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duluthralphie said:
It is!!

They have a Degree by mail program, it is self study. If you were to send me a check made out to "CASH" That stands for Continuing a study in higher stuff.. I will hand deliver the check to the University and see to it you get your lesson by mail. Make the check out for $14,000 you know the cost of a good education has went up in the last few years..
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Nickeyo said:
Does anyone have any opinions on keeping a pheasant with guineafowl? Do they get along etc and are there any diseases that I should be worried about the guineas getting from the pheasant
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I definitely would have to refer to duluthralphie or r2elk on this one, as apparently, I can only raise mobster guineas!!
 
I would never try to raise them because they are superbad role models! Plus they pick on them too. Our 2 pheasents flew into the dog kennel and a week later(Last Friday) 1 of our guineas was eaten by the dog, Now we have 2 guinea fowl out of 4 guinea fowl and 2 pheasents. I would try but you must seperate them when older and then put them back togather
 
Nickeyo said:
Does anyone have any opinions on keeping a pheasant with guineafowl? Do they get along etc and are there any diseases that I should be worried about the guineas getting from the pheasant
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There are several here who raise multiple species together ..... Chickens, Turkeys, Peacocks, Guinea fowl... All free range. but I was understaning that pheasants need to be caged because they will fly away.....

So In other words.... I dont know.... but am interested in the answer...
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duluthralphie said:
I posted this in free ranging chickens, I thought it would help some of you come to grips with the type of criminal masterminds Guineas are:



I have an interesting quandary. As I told you in the past, my dog Pearl, is not a perfect dog and had an egg stealing habit. Luckily I was willing to admit all animals including my own are flawed and not especially well behaved.


I was willing to admit my dog "could" be rotten and do something I would not condone. She is not her Mother Reagan. Reagan is a perfect dog and has never chased a bird, eaten and egg, dug a hole or anything else. She is beyond a doubt the only "perfect" dog in the world.

Incase you forgot about Pearl here is her picture after she reformed her evil egg eating ways. She has not had an egg in weeks, of this I am certain.




There is very little chance she could steal a single egg.





Now the dilemma, last evening around 6pm, we found a guinea egg lying on the floor of the dining room. We do not have house guineas. However, we do have criminal guineas. Wait until you hear that they did!



Reagan the perfect dog was lying on the floor and the egg was under her neck, below her ears. Reagan, the perfect Dog is a College Graduate, the first dog in our family to ever finish all schools locally and be sent off to a private Ivy league boarding school. She graduated Summa Cum Laud majoring in advanced discipline and hunting. with a master degree in retrieving. She is the worlds greatest hunting dog. She is now 11 years old and a little stiff in the joints so she does not get around as well as she use to.

There was a time people would ask me to go on hunting trips just to have her with. If I could not go, they would ask " Can Reagan Come then? We really don't need you".


That is the type of dog she is. they never get any better. When we introduced her to chickens there were no accidents. She can pick out a rabbit, squirrel or crow from amongst the flock and remove them without bothering the chickens. She has never chased the chickens ever. She is the perfect dog, she can do no wrong...


So back to the egg under her ear. We know it was not Pearl that brought it into the house. We know it could not be Reagan as she is as perfect as the most perfect dogs some others here has described, maybe even more perfect.... It was the darn Guineas!


The distracted us, when we were looking out the window or off the deck at their, what we thought to be innocent antics, one of them snuck into the house. She went to where Reagan was taking her "grandma" nap as she is old and needs a nap. She is a sound sleeper. She did not notice the guinea come into the house, and lay an egg right next to Reagan. Then the darn Guinea pushed it under Reagan ear so we would think Reagan found a Guinea nest and stole an egg. We are not that gullible, we know better than to think our Reagan could ever do a normal dog thing.


Next thing you know the guineas will scatter and run in every direction when Reagan is around and try to frame her for chasing birds! I tell you The Guineas are evil, I worry they will somehow convince some of the young chickens to go in with them on their outlaw activities!
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I think the case may need to be re opened..... I think someone whas FRAMED..... Fraimed I tell ya....

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charid said:
I have used game bird feed 24% from the start but someone on this site said I should be giving them amprolium so I thought well...i guess i will have to get some medicated feed (which is lower protein as its for chicks and fryers). So i did only to find it states right on the label not to use it in conjuction with feeds that contain bentonite, or in layman's terms game bird feed. I will try to find the post.
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@PeepsCA is the guinea expert. She recommends using a medicated high protein (28 - 30% protein) turkey gamebird feed. The medicated part is Amprolium. Amprolium is good for preventing deaths by coccidiosis. I do not know where she was buying her feed but medicated high protein feed is available just is not commonly carried in most places. I assume that she had a coccidiosis problem thus the need for a medicated feed.

Most high protein feed is not medicated. I use a quality non-medicated 28% protein turkey gamebird starter for my poults and keets and yes even chicks if they are in with the poults or keets. On a rare occasion I will lose a little one to coccidiosis but it is less than 1% of the poultry that I start. I don't feel the need to use a medicated feed for that low of a coccidiosis problem.

Good luck.
 

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