Raising Guinea Fowl 101

[harley587]

NO NO NO...

Those are my future babies!!

WOW!!! What a mamma statement!!!

 

[duluthralphie]

WOW!!! What a mamma statement!!!

naw, more likely showing a person that could be addicted to incubating eggs..

 

[harley587]

naw, more likely showing a person that could be addicted to incubating eggs..

is it like addiction to drugs (a fried egg for brains- could be similar) or something....you know ... are you giving us a big warning? Don't do this or you'll become addicted!

 

[harley587]

DR you should see my hubby and I, we have 14 teenager chicks and one turned out to be a roo (hopefully our only one in history). We're like doting baby parents because he's learning to use his voice and it's a comedy show. I keep forgetting to film it though!

 

[charid]

That is the beginning of pasty butt. You need to get the poop off.  I would use olive oil to sooth and make poop harder to stick.

The heat is too high regardless of what the thermometer says.  Drop it down to 85 during the day and try 90 at night. With the higher ambient temps it does not take that much heat top make pasty butt.    The "pink" thing is his vent. Clean it, oil it and allow him to cool down When ambient temps are high they can not control their own heat as well.


I have chicks the same age. I turn the light off all day.  if they get chilly they cluster.   I would rather have them cluster than have pasty butt.

Thank you for all your help. I turned the lamp off and will be here all day. I can check him at 3. I have handled him too much. He needs a break. Here are the other babies in pic. Very active. I have 1 with an eye deformity. He is healthy but small because he is blind in 1 eye and even though he sees in the other his depth perception is off. He is eating and drinking and pooping. He already loves being held but I dont now that he is out of quarantine. He needs to adapt to the chaos around him and learn to survive with his limitations.

 

[MeepBeep]

I wish my guineas actually laid in one place, every morning there is a dozen or so guinea eggs tucked into every corner of the coop, I swear they just fall out of the birds as they walk... My guinea eggs get put on a cookie sheet and baked until they are 'hard boiled' then crushed with a potato masher (yeah it takes some effort) and fed back to the birds, there is simply no outlet for 12+ guinea keets a day around here, nor is anyone interested in buying the eggs...

 

[perchie.girl]

guinea eggs actually make excellent deviled eggs because they have more yolk

Not that you could do that every time.... Just sayin...

deb

 

[MeepBeep]

guinea eggs actually make excellent deviled eggs because they have more yolk    Not that you could do that every time....  Just sayin...

Between the guinea, bantam and pullet sized eggs aka the eggs no one buys, we have more than we care to eat in the household thus the reason they are recycled back to the birds regularly...

 

[guineapeeps]

Between the guinea, bantam and pullet sized eggs aka the eggs no one buys, we have more than we care to eat in the household thus the reason they are recycled back to the birds regularly...

I've found that the Guinea eggs work really well for baking (cakes, brownies, cookies, cornbread, etc). I think they are much richer than chicken eggs and give baked goods a better flavor.

 

[MeepBeep]

Between the guinea, bantam and pullet sized eggs aka the eggs no one buys, we have more than we care to eat in the household thus the reason they are recycled back to the birds regularly...

I've found that the Guinea eggs work really well for baking (cakes, brownies, cookies, cornbread, etc). I think they are much richer than chicken eggs and give baked goods a better flavor.

But, again I'm getting over 100 guinea eggs a week right now, probably closer to 150 a week, it's far in excess of what I could ever imagine using... I remember a post on here about two years ago where someone posted a picture of a larger Rubbermaid full of guinea eggs and it looked impressive, not so impressive any more as it's a reality over here after a few weeks of collecting...