Re: guinea questions...

From: Ronny 1 (crafti1_at_webtv.net)
Date: 10/27/04

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    guinea questions...
    Group: sci.agriculture.poultry Date: Tue, Oct 26, 2004, 4:40pm (CDT+5)
    From: kepytan@nospam.earthlink.net (Kepytan)
    We now have 4 new additions: guineas!!   We plan to have them
    free-range, which is how they were raised.   Ive found lots of
    contradicting info, including that they wont hatch young by themselves.
    I know that this is untrue because the flock mine came from started as 8
    a few years ago. They then crossed with the neighbors' flock and now
    number about 30. Our flock consists of 2 almost full-grown and 2
    half-grown. The 2 smallest still make almost peeping sounds.

    Ronny 10/26:
    Oh yeah,you will surely find contradictory information about guineas. I
    have and it drives me up the wall! LoL

    Dainerra:
    So my questions.
    How to tell male from female?   Most info says that the only way is
    the sound: 2 syllable is female.   1 is definately a female then; the
    other of the same age has very large wattles. Is it possible that it is
    male?

    Ronny 10/26:
    The female can make the buckwheat- buckwheat sound and the chi-chi-chi
    sound;but the male can only make the chi-chi-chi sound.

    Do you know how old your 4 guineas are?

    Dainerra:
    New homes.   Some of the websites I found said that they will try to
    go back to their old home. Is this true? How long should I keep them
    confined before releasing them. Also, some info says to release 1 every
    couple days. Is this the best way or just let them all go at once?

    Ronny 10/26:
    If they are full grown birds then it wouldn't surprise me if they left
    if let out to free range too soon. I would keep them up at least 4 to 6
    weeks and start out by releasing one after that. That one isn't likely
    to go far from the other three. Then put that one back in at night or
    before. Then after a few days of that they should all be ready to free
    range. And I hope they stay with you! :-) A bunch of mine went down the
    road the other day a half mile to a mile and only half of them came
    back. Still have no idea what happened to all of the others?

    Dainerra:
    Right now they are in the chicken coop and everyone is staying apart.
    Ive found info that says that male guineas will kill roosters so, having
    just saved Harold from his brothers, I want to make sure something wont
    happen to him now.

    Ronny 10/26:
    I've heard that about male guineas and roosters too;but I've also heard
    other people say their guineas and chickens all roost together,so I
    don't know what to tell you on that part?

    Loved reading your post the other day about Harold the rooster and your
    little daugher. :-)
     
    Dainerra:
    Thanks for the help! My daughter is fascinated with them. My oldest,
    though, calls them "those noisy turkey things"
    dainerra

    Ronny 10/26:
    They are noisy at times! LoL My 84yo Mom likes ours too;but the other
    day she told them to shutup and they didn't,so she threw her cane at
    them! LoL

    I'm going to leave my sig on for you as I have two guinea forum webpage
    links in it.

    Experience is a wonderful thing. It enables you to recognize a mistake
    when you make it again.

    http://amazingforums.com/forum1/UKQUAIL/forum.html (UK Quail Forum)

    http://www.shaywood.com/index.htm (That Quail Place)

    http://www.feathersite.com/Poultry/NDG/Quail/JapQ/BRKJapQ.html
    (Japanese/Cortunix Quail)

    http://community.webtv.net/crafti1/Quail

    http://community.webtv.net/crafti1/RaisingRabbits

    http://community.webtv.net/crafti1/PoultryIncubator

    http://www.afn.org/~poultry/matilda.htm

    http://www.transload.net/~wondoh/WEBCAMS/eagles-3cams.html

    http://www.thecozynest.com/ (The Cozy Nest/ Guinea- Poultry Group)

    http://www.guineafowl.com/board/ (Guinea Fowl Message Board)

    http://www.feathersite.com/Poultry/Guineas/BRKGuineas.html (Feathersite
    Guinea Page)

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