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Guineas
#1 · September 23, 2001, 8:37 pm
Posted by: dabanks <dabanks@...>
Hi everyone, hope everyone is having a blessed Sunday!
Ok, here is a question for all you guinea owners out there...
Mrs. Guinea's nest is full of hatched babies FINALLY! What do we do now??? Of course as guineas do, she is out in the woods (we found her and her nest and have been watching and waiting for the last many many days). If we leave her with the babies, they might get attacked by either the barn cats, or by fox, etc. They might get wet which is deadly to baby guinea keets. If we take away the babies she is going to be very very angry I am sure. We could raise them in the coop like we did the chicks we had, no problem. Would she start laying again right away with winter right around the corner?? If we left the babies with her, how long till she brings them out into the open? I do hope some of you have had experience with this. She has at least 25 keets in there. We would love to have them all survive. My goodness, they are soo cute! Hard to imagine how something that cute can get that ugly head on it as it grows up!!!! 🙂 ANY help would be soo much appreciated. I have looked for info online and everything I read says to take the EGGS away and incubate them because if they stay with mama they most likely won't make it. Too late for that and I would rather she raised them herself. Thanks and God bless everyone! Julie
Ok, here is a question for all you guinea owners out there...
Mrs. Guinea's nest is full of hatched babies FINALLY! What do we do now??? Of course as guineas do, she is out in the woods (we found her and her nest and have been watching and waiting for the last many many days). If we leave her with the babies, they might get attacked by either the barn cats, or by fox, etc. They might get wet which is deadly to baby guinea keets. If we take away the babies she is going to be very very angry I am sure. We could raise them in the coop like we did the chicks we had, no problem. Would she start laying again right away with winter right around the corner?? If we left the babies with her, how long till she brings them out into the open? I do hope some of you have had experience with this. She has at least 25 keets in there. We would love to have them all survive. My goodness, they are soo cute! Hard to imagine how something that cute can get that ugly head on it as it grows up!!!! 🙂 ANY help would be soo much appreciated. I have looked for info online and everything I read says to take the EGGS away and incubate them because if they stay with mama they most likely won't make it. Too late for that and I would rather she raised them herself. Thanks and God bless everyone! Julie