Raising Guinea Fowl 101

[guineapeeps]

Try looking here http://www.guineafowl.com/fritsfarm/guineas/colors/

Yeah, I looked on that site too, but didn't really find any that matched what my little ones look like. Thanks for the info, though!

 

[Tikkijane]

My Girls say  "come back" instead of buckwheat....

Mine say "suck er sucke er."

 

[duluthralphie]

Mine say "suck er sucke er."

You know, you could be right, The "come back" is said in the same tone a carnie yells it at a "game" at a carnival.

 

[charid]

The cars here seem to sped up and try to hit them....


I think I lost 4 keets today.   The Keets, Ethel, my hen turkey was raising. We got 3 inches of rain in 4 hours, and we all know how bad rain is for keets. 

I am hoping they are just hiding or staying out drinking and smoking dope like Keets do, and will be fine tomorrow...

Did the delinquents make it back?

 

[Victoria-nola]

Quote:
I'm sorry for this. I hope all is well.

--V

 

[duluthralphie]

Did the delinquents make it back?

They did!

They were spending the night at a friends house and never told Ethel. When I went to let the Hen with keets out, she had 17 instead of her normal 13.



I did lose one yesterday, It was not in the other pen, so I am not sure where it is. I let Ethel free range with them during the day so anything could happen in addition I am having a cat problem. Hopefully I can cure that soon.

 

[redsoxs]

Hello, fellow guinea fowl owners. I am new to this type of fowl but very pleased with my tribe of 6. My question has probably been covered in earlier posts but I couldn't find it. I have a lot of outdoor cats - tame. I have raised lots of other poultry types over the years from baby chicks to maturity. My cats have payed very little attention - even as cheeping baby fowl to the various ducklings, goslings, poults, and chicks. But it had been very different with keets. Two of my cats are almost like rockstar groupies when it comes to them. I don't know if it's the unique chatter of the keets or their ability to fly, but man alive, these two cats are obsessed! They follow them, climb the trees they are in, and seemingly mock stalk them. I have never seen the cats actually make a play for one...and they could as the keets are quite tame (I can still get close enough to pick one up). The keets are now about 11 weeks and getting some size to them so I don't worry as much as I did a few weeks ago about them getting jumped by a cat. But what is it about guinea fowl that make them irresistible to my cats?? Thanks for the help!

 

[duluthralphie]

Hello, fellow guinea fowl owners. I am new to this type of fowl but very pleased with my tribe of 6. My question has probably been covered in earlier posts but I couldn't find it. I have a lot of outdoor cats - tame. I have raised lots of other poultry types over the years from baby chicks to maturity. My cats have payed very little attention - even as cheeping baby fowl to the various ducklings, goslings, poults, and chicks. But it had been very different with keets. Two of my cats are almost like rockstar groupies when it comes to them. I don't know if it's the unique chatter of the keets or their ability to fly, but man alive, these two cats are obsessed! They follow them, climb the trees they are in, and seemingly mock stalk them. I have never seen the cats actually make a play for one...and they could as the keets are quite tame (I can still get close enough to pick one up). The keets are now about 11 weeks and getting some size to them so I don't worry as much as I did a few weeks ago about them getting jumped by a cat. But what is it about guinea fowl that make them irresistible to my cats?? Thanks for the help!

Both are criminal elements of a farmstead. Both are born killers, it is like the bloods and the crips. Neither can stand each other as they might interfere in the others criminal enterprises.

I would bet on the Guineas winning and all out war over the cats, especially if the Guineas are 6 moths or more...





BTW if you think the guineas need more numbers in the upcoming war, I happen to know a guy whose wife thinks 100 is too many guineas and is kind of insisting he sell some........

 

[redsoxs]

Wow! I had no idea guineas had such a bad street cred! Thanks for the reply. I'm still chuckling!!

 

[Mysterious]

Hello, fellow guinea fowl owners. I am new to this type of fowl but very pleased with my tribe of 6. My question has probably been covered in earlier posts but I couldn't find it. I have a lot of outdoor cats - tame. I have raised lots of other poultry types over the years from baby chicks to maturity. My cats have payed very little attention - even as cheeping baby fowl to the various ducklings, goslings, poults, and chicks. But it had been very different with keets. Two of my cats are almost like rockstar groupies when it comes to them. I don't know if it's the unique chatter of the keets or their ability to fly, but man alive, these two cats are obsessed! They follow them, climb the trees they are in, and seemingly mock stalk them. I have never seen the cats actually make a play for one...and they could as the keets are quite tame (I can still get close enough to pick one up). The keets are now about 11 weeks and getting some size to them so I don't worry as much as I did a few weeks ago about them getting jumped by a cat. But what is it about guinea fowl that make them irresistible to my cats?? Thanks for the help!

I have 2 2 months and my cats stalk them and have tried but my male chases them. I don't worry about them unless my oldest cat bullseye trys to team up with my cat owl. Thankfully they never had.