http://www.ruralramblings.com/guineas-galore-the-continuing-population-explosion Wed, 08 Sep 2010 15:21:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.ruralramblings.com/guineas-galore-the-continuing-population-explosion/comment-page-1#comment-1698 Rural Writer Wed, 26 Sep 2007 01:15:00 +0000 http://www.ruralramblings.com/guineas-galore-the-continuing-population-explosion#comment-1698 Well, if you noticed, we lost a powerful lot of guinea keets - all but 2 out of the first couple of groups of around 14. There are a lot of predators that will munch up on them - hawks, owls, raccoons, foxes, etc. Snakes will also eat the eggs out of the nests. We tried keeping one group locked up and something got in and killed the keets. It helps when the parents get a little more experience, but it seems like there is a high loss rate with guineas. All I can say is to keep trying! Well, if you noticed, we lost a powerful lot of guinea keets – all but 2 out of the first couple of groups of around 14. There are a lot of predators that will munch up on them – hawks, owls, raccoons, foxes, etc. Snakes will also eat the eggs out of the nests. We tried keeping one group locked up and something got in and killed the keets. It helps when the parents get a little more experience, but it seems like there is a high loss rate with guineas. All I can say is to keep trying!

]]> http://www.ruralramblings.com/guineas-galore-the-continuing-population-explosion/comment-page-1#comment-1694 Granny Annie Fri, 21 Sep 2007 16:05:00 +0000 http://www.ruralramblings.com/guineas-galore-the-continuing-population-explosion#comment-1694 We need guinea help! We bought eight young guineas in April. We kept them in the hen house and they would return to roost in the evening. We began to lose one guinea per day. They would either disappear or we would find their remains. We have two left. They seem to be a pair. One stopped returning to the roost at night. We decided she had an egg nest. After several days she began returning to the roost again. Now she is staying out in the tall grass again. The other comes in at night without her but during the day seems to stay near her. Their names are Pat and Milton but we are only assuming the larger one is a male. Anyway, we also bought 19 guinea eggs and put them under one of our broody hens. A few of the eggs disappeared but the hen finally hatched 11 keets. Each morning another one would be gone until finally something got the last. Any ideas and/or observations. We're successful with our chickens but dreadful guinea raisers and I just love the guineas. Glad to find your blog! We need guinea help! We bought eight young guineas in April. We kept them in the hen house and they would return to roost in the evening. We began to lose one guinea per day. They would either disappear or we would find their remains. We have two left. They seem to be a pair. One stopped returning to the roost at night. We decided she had an egg nest. After several days she began returning to the roost again. Now she is staying out in the tall grass again. The other comes in at night without her but during the day seems to stay near her. Their names are Pat and Milton but we are only assuming the larger one is a male. Anyway, we also bought 19 guinea eggs and put them under one of our broody hens. A few of the eggs disappeared but the hen finally hatched 11 keets. Each morning another one would be gone until finally something got the last. Any ideas and/or observations. We're successful with our chickens but dreadful guinea raisers and I just love the guineas. Glad to find your blog!

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