My Wellsummer hen just hatched out 17 guinea keets. They are all in the hen house and seem to be doing well.
The hen is very attentive and doesn't let them stray too far from her before she starts clucking and the keets all run back to her.
How soon do you think I could let them out into...
We have Guinea keets and Easter Egger chicks that are rapidly out growing their current quarters. We have the keets in plastic storage containers while the chicks are living in the chicken tractor.
We are building a 12 x 16 coop that will have a 2 x 16 food storage area and the remaining 12...
We picked up a dozen 3 day old keets 2 days ago. They have settled nicely in their brooder that I keep in the hen house. I got a variety of colored keets. Jean told me what they were but I forgot. I'll take some pics tonight and post them tomorrow.
My chicks are almost completely feathered out. Over the weekend we moved them from the brooder to the chicken tractor. They have alot more room to play and chase bugs now. I'll try to get some pictures to night.
I can hardly wait for them to start laying.
After being gone for several weeks our white Guinea male returned home all by his self. He must have had quite the adventure whilst gone. He was the runt but now he is almost as large as my pied male.
We are glad he returned safe and now hope he will stick around.
After laying a dozen eggs she is now sitting on the eggs. Only problem she is sitting in our neighbors hedgerow. She has a stream nearby. Should I take food to her or let her fend for herself?
We purchased 15 day old chicks last year and now I am down to 2 guineas: 1 male/1female. She has laid about a dozen eggs which she has hidden in our neighbors hedge row. I have never seen the male mount her...is that standard for guineas?
I found her first nest under the rose of sharon bush...