HereChickChickChick88
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- Jul 12, 2017
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(I'm long-winded so feel free to skip the "because" and go right to the question in paragraph 2)
My daughter was diagnosed with Lyme at 2 years old. She's 4 now. That's what started my whole "backyard bird" idea - that and I thought it was a great opportunity for her to learn some thoughtfulness, responsibility, and kindness (actually worked great - one of my parenting wins among many fails... Real Housewives may be my guilty pleasure but they have been a dictionary for my child - yikes!). Anyway, my goal is excellent foraging to curb, even if just a little, our tick population (YUUUGE). I purchased 3 guineas from a hatchery and they all ran away - they hated us! I tried to do everything by the book and I'm a stay-at-home mom so we raised them inside and handled them often... I've never seen anything like it. Our chickens are MUCH different. From speaking with other guinea owners I do think we had an out of ordinary experience, but I want to try again.
My idea, after searching for our wants for our next generation this coming spring, was to raise bantams, guineas, and chickens together (about 10 all together) as a flock from chicks. Has anyone had success raising guineas and chickens together? I know they are "wild" game, but I would really like them to stick around this time. They were impressively stupid last time - not even exaggerating. I had them shipped and wondered if it was poor handling? Seriously, I've been around and raised/trained animals my entire life and I've never seen anything like it. Our local pet and farm center sells guineas as well as chicks so I figured I would pick some up together this coming spring and we might be fine.
My daughter was diagnosed with Lyme at 2 years old. She's 4 now. That's what started my whole "backyard bird" idea - that and I thought it was a great opportunity for her to learn some thoughtfulness, responsibility, and kindness (actually worked great - one of my parenting wins among many fails... Real Housewives may be my guilty pleasure but they have been a dictionary for my child - yikes!). Anyway, my goal is excellent foraging to curb, even if just a little, our tick population (YUUUGE). I purchased 3 guineas from a hatchery and they all ran away - they hated us! I tried to do everything by the book and I'm a stay-at-home mom so we raised them inside and handled them often... I've never seen anything like it. Our chickens are MUCH different. From speaking with other guinea owners I do think we had an out of ordinary experience, but I want to try again.
My idea, after searching for our wants for our next generation this coming spring, was to raise bantams, guineas, and chickens together (about 10 all together) as a flock from chicks. Has anyone had success raising guineas and chickens together? I know they are "wild" game, but I would really like them to stick around this time. They were impressively stupid last time - not even exaggerating. I had them shipped and wondered if it was poor handling? Seriously, I've been around and raised/trained animals my entire life and I've never seen anything like it. Our local pet and farm center sells guineas as well as chicks so I figured I would pick some up together this coming spring and we might be fine.