Guineafowl
Keets: sold straight run and started (3 weeks and older)
$7 each. No shipping. We don't sell guinea hatching eggs.
Our season begins May/June 2018.
$7 each. No shipping. We don't sell guinea hatching eggs.
Our season begins May/June 2018.
GUINEA FOWL are mainly raised for eggs, meat and insect control. They are robust and thrive well in drought prone regions. The birds feed on a wide variety of insects and crop pests when allowed to free-range. They are excellent fliers of short distances.
Guinea fowl reach maturity in seven months, and lay between 80 and 150 eggs a year. The birds generally are not broody. The eggs hatch in about 28 days. Newly hatched guineas are called keets.
Guinea fowl require high amounts of protein and minerals in their feed, especially as keets, from the first week of hatching. Therefore, commercial chick feed is not a good feed for keets. We start them on the chickstart then quickly switch them to organic wheat and later add whole oats. Care must be taken to provide plenty of grit when feeding whole grains. Deficiency in protein and minerals could result in poor growth and susceptibility to disease. On an average each adult guinea bird consumes about 7 ounces (or 1/2 pound) of grass and weeds a day.
Guinea fowl, though hardy and resistant, are susceptible to viral diseases such as Newcastle (usually found in birds kept in close confinement); bacterial infections (E.coli) which usually affects keets 8-12 weeks of age (caused by unclean living conditions and especially damp flooring); protozoan diseases (coccidiosis) (again, caused by unclean living conditions) and verminous infestations (round worms) which mostly affect adult birds.
It is advisable to keep the newly hatched keets in closed pens for three months to prevent them from being attacked by predators such as dogs, cats and wild animals. We raise in them a brooder until the keets feather (about 3-4 weeks) then move them to portable ground grazing pens that are moved to fresh grass daily. You can also let them range and train them to return to their pen for protection at night.
Our guinea fowl come from Ralph Winters Guinea Farm.
Guinea fowl reach maturity in seven months, and lay between 80 and 150 eggs a year. The birds generally are not broody. The eggs hatch in about 28 days. Newly hatched guineas are called keets.
Guinea fowl require high amounts of protein and minerals in their feed, especially as keets, from the first week of hatching. Therefore, commercial chick feed is not a good feed for keets. We start them on the chickstart then quickly switch them to organic wheat and later add whole oats. Care must be taken to provide plenty of grit when feeding whole grains. Deficiency in protein and minerals could result in poor growth and susceptibility to disease. On an average each adult guinea bird consumes about 7 ounces (or 1/2 pound) of grass and weeds a day.
Guinea fowl, though hardy and resistant, are susceptible to viral diseases such as Newcastle (usually found in birds kept in close confinement); bacterial infections (E.coli) which usually affects keets 8-12 weeks of age (caused by unclean living conditions and especially damp flooring); protozoan diseases (coccidiosis) (again, caused by unclean living conditions) and verminous infestations (round worms) which mostly affect adult birds.
It is advisable to keep the newly hatched keets in closed pens for three months to prevent them from being attacked by predators such as dogs, cats and wild animals. We raise in them a brooder until the keets feather (about 3-4 weeks) then move them to portable ground grazing pens that are moved to fresh grass daily. You can also let them range and train them to return to their pen for protection at night.
Our guinea fowl come from Ralph Winters Guinea Farm.