Can you trim Guinea wings like you can chicken wings, to limit the flying? That
is, if you can catch them in the first place. Susan
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From: Laura A. Roberts <laura0554@hughes.net>
To: CHICKENS-101@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Mon, May 30, 2011 11:28:27 PM
Subject: RE: [CHICKENS-101] The Guineas are coming, The Guineas are coming!
Ron, I have only had Guineas for about three years. They are a
bit different, imo. They are freaks! What I mean is they are reactive to
everything and never seem to really get tame. Mine still sound the alarm if I
open the coop and they are sitting on a nest……….ACK AcK Ack Ack! They like to
be in pairs………doesn't matter if male/female pairs, as long as they have a buddy.
Natuarally, a m/f pair will reproduce.
I brood mine the same as chicks. They eat chick crumble and when
older, layer pellets, scratch and occasionally turkey pellets.
I advise keeping them locked up for a bit before free ranging. I
keep mine in a coop for awhile, with chickens. They learn to roost in the coop
with the chickens. I don't leave mine out at night—even in a tree, they are not
necessarily safe. Owls are night predators. Also, if they aren't high enough,
other predators can get them. I like mine to roost in the coops because 1) I
know they are safe 2) I know they aren't at my neighbors on top of their roof 3)
If anything were to bother them at night, they would alert me louder than the
chickens!
CHICKENS-101@yahoogroups.com
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