Questions about Guineas. Coop is finished! Keets were moved out today.

[StevenW.]

My keets were shipped tonight!

 

[PeepsCA]

Yay! Ohhh now you get to go thru the stress of them all getting there in one piece... (been there done that, lol)

Hope all is well when they arrive

Can't wait for pics! Congrats!

BTW.. i LOVE your ducky's hairdoo in your avatar... I want some of those handsome babies! (I need a pond first, so maybe next yr!)

 

[StevenW.]

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Already Stressing out... When I get stressed out I can pull my hair out easily... I have no clue why I pull it out either its just a habit..

Lemme get some more pictures of my Quackers. They are messy but I love them!

 

[StevenW.]

I just hatched out this duckling last month. Ain't it precious??

 

[PeepsCA]

LMAO!!!

I want those!!!!! Ducks with a bad hair day, I love it!

 

[ksl42]

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Just found your post about the guineas. I hatch my own guineas and sell keets also. I'm in Michigan. I always have plenty of lavendars, pearl pied and some whites. I've never shipped though, sold strictly local. I wanted to get some of the more rare colors and have looked at the Guinea Farm website in Iowa for about a year. I finally broke down and ordered 30. I got mine the 2nd week in July and they all arrived in good health. There was even an extra one in there so I had 31 healthy keets. I got 7 different colors and am very pleased with them.

Of course, I didn't want to keep all 30 of them. I had put an ad on Craigslist for anyone who wanted to buy some of them. One person took 6 and another lady is getting 5 from me in a couple days. Someone else is supposed to come tomorrow evening and will probably take the rest that I can't keep.

So far, the keets are very healthy and growing well. I'm very happy with my order. I emailed the owner of The Guinea Farm a couple times with questions and he responded within 1 business day each time. I would definitely do business with them again!

I highly recommend Jeannette Ferguson's book, Gardening with Guineas. The chapter on keeping them in their coop for several weeks to teach them where home is so they return each night is invaluable. We let our guineas out to free range and they return to their coop every evening just because it's getting dark. They lay their eggs in their coop, we collect them and hatch them in an incubator.

We don't pinion our guineas. Although we have 10 acreas, most of it is woods. Our home, pond and outbuildings are in a clearing in the middle of the woods. The clearing is maybe 3-4 acres and the guineas stay within that area. All of our birds stay within our cleared area, although they could fly over the 4 foot fence and into the woods if they wanted. I guess they know they have it good here so they stay.

For anyone in the southeast portion of Michigan, I still have guineas for sale. Although it looks like the rarer colors from Winters Guinea Farm look like they are all sold, I still have lots of lavendars, pearl pieds and a couple whites. They range in age from 2 days old to 2 months old.

 

[perchie.girl]

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Just found your post about the guineas. I hatch my own guineas and sell keets also. I'm in Michigan. I always have plenty of lavendars, pearl pied and some whites. I've never shipped though, sold strictly local. I wanted to get some of the more rare colors and have looked at the Guinea Farm website in Iowa for about a year. I finally broke down and ordered 30. I got mine the 2nd week in July and they all arrived in good health. There was even an extra one in there so I had 31 healthy keets. I got 7 different colors and am very pleased with them.

Of course, I didn't want to keep all 30 of them. I had put an ad on Craigslist for anyone who wanted to buy some of them. One person took 6 and another lady is getting 5 from me in a couple days. Someone else is supposed to come tomorrow evening and will probably take the rest that I can't keep.

So far, the keets are very healthy and growing well. I'm very happy with my order. I emailed the owner of The Guinea Farm a couple times with questions and he responded within 1 business day each time. I would definitely do business with them again!

I highly recommend Jeannette Ferguson's book, Gardening with Guineas. The chapter on keeping them in their coop for several weeks to teach them where home is so they return each night is invaluable. We let our guineas out to free range and they return to their coop every evening just because it's getting dark. They lay their eggs in their coop, we collect them and hatch them in an incubator.

We don't pinion our guineas. Although we have 10 acreas, most of it is woods. Our home, pond and outbuildings are in a clearing in the middle of the woods. The clearing is maybe 3-4 acres and the guineas stay within that area. All of our birds stay within our cleared area, although they could fly over the 4 foot fence and into the woods if they wanted. I guess they know they have it good here so they stay.

For anyone in the southeast portion of Michigan, I still have guineas for sale. Although it looks like the rarer colors from Winters Guinea Farm look like they are all sold, I still have lots of lavendars, pearl pieds and a couple whites. They range in age from 2 days old to 2 months old.

from San Diego Fellow Guinea lover.....

 

[StevenW.]

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Lol!
That duckling I think is turning out to be a male!

I don't need no more males! I was hopeing it was a female so I could add it to their pen.

 

[anderson8505]

The guy that came out to service my water softener today said Guineas are like yard alarms--that they'll make a racket when something's in the yard. Is this fairly true? Could I get 1 or two and keep them with my chickens? Or do they need a separate coop?

 

[perchie.girl]

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LOL hes got it right.... thats why I wanted them at first. They will spot people in the bushes where I wouldnt. I live near the border and we get foot traffic occasionally. Though one or two might not be enough..... They do best with at least six or more. I had no problems with them being with chickens but others have. I really think it depends on space considerations. Guineas are smaller weight wise but they are very very active running is one of the things they love to do especially chasing each other. They are also good fliers too. I have had them come out of the Big Rocks above the house and circle in for a landing.... LOL. Chi Chi Chi ing the whole way.... Alarm we are all going to die....