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sara | September 1, 2010
I often receive emails asking about the behaviour of guinea fowl.
“Hi! I have just bought 4 several week old guinea fowl- I noticed one looking poorly and it was dead by morning- today I noticed that 2 are jumping from the roost onto the back of the 3rd- it is now looking quite lame and [...]
sara | July 9, 2010
Just thought I would let you know that I received an email from Gary who recently bought some of my guinea fowl eggs for hatching.
He emailed a few weeks ago to let me know that the guinea fowl eggs had hatched and he had 4 keets.
Hi there farming friends, once again thanks for the Guinea [...]
sara | April 8, 2010
I have read that guinea fowl will pair up for life and they are generally monogomous although a male can be grouped with more females although he will still have his favourite and the one that he will stand guard over and protect more than the others.
As well as reading about this I have actually [...]
sara | January 28, 2010
Splayed legs are when a guinea fowl keets legs are not in line correctly but splayed out making movement and standing difficult.
Splayed legs can be the result of the newly hatched keets not being able to get a grip on the floor of the incubator or brooder and as a result the legs will spread [...]
sara | January 26, 2010
Signs to look out for to indicate that the guinea fowl breeding season is under way are:
Guinea fowl subdividing into smaller groups as Spring approaches. During the Winter months a large flock of guinea fowl will all free range together but during the Spring and Summer months the guinea fowl will move about in smaller [...]
sara | January 7, 2010
I recently received a comment asking about the management of guinea fowl hen sitting on her eggs and the keets that hatch out.
Hi,
We have a guinea fowl in our garden who has been sitting on her eggs for a long time now and some of them hatched this morning. We built a shelter around her [...]
sara | November 21, 2009
I am often asked where to buy guinea fowl in Thailand. My farmingfriends friend Steve who lives in Chiang Mai provided me with the following information about where to buy guinea fowl in Thailand.
On the main highway from Lampang about 15kms towards Chiang Mai on the right side is the country market of Hang Chat [...]
sara | November 16, 2009
Farming Friends is delighted to announce that we now have Michael Roberts guinea fowl book in stock. If you are a guinea fowl enthusiast, if you keep guinea fowl or are thinking of keeping guinea fowl then Guinea Fowl Past & Present by Michael Roberts is a book that is sure to delight and inform you.
sara | November 5, 2009
I have quite a few males in my flock of 23 guinea fowl and Charlie the guinea fowl has always been head of the pack. Funnily enough I was watching the 23 strong flock of guineas wander about the farm the other day and I actually said to my husband that it’s nice to see [...]
sara | October 17, 2009
On occasions a guinea fowl keet can hatch out with toes that are curled up into a fist shape. Sometimes they may straighten out on their own in the first day or so but if they don’t you can make a pipe cleaner shoe for the keet to wear which will help to straighten out [...]
