Dont remember exactly how old. We picked up as keets about april/May I think. I plan to get more, probably as shipped hatching eggs tho. Because I'd like different colors and can only find the pearl in my area.
I'll try to check out the calls tomorrow, thank you.
Thank you! I was pretty sure on the polish. No clue on the silkie. And confused with the favorelle, because I had 2. Both the same color but this one has a noticeable tail and the other had none.
If you'd be so kind to help verify a couple breeds too, that would be awesome. We picked up a variety different chick breeds at once, about 6 were lost to a coon. So lost track of some we still have left. Sorry for crappy pics.
Barred Rock or Cuckoo Maran? Had both, only one left.
Bottom...
Lost track of dates, but most were babies bought march/april
Salmon Favorelle - Bantam
Gold Laced Polish (I think pullet)
Silkie - Feed store brand, only has 4 toes each foot
Hello!
I have 3 guineas right now, this year's hatch.
We had 6 last year but had a horrible raccoon family problem last year that took out 20+ grow outs including all guinea and most chickens and ducks. And some adults. Plus we had some guineas when i was a kid.
Sexing a guinea? I've always...
Ive always raised keets with chicks. They free range and return to roost with the chickens. I've been led to believe guineas raised with chickens are better behaved/ more docile than being raised by themselves but I don't actually know. I'm interested to learn this however because I'm...
I use puppy pads when they're little then move to pellet bedding while in the house. The extra wet spots (like around the water) swell up and can be scooped out instead of having to dump it every day.
Reasons for drawn out hatches? Most hatched yesterday. But the fist pip was thurs (malpositioned). Today theirs still 2 pipped and sometimes working on it and 1 still candled active in shell but no pip or anything.
Just curious, did you use the IncuTurn on the prior hatch?
I also used an IncuTurn this time, always hand turned before. Ive had 5 malpositions this hatch, 2 hatched on their own, 3 I'm still waiting on debating if i should help and 4 more have done nothing. Ive never had wrong end pips when...
Its making progress, leave it. Thats my take atleast.
Im having the same thing with duck eggs. Day 28 hatch day is today. First one pipped wrong end evening of day 26. The rest started pipping evening of day 27. 2 more are wrong end. Im tempted to help the first one but dont want to loose the...