations low.

 

[winc564]

You sure you want guineas? Really, really sure? I have them in a cage and they have no redeeming qualities at all. Free ranging to eat ticks they are ok, but the keets are meaner than chicks or poults, the adult males are brutal with each other and the constant screeching . . . Well, anyway.

Fertility has been bad so far, but I'm hoping that improves soon, then I should have keets to sell. I've been telling people $7 each, but they have to promise that they've watched one of the youtube guinea call videos and turned up the volume to high. I'm not taking any back, they will have to take them to wing's freezer camp if they prove too obnoxious.

I'm pretty sure this is my only year hatching guineas, they are getting free ranged later this summer, once I have all the keets I want or can sell. I'll just buy some keets every few years to raise up and free range.

I'm only want guineas for tick control and snake deterrent. I understand that they are not like chickens, lol, and I don't expect them to be pets. I have 11 acres for them to roam. I'm not sure how well it will go and I expect losses, but I'm seriously considering getting some.

So far, I can mostly find hatching eggs, but we don't have the equipment or experience for hatching.

 

[AnneInTheBurbs]

Got our very first Peafowl eggs this week - 2 of them! The first was damaged, but I'm gonna try incubating the second one to see if it's fertile. 
They are young, so I'm keeping expectations low.

Best of luck! My broody girl seems very determined. (Maybe she heard the chicks indoors?). My husband suggested I try to stick some of the chicks under her. I think I may try it, with supervision.,..of course. Probably won't work, but it would be an interesting experiment!

When that doesn't work, I'll probably need som eggs. Is it possible you could bring some to your work?

 

[wingstone]

 
Does anyone here sell keets?  I am not ready for them yet, but I'm having trouble finding them locally.  I am interested in what a good price may be.

You sure you want guineas? Really, really sure? I have them in a cage and they have no redeeming qualities at all. Free ranging to eat ticks they are ok, but the keets are meaner than chicks or poults, the adult males are brutal with each other and the constant screeching . . . Well, anyway.

Fertility has been bad so far, but I'm hoping that improves soon, then I should have keets to sell. I've been telling people $7 each, but they have to promise that they've watched one of the youtube guinea call videos and turned up the volume to high. I'm not taking any back, they will have to take them to wing's freezer camp if they prove too obnoxious.

I'm pretty sure this is my only year hatching guineas, they are getting free ranged later this summer, once I have all the keets I want or can sell. I'll just buy some keets every few years to raise up and free range.

 

[dheltzel]

Best of luck! My broody girl seems very determined. (Maybe she heard the chicks indoors?). My husband suggested I try to stick some of the chicks under her. I think I may try it, with supervision.,..of course. Probably won't work, but it would be an interesting experiment!

When that doesn't work, I'll probably need som eggs. Is it possible you could bring some to your work?

Yes, I can bring eggs to work and meet you there.