Surviving Minnesota!

[KlopKlop]

I love seeing my CXs on fresh grass. It reminds me why I go through the effort to raise my own

 

[duluthralphie]

Ralph I know someone looking for Guineas!! His name is me! Lol if u have any available later let me know!

If the dumb birds lay eggs I will have some.. I have some sold already... Coffee even paid for hers already...


I think she figured if she slipped me the money months before the keets hatch, she can tell her Hubby, I just gave them to her...hehehehehehe

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I told them last night 3 eggs is a long ways from the 500 I need before they go free again. They just yelled at me.

 

[duluthralphie]

I was thinking of getting a couple just to have a predator alert system? Can they be raised with and/or housed with the chickens and will they stay around with the flock and head to the coop at night or will they wonder away?

Mine stay in the same coop as the chicken, except for when I lock them into Guinea Gulag. To be totally honest, which is so against what Holm has been teaching me on his "selling Ice to Eskimos" web site.... If you could get some eggs and put them under broody hen you get the best Guineas. They will bond with the hen forever..


Really I had my guineas following their "mother" until this spring/winter when I locked Mommy up for the eggs.


There are some nights they will roost in top of tress too. Guineas are not flock birds, they are gangsters....But fun to watch.

 

[duluthralphie]

They can be raised with chickens. Mine are very temperamental to my banties though, especially the roosters.

If you raise them like chickens by teaching them to come in the coop at night they should stay, as of this year it will be 2 year(I think) since I've gotten my 2 guineas, and they've always gone to the coop at night.

To be honest though I will NEVER get guineas again, mine have been pains from the start, flying up in trees, antagonizing chicks and chickens. At one point they pulled all the feathers off my bantie roosters neck and saddle in the middle if January. . And many other numerous things

The solution to your guinea problems is more guineas... They will keep their antics more within their group if you have more.. They can be little terrorist to the chickens and turkeys once in awhile.

 

[Bogtown Chick]

Guineas....SQwuAAAaAAACKKK!!!!!!

 

[duluthralphie]

I love seeing my CXs on fresh grass. It reminds me why I go through the effort to raise my own

They are so fun to raise! I almost broke down and got some from Runnings the other day. They were 75 cents each. BUT I fear disease from them from all the people walking around the chicks there..

ALso, I am not sure if I can bring them into the flock legally or not, and after the Urich debacle I am a little leery.

 

[duluthralphie]

Guineas....SQwuAAAaAAACKKK!!!!!!

But it is a fun loving sweet squawk..

 

[jerryse]

Yesterdays catch or at least part of it . The odd one is the redear . Here in the land of murky water it is harder to see the spawn . I did spot a few beds starting . Early for us . I learned most of what I know about the spawn up north in the clearer water . Love catching sunnies . Now until the end of May is prime here . I like bank fishing for them here .I use a 13 foot jig pole with a #6 aberdeen hook . Just right . I like wax worms for bait . Stays on for several catches . They start in the warm shallow water here . Sometimes right under the bank edge . Then move deeper as the water warms up . Takes awhile for them all to get done . 68 degrees seems to be the temp they want . So I have packages to freeze today .

 

[MinnesotaNice]

Let the mallard drakes out to fly, and after a minute or so in the air two MORE mallard drakes joined them! They flew around the yard for 5-6 minutes then went their separate ways. It was really fun to watch but scary!

Most days its only one wild mallard with them, so I feel safe that they are the majority, but I'm glad to see they stick around even when there's two.

That's cool!

My neighbor had his pigeons out yesterday - made me think of you. I don't know if their wings are clipped or if they're just that tame, but they sit on the coop roof and hang out.

Mine stay in the same coop as the chicken, except for when I lock them into Guinea Gulag. To be totally honest, which is so against what Holm has been teaching me on his "selling Ice to Eskimos" web site.... If you could get some eggs and put them under broody hen you get the best Guineas. They will bond with the hen forever..


Really I had my guineas following their "mother" until this spring/winter when I locked Mommy up for the eggs.


There are some nights they will roost in top of tress too. Guineas are not flock birds, they are gangsters....But fun to watch.

I thought about getting some Guineas due to the abundance of ticks we've been seeing. I picked quite a few off of the dog yesterday.

I think I saw this in Holm's yard last year:

 

[KlopKlop]

what an awesome day! sunny and warm with just a light breeze that feels nice! it would be a good day to have a hammock in the shade.

I am working on garden prep this morning and will be heading to town to teach chickens at the elementary school in a bit. im very excited. i have to try and wrangle a chicken or two into a dog carrier for show and tell