guineas

This seemed like the best place for this, but if there is a better one, Mods feel free to move it :) I am looking to create a mixed poultry flock (for eggs, meat, and fat) for a (future) homestead, and I wanted to get first-hand experience and/or research tips from y'all on species and breeds...

I live in a close-knit suburban neighborhood and I have 4 teenage turkey poults, quail, 4 ducks, and two guinea keets. I had to get rid of my chickens once because my neighbors did not like them clucking at 5AM. My turkeys are extremely quiet and they are a bronze heritage breed (so if my...

I have 10 guineas. They are almost 8 weeks old and as such I do not yet know how many are male and how many female. This is my first time raising Guineas. I want to know what I can feed them. I've been feeding Purina Game Bird Starter 30% protein. I am talking about long term feed. I have read...

Hello all! Earlier this month, one of my guinea hens got hurt in her back and under her wing and died from sepsis at the vet. Now a second one is hurt, she's staying at the vet with a good chance of recovery. But the wounds are so deep! The vet thinks the male Guinea did it, but we owned one...

We had our first predator attack yesterday. Three chickens gone. 😭 We are guessing fox. We free range and realize the risk. We don’t have the ability to make a run sufficient in size for our birds. At first, we considered getting a herding dog as a barn dog to help protect. But then someone...

Hello! And welcome to our small farm! We call it Wild PC&H ranch.(PC&H stands for Paws, Claws, & Hooves.) So we started our small family farm back in 2020. Anyways here are our animals. I will be doing our poultry first! First up is broody Munchkin. This is her first time going broody. :fl

Our male jumbo lavender guinea fowl, Loney, at 11 months old.

Hello All I’m in the north west corner is Alabama near TN Interested in meeting other Silkie moms I have a flock of Guineas and 2 silkie chickens Thelma and Louise. I got the silkies thinking they’d set the Guinea eggs I’ve just started incubation of my first round of Guinea eggs.

Hey y'all! Hope every ones having a good day so far! So this is my first time raising guineas, I got them when they were a few days old and they are so cute and fun! I tried really hard to not scare them, talked calmly, sang to them, tried to be very careful changing water and food so as not...

I put 12 eggs in my incubator. This was my first time incubating eggs, only 1 hatches but another make a crack but didn't make it. And since I didn't want that one to be alone I was looking and found 4 guineas that are only a week older. So I bought them and they look good so far.

Good Afternoon! I need some Guinea Fowl around 2-5 months old for my grandfather. They will be free range. Does anybody have any they want to get rid of or know anyone who does in Northeast TN? Thank you all so much!

I just moved my guineas/pullets to their new coop outside. Once they get acclimated and comfortable, I want to start letting them out in the yard a little bit. Initially I'm going to use a movable fence around their coop so they don't venture too far and know to go back home when it gets dark...

Would someone please help me? We have eight Guinea fowl along with our flock of 200+ chickens. We had to fence in 3 acres as the “guardian” dogs we bought as pups had Parvo and were away from our flock during those crucial times as puppies. They are NOT able to be with the flock like our Great...

Hey y'all! I'm a newby to this farm life, moved across the country from Denver Colorado, to a tiny town called Taft Tennessee, with my husband, son, and two dogs! All to be near family, who also converted to farm life about a year ago. (1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get...

Hi, so I know this is a website about/for chickens, but I thought that similar principles applied to chicks apply when it comes to physical defects in keets. Just got 10 Pearl Guinea keets today and noticed that one of them has a messed up leg, which juts out sideways as opposed to straight up...

I hope it's ok to post about guineas here! I have 8 3 week old guineas that are outgrowing their brooder. We dont have the coop finished yet, but hope to be finished in a week. The last few days we have been moving thr guineaa from their brooder to a makeshift outdoor pen to have more room to...

I want to raise guineas or pheasents. The pros of guineas are that they can be free ranged, and will eat the tick and things that are the biggest problem here. They will also pick ya horse manure and such. I like guineas because they are all such an array of different colors. the cons are that...

I want to raise guineas or pheasents. The pros of guineas are that they can be free ranged, and will eat the tick and things that are the biggest problem here. They will also pick ya horse manure and such. I like guineas because they are all such an array of different colors. the cons are that...

I built this using 2x4s and pallets/scrap wood. I also bought roofing materials. It's 8x4xabout 9 ft high and cost around $250. I'm a novice builder, and this project presented a lot of...problem solving opportunities. Not much was square etc due to the recycled material but I made it work...