- Nov 6, 2017
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Hello there,
I'm new to guinea, had four of them for a year, now only two left. A boy and a girl died very suddenly, running happily one day, dead the next. After some reading and talking with poultry keepers I came to believe they are hardy birds. I came to expect a sudden death from a chicken, do guineas die suddenly as well sometimes? No diarrea, beak and eyes healthy, nothing visible after opening up the bird... Could someone share some experiance? Mine are meat guinea fowl ant they live with chickens since we bought them as chicks. I give them chicken feed and they free range in a big fenced area. I had some problams with couple chickens, went letargic and died (we keep around 35 chickens), one seemed to have mild diarrea. There are about 20 chicks living together with adults, and I see no problam with them. Other chickens seems healthy too, no runny noses, eyes or diarrea. Could it be, that these guineas were pourly bread and simply weak? We bought 10 chicks and only four survived though they had good food and were free ranging. Other guinea keerpers thought it's weird for so many guinea chicks to die.
I'm new to guinea, had four of them for a year, now only two left. A boy and a girl died very suddenly, running happily one day, dead the next. After some reading and talking with poultry keepers I came to believe they are hardy birds. I came to expect a sudden death from a chicken, do guineas die suddenly as well sometimes? No diarrea, beak and eyes healthy, nothing visible after opening up the bird... Could someone share some experiance? Mine are meat guinea fowl ant they live with chickens since we bought them as chicks. I give them chicken feed and they free range in a big fenced area. I had some problams with couple chickens, went letargic and died (we keep around 35 chickens), one seemed to have mild diarrea. There are about 20 chicks living together with adults, and I see no problam with them. Other chickens seems healthy too, no runny noses, eyes or diarrea. Could it be, that these guineas were pourly bread and simply weak? We bought 10 chicks and only four survived though they had good food and were free ranging. Other guinea keerpers thought it's weird for so many guinea chicks to die.