Post some pictures of your Guineas Nests

[zazouse]

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I hatch what i can for sale and eat the others.

 

[D'Angelo N Va.]

Zazouse, how many guineas do you have and what kind? If only I lived closer...ughhhh!!!!!!!

 

[zazouse]

D'Angelo N Va. :

Zazouse, how many guineas do you have and what kind? If only I lived closer...ughhhh!!!!!!!

I don't know how many i have but i do know i have. LOL
Just finished a hatching 265 for my buyer .
If ya lived closer i would be happy to give ya some eggs.
I have royal purple,lavender,lavender pied,pearl, pearl pied, white and pearly whites which i have come up over the last year, they are my favorites, they are white and have pearls all over them.
here's a photo of ones pearls

And some nesting guineas

 

[PeepsCA]

Your "Pearly Whites" are most likely Porcelains, Zaz. The males will be lighter than the Hens.

 

[zazouse]

They do not fit the discription of Porcelans as far as pale pastel blue, they are white with pearls and black on their necks . Kinda like a how a white peacock looks, if that makes any sence
Here is a photo of a female pearly and a solid white male.

 

[PeepsCA]

Wow, that is a really light hen! I've seen some pretty light, sunbleached Porcelains before, but she definitely looks like a pure white bird that is fully pearled. You might want to contact one of the large scale guinea breeders about this color. Too bad you are so far from me, I'd love to have a pair of them, beautiful birds. It would be interesting to isolate a pair of them and see if they (and their offspring) would breed true or not. Thanks for sharing the pics

 

[MuranoFarms]

Wow! I love the white pearled Zazouse!
This is one of this years nests....I love the way she's yelling at the camera, like "who hung that camera on my tree????"

and one from last year:

 

[perchie.girl]

I want to thank the OP for starting this thread.... its answering quite a few questions I had. You know the more you learn the more you find out you dont know.....

You know I really like the dark guineas the ones that look almost black with either a purple or violet sheen or the Pearls. I never really liked the look of the whites or lighter colored from a practical sense. Preditor targets.... same goes for chickens for me. That being said.... I REALLY like the White ones that Zazouse has. They look so clean and glowing.

 

[PeepsCA]

I don't let my Hens lay in outside nests any more due to excessive predator loss of both eggs and Hens (if I can prevent it that is), luckily for me most of them lay inside their covered pens in large dog crates or under something leaned against the wall (lean-to style), but here's a couple pics from previous yrs.

One of my favorite pics...

 

[perchie.girl]

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Peeps Can you get a pix of your dog crate and wood setup? I am designing my coop for guineas and am prepared to haul in brush if that is what it takes to give them a place to nest. The ribbon wood on this property would be perfect to make a brush pile within the coop for nesting area. I have lots of Decomposed Granite sand for making a good egg base. Do you have to lock them in and not let them freerange duing egg laying season?