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 [...]
sara | August 30, 2009
Mike from Borneo has some guinea fowl and one seems to have a leg that has reversed itself.
“3 have ‘wonky feet. Once had splayd legs so I tied its legs together with string so that it could walk (sort of). I was then worrried about circulation and found some old ‘chain’ ear rings which I [...]
sara | August 14, 2009
I have been asked about hatching guinea fowl eggs,
“The only query I have is that the man who sold me the eggs said that he “dry hatches” by which I presume he does not put any water in the reservoir – what do you think? Lesley”
My response was:
Hi Lesley,
I have always added water when I [...]
sara | August 1, 2009
I have been asked if guinea fowl can drink out of a stream.
Guinea fowl drink water but can go for quite long periods of time without water as they originate from a hot, dry country.
When guinea fowl free range they will happily drink water where ever they can find it, so I would assume that [...]
sara | July 31, 2009
I have been asked an interesting question about whether a guinea fowl hen can tell if the eggs she is sitting on are fertile.
My guinea fowl’s mate died about two months ago, but she’s been laying on eggs for a few weeks now. Would she be able to tell if her eggs were infertile? We [...]
sara | July 20, 2009
All the books and research says that you shouldn’t help keets out of the shell and that opening the incubator can affect the rest of the eggs hatching. I have not had to help quail hatch as they managed to all hatch at the same time and relatively easily. I have however had to help [...]
