Re: See some Guinea hens
[Re: lee steinmeyer]
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I hatched about eighty head this last summer. Couldn't find anyone who wanted any. So I'm still feeding at least sixty five, eating me out of house and home! To bad your not in Ks yet, Bruce. I'd fix you up! They're kinda like sheep, walking around looking for a place to die. Those will prolly get hit by a car, and BOP are terrible hard on them if let loose! But......I like them too! I need about 600 pounds of guineas and can't find any that are affordable. I pay $2.50 a pound live weight. Keith
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Re: See some Guinea hens
[Re: Providence Farm]
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We had 5 show up on the farm. No idea where wher came from. They would just wonder through from time to time. They dissapeared one at a time. I gave one friend of mine 36, day old guinea keets and another one 48, day old guinea keets. Both friends let the flocks out for the first time when the keets were pretty good sized. Both flocks walked off and were never seen again. Keith
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Re: See some Guinea hens
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They sure let you know if something is around. LOL I keep some guineas in my barns, with my other birds, just to warn me and especially the dogs, if a predator or thief shows up. Keith
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Re: See some Guinea hens
[Re: Bruce T]
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Let a snake come around.....lol they will gang up and kill it.
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Re: See some Guinea hens
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We had about 20 at our last farm, that constant sound makes me irritated and anxious. I was working on the roof and watched them all hassle a snake which they chased it in through my front door.
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Re: See some Guinea hens
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We had about 20 at our last farm, that constant sound makes me irritated and anxious. I was working on the roof and watched them all hassle a snake which they chased it in through my front door. We were having an outdoor fish fry at my son's place and one of his friends told him those guineas need oiled, they had a bad squeak.
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Re: See some Guinea hens
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They sure let you know if something is around. LOL I keep some guineas in my barns, with my other birds, just to warn me and especially the dogs, if a predator or thief shows up. Keith Exactly! I can be working outside and when the birds start squawking I know there is something going on. They were the best watch dogs I ever had.
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Re: See some Guinea hens
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I gave one friend of mine 36, day old guinea keets and another one 48, day old guinea keets. Both friends let the flocks out for the first time when the keets were pretty good sized. Both flocks walked off and were never seen again. This! I've Always fancied guinea's. I now even live in the ideal place for them. But, for all the hard research I've ever done? It seems that they just have to be hatched where they're to live. Otherwise? They go on walk about, never to be seen again. I actually once spent a week on a pheasant farm. On the first day I was thrilled to see about five guinea's in the laying pens compound. But, the regular boy there said; " Oh. Those things? The boss let them go. But, they just jump the fox fence and disappear. " Know what? By the end of even just my Week they'd become a distant memory I even personally saw about three of them flutter over the six foot fence.
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Re: See some Guinea hens
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I gave one friend of mine 36, day old guinea keets and another one 48, day old guinea keets. Both friends let the flocks out for the first time when the keets were pretty good sized. Both flocks walked off and were never seen again. This! I've Always fancied guinea's. I now even live in the ideal place for them. But, for all the hard research I've ever done? It seems that they just have to be hatched where they're to live. Otherwise? They go on walk about, never to be seen again. I actually once spent a week on a pheasant farm. On the first day I was thrilled to see about five guinea's in the laying pens compound. But, the regular boy there said; " Oh. Those things? The boss let them go. But, they just jump the fox fence and disappear. " Know what? By the end of even just my Week they'd become a distant memory I even personally saw about three of them flutter over the six foot fence. They can fly very well. Problem is that predators pick them off easily in the wild and they will drag the poults through everything when born. Chances of survival is slim. They're not protective of their young.
"Humans are the hardest people to get along with." Dr. Phillip Snow
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Re: See some Guinea hens
[Re: Bruce T]
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01/11/21 11:35 PM
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Easy get a simple cheap styrofoam incubator set it at 100.5 degrees and roll the eggs once a day.Keep some water in the bottom.Simple as that.
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Re: See some Guinea hens
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You have to keep them in a coop, if your gonna have any. I've tried to get them established for years, and they always want to roost in the trees. I've lost them to everything, including my dog, that's why I said they're just looking for a place to die! If you get keets, pen them and grow them up before you turn them out, then every evening, get them in. Momma got some kinda worm and bug treat, and they love them. She just shakes the bag and they come running. Feed and water in the pen, and they go in like chickens! I've had mine since about Aug when they hatched, and they haven't been out of the pen yet. After the hawks migrate, I'll start letting them out. They are really a handsome bird, every feather in place and well groomed.......with a cone head! It's the hens that souund like a squeaky wheel! Eggs eat real well too!
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