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Welcome. You have taught me a lot how to care for guinea fowl babies if I ever have them.I am in Tasmania, Australia. I have a small flock of Guinea Fowl - at the moment 8 adults and 3 keets. All 'Lavenders'
I just love them. They are no trouble to look after and their antics are so funny. I just wish they were better mothers. As they are free ranging on 4 acres, with 20 acres over the fence, once they see the eggs have hatched they just wander off and these poor little fledglings stagger about in the garden and cannot keep up. We have several eagles, Goshawks and the like, which are always about in our area.
I find the best thing to do is hand rear them in isolation, gradually introducing them to the flock and then they eventually get together. I am on my fifth year of doing this and I have been able to let other people who are interested in Guinea Fowl start their own flocks.
The adults are quite tame and they come when I call them for a meal. Mostly they stay in and around the garden and gather at the corner fence when it is time to go to bed. Then they hop over, one by one and walk as a group down the long driveway to a Wattle tree on the dam, where they nest overnight. They always move around as a group, like a small grey cloud floating through the garden.
We call them 'Pookies' because of the call - Pourquoi, Pourquoi (poorkwah, poorkwah)
Thank you for that suggestion. Those articles in the Learning Centre' were very interesting. Much appreciated.!Welcome to BYC! You have come to the right place! There are tons of people on here ready to help with whatever they can! Just ask!We all share the crazy addition to chickens and other animals!
I agree, they are horrible mothers! I have about 25 and they always hatch out about 30, 3x a year and watching us all frantically catch them is comical! I just let them do the work and then raise them, sell them or give them to friends. I have only even had 1 mama that was amazing! But she has her moments for sure!
And if you haven't checked already, The Learning Center has some great articles to help you along the way!
Cant wait to see you around
Hello again. I was wondering if I could ask if there are any other Guinea Fowl addicts out there in Tasmania. We are at the bottom end of the world here - next stop Antarctica - and it would be great to know about others not too far away...
Loved your intro, I can just picture your guineas! Thanks for joining us, and anytime you'd like to share a photo, we'd like to see them.