Friday The Farmer came in and told me he saw a guinea with one lone keet. I went out looking for it, and discovered there was not just one, but TWELVE little keets running around!
The only problem was getting a picture. The Mama and her helper had them out in the back pasture, and trying to see all those little keets in the taller grass was hard!
Actually, as little as they are when they first hatch out, the grass doesn't have to be very tall to hide them. I know there was more than one keet in that picture, but I could only see the one.
You can see them a little better in this picture. . .
. . . But they still blend in a lot, and are nestled down in the grass.
A couple days later I got a chance for a better picture, when they were out in the llama pen.
As you can see, there are an even dozen.
Mama Guinea called to them, so they got all bunched up, then went traipsing off towards her.
Once they got there, she sat down and fluffed her feathers so they could all get underneath her.
Already, more than half of them had scooted under her.
It doesn't take long until they all have disappeared, although the last one seemed to have a little trouble finding space.
All twelve managed to huddle under the Mama Guinea, however.
They'll stay under there safe and sound until Mama decides it's time to forage for food again!
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The babies are so well camouflaged in the grass. The pictures and video are terrific, I have never seen Guineas except in pictures. I just love how they all run up under the moms feathers. Cute.
hehe! Mama Guinea just keeps getting fluffier and fluffier.
At first I thought you were going to have another contest and ask us to find and count all the hidden keets. Whew! lol!
~Lisa
Hi Leslie! It is amazing how well those little keets blend in. I’ve tried finding them before and walked round and round in a field and never can see them. Glad you enjoyed the video and pics!
Lisa, that would have been a real trick, counting all the hidden keets! “I guesstimate there are X number of keets under that guinea…”