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[WestKnollAmy]

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Thank you!

There were 2 more that hatched from you during the night. I can't tell if they are Pearls or Royal Purples because they are wild as bucks! But they are dark. That much I can see as they run around the hatcher.

I am so excited about getting a new color! Especially a Coral Blue!

The light chocolate would be interesting so I will certainly watch that one.

Yes, you made the explanations very clear. I just can't seem to remember it all right now. I am hands on for learning so as I own them and see them hatch out I learn and remember. Another year or two and I may be able to identify one or two at hatch!

Thank you so much for the eggs and identifying those that hatched out. This is exciting.

 

[WestKnollAmy]

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Kris, Quiet and Calmness, The opposite of Guinea. and no the racing stripes do not make them go faster, Light speed is light speed.

Robert

 

[WestKnollAmy]

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See!? That is all I ever get from CL people! I gave up listing anything.
However, I often go in and see what I can't afford.

 

[ChickyChickyBaby]

GAH! Left at 7 am - home for a bit, now back out for DD's Wednesday class. This has been a busy week.....all but Monday when I sat on my butt & yesterday afternoon when I sat on it most all afternoon

My coffee order for my Keurig was on the porch when I got home earlier.......

Trying a Mocha Nut Fudge cup of coffee now - OMG it smells like BROWNIES!!!!!!!!!!

 

[RedBugPoultry]

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Thank you!

There were 2 more that hatched from you during the night. I can't tell if they are Pearls or Royal Purples because they are wild as bucks! But they are dark. That much I can see as they run around the hatcher.

I am so excited about getting a new color! Especially a Coral Blue!

The light chocolate would be interesting so I will certainly watch that one.

Yes, you made the explanations very clear. I just can't seem to remember it all right now. I am hands on for learning so as I own them and see them hatch out I learn and remember. Another year or two and I may be able to identify one or two at hatch!

Thank you so much for the eggs and identifying those that hatched out. This is exciting.

You are welcome!! I am very excited you got some to hatch! I wish you had more Coral Blues! I have been talking to my hubby about a pen for just my Coral Blues. I really do not mind letting the others run loose but it would be fun to seperate the Corals out by themselves. Keep me informed on how they do!

 

[WestKnollAmy]

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Oh wow! I can imagine all the talk going on with 60!!! or more! Do your neighbors ever complain?

Okay, Kimberly's must not be a lavender because when she looked at mine when she was here earlier today, she didn't think hers look like them. So maybe another color. I have no ideas. It sure looked lav to an amateur Guinea owner like me.

 

[huckleberryfarm]

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Gosh, I'm so sorry! That stinks. I lost a hen yesterday to some kind of predator. That's weird he would seem fine yesterday and then up and die. It also seems odd to me that being in a tractor would make them more prone to disease. I wonder why. You would think it would be the other way around!

 

[WestKnollAmy]

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Joy, have you ever let your chickens hatch Guinea eggs for you and raise up the keets? Or just let them hatch the Guineas and you raise in a brooder after that? Or do you just let the Guineas hatch out and catch them then?

I wondered what to do when the Guinea eggs hatch under the Silchins. And thought maybe let the Silkies raise some keets but then thought, no, the Silkies may not watch them well.
But Miss Muffet is super good at teaching the chicks to go up the ramp into the coop at a few days old. She stands at the bottom of the ramp and calls them around her and then starts up the ramp and keeps calling. Of course, at first, the chicks all go running under the ramp or jump off the ramp but she is so good to come back down and start all over. I have noticed that if I interfere with her teaching process by scooping them up and putting them in it takes her a lot longer to teach them how to go up the ramp. I suppose I am an interfering old bag but some nights I don't have time for her to keep after them.
I just wonder if keets would be easy for her to deal with....

 

[gvilledh]

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Was it as good as it smelled? I need to place an order soon. Tired of buying at Bed Bath and Beyond, even with a discount. Where do you order yours from?

 

[huckleberryfarm]

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Joy, have you ever let your chickens hatch Guinea eggs for you and raise up the keets? Or just let them hatch the Guineas and you raise in a brooder after that? Or do you just let the Guineas hatch out and catch them then?

I wondered what to do when the Guinea eggs hatch under the Silchins. And thought maybe let the Silkies raise some keets but then thought, no, the Silkies may not watch them well.
But Miss Muffet is super good at teaching the chicks to go up the ramp into the coop at a few days old. She stands at the bottom of the ramp and calls them around her and then starts up the ramp and keeps calling. Of course, at first, the chicks all go running under the ramp or jump off the ramp but she is so good to come back down and start all over. I have noticed that if I interfere with her teaching process by scooping them up and putting them in it takes her a lot longer to teach them how to go up the ramp. I suppose I am an interfering old bag but some nights I don't have time for her to keep after them.
I just wonder if keets would be easy for her to deal with....

When I bought the guinea eggs, I put them under a Silkie. Unfortunately only two hatched but she did a fine job of raising them. They were convinced they were Silkies!