Re: My Guinea Update :-)

From: Ray Drouillard (cosmicpam2_at_comcast.net)
Date: 09/25/04 

Date: Fri, 24 Sep 2004 21:23:31 -0400

"George Knierim" <gknierim@starband.net> wrote in message
news:Kj25d.425$zy2.16@fe25.usenetserver.com...
> Hi Ronny,
>
> I have heard that it takes a flock of 40 guineas to self-perpetuate.
I have
> found that due to predators that number isn't quite large enough for
my part
> of the country. I have around 65-70 now and will see if that is good
> enough.
>
> I have had a couple of guinea hens successfully hatch a group of
chicks but
> only because I found their nest and built a cage around it to keep the
> predators away. If the nest is someplace where I cannot build
protection I
> wait until the hen is broody and then pick her up with the eggs, at
night,
> and move them inside. If they refuse the sit after being moved I put
the
> eggs in the incubator.
>
> George in Texas

What does a broody guinea look like? Considering the natural
disposition of a guinea, and the disposition of a broody hen, I suspect
that messing with a broody guinea would be a very good way to get
pecked. (not that it would hurt much)

Ray