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[pinkwindsong]

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I have a black ameraucana rooster. No hen. He is about nine weeks old. Interested?

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Hi, how much are you asking for your rooster? I have a small EE roo and 2 EE girls, But I would like to get at least a trio of americauna's that will breed true, My daughter and son are homeschooled. shes 12th hes 6th.. and they are both taking Earth science ( of course at different levels of difficulty) and one of the areas is animals behavior and genetics, so that's why I was thinking the americauna's. they would breed true but should lay different enough colored eggs ( the hens) to be able to tell who's egg is who's, and that way we can track their genes to pre- determine color, size, egg color, etc, of their off spring as a hypothesis. I'm thinking that I need adults though or close to laying age, this will be a school-year long experiment, but they have to have time to hatch out a couple clutches of eggs to get good results by next spring, ( April) .

You having Americauna's what do you think? would there be a better breed? that you would suggest or I am I on the right track?
Pink

 

[RedBugPoultry]

Jackie B. :

Stupid novice guinea keet question: if one of broodies is hatching them out, will they stay with her or be little s%^ts and run away when they get a week or 2 old? Should I just scoop them up and put them in a brooder when they hatch? Or am I being an ignorant guinea owner?

You are not being an ignorant guinea owner--all good questions! One I have for you is--are all the eggs under your hen guinea eggs? I had a game hen once kill all the keets and keep the chicks because she could tell they were different by their peeping. Now I have had cochin hens keep both just fine. Your keets will not leave the hen but they do travel further from her than chicks of the same age will, as a general rule. Making them a little easier target for things to get them. If they are valuable to you it might be safer to put them in a brooder as soon as they are hatched. You will get bigger birds, faster! Not sure if you ever compared chicks under hens to those hatched at the same time in the brooder--chicks in brooder tend to grow a little faster. They do not have to work for their food I guess!

 

[pinkwindsong]

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Brandy didn't make it either. I actually forgot about her until Jack asked me where she was. I was like, IDK, her and Betsy aren't here. But I saw Betsy had some rain that prevented her from coming so I'll let her slide this time haha j/k.

I tell ya, when we got there and ppl started showing up I felt like I was the one holding it together, but it smoothed over real quick once more ppl showed and stopped by and everything.

It gets better every time you all have one. More people will come and know what to look for. I know it is a lot of fun to get together with friends from BYC and meet new people that drop in to see all the birds.

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You know I was very impressed with the TSC staff too they were very helpful and nice ti us even thought we were taking up space for customers parking,, I haven't been to one before But I was very happy and thanks a bunch John for taking hold of the reigns and being the "Guy"
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[pinkwindsong]

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She still lives!! why I dont know,.. she is still holding on.. day time she perks up a bit,, she had a few bites to eat a few dips of water.. she is breathing a bit better,, and like right now shes peaking out of her box at me ( she likes the typing sound) and her eyes are clear and sparkly.. but at night she fails and she cant walk or stand and I think OH tonight is the night she will go in her sleep,.. then in the Am HERE"S WEEZY.... ahhh have you or anyone else had one that had heat stroke and lived but was kind of messed up from it?

 

[pinkwindsong]

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its about 30 min. from bamburg

Ok - 30 minutes which way? My husband would be coming from Columbia down, would it possibly be on the way? He will be on the clock with his job so I can't ask him to drive too far out of the way. But if it's on the way back home it might work.

we kept our peacocks in a large covered pen as well. I also never thought they were loud or screamed,. I love to get them to call and cluck back.. one problem we had with our pea hens was they would lay eggs where ever they were... like up on the roost.. splat!.. oh that was frustrating, I too miss them.. and one day I just may get another pair.. of course at my house its like that fishing song.. where the wife gives the guy the choice her or fishing,,,, and he's " I'm gonna miss her,,, looky there I got a bite" yeah that's me and my husband and my animals..

 

[WestKnollAmy]

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Catching up again so forgive me if someone has already answered.

Sulfur around your coop will keep the snakes away. As soon as my brain kicked in with the Muscovy eggs going missing I got out the last little bit of mine and sprinkled it all around the coop and the rest of the eggs continued on and hatched fine. The flakes are better, imo but this last time I got any I had to get powder because no one carries the flakes anymore.

Snakes are out now when it isn't so terribly hot. They like it pretty warm but not ten thousand degrees in the shade. (Did I say that?

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Ever notice that when you buy a really great product and like using it then it stops being in the stores anymore? DH and I complain about this all the time. Well, yeah, there are some things we buy that they continue to make but there are just as many that we try, like and start getting on a regular basis only to have it disappear from store shelves and asking a manager about gets you a

. Geez louise!

 

[WestKnollAmy]

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Oooooh! I am so sorry!

I know how badly you feel. When I find something with mine like that I feel so responsible and like I am a bad owner but usually come to terms with bad things happen to good people (and good Guineas). It was her time to go and unfortunately it wasn't as pleasant as we hope.

I am not sure if I told you all on here that back in June I had put some chicks out in their day pen and either a breeze or a chicken knocked the shade cover off of it and they died from heat, sun stroke, exposure....whatever you want to call it. I just cried and cried over letting that happen. I know it was an accident but I felt I should have been there to save them.

We live and we learn and feeling bad about something like that happening makes us very human.

 

[WestKnollAmy]

Jackie B. :

Stupid novice guinea keet question: if one of broodies is hatching them out, will they stay with her or be little s%^ts and run away when they get a week or 2 old? Should I just scoop them up and put them in a brooder when they hatch? Or am I being an ignorant guinea owner?

I plan to gather mine up before they hatch from under the Guinea, if possible, and hatch them in the 'bator but if she does manage to hatch them then I will scoop them up in a net (yes, that will be fun to watch!) and put them in a brooder.
I have heard that chickens are much better mothers for Guineas so you may have a good chance with yours!

 

[WestKnollAmy]

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So very smart, Heidi!
This is a fantastic thing to see, too. A great school project or experiment. This is maybe something you would like the kids to see, Pink and do with their school work.

Chicks under hens sleep all night and as you say, have to run around and find food and do more scratching and actual work. Chicks in a brooder often have light 24/7 so they are also eating many more hours of the day, do not have to run around as much and seem to grow so much faster. There are pluses and minuses for both ways to raise chicks.

I love all the ideas and thoughts people add and suggest on this thread. What a great bunch of folks!

 

[Jackie B.]

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You are not being an ignorant guinea owner--all good questions! One I have for you is--are all the eggs under your hen guinea eggs? I had a game hen once kill all the keets and keep the chicks because she could tell they were different by their peeping. Now I have had cochin hens keep both just fine. Your keets will not leave the hen but they do travel further from her than chicks of the same age will, as a general rule. Making them a little easier target for things to get them. If they are valuable to you it might be safer to put them in a brooder as soon as they are hatched. You will get bigger birds, faster! Not sure if you ever compared chicks under hens to those hatched at the same time in the brooder--chicks in brooder tend to grow a little faster. They do not have to work for their food I guess!

So you're telling me I need to take out the 3 frizzle eggs I put under her 7 days after I set the guineas? boo! Well, I'll just put the guineas in the brooder so they can't escape my loooovvvveeee!!!