Hey Turkey! Get outta that Guinea nest!!

It's nest hunting season! Yeay!!!! (NOT) This means I'm spending lots of time hiking through the woods looking for Guinea nests. Every day. Several times a day. Getting yelled at by Guineas. Trying to stay clear of the bear. Rain or shine. Sometimes in the dark. 

Can you feel the joy??? I do this so often, I had to make a list of Tips for Finding Guinea Nests!

Nest from last year

For those of you that don't raise Guineas, they are a ground nesting bird. They often make nests under dead branches, amid high weeds, in piles of vines and brush etc. You know how sometimes a chicken will decide not to lay in the coop anymore and pick a spot in the woods? Kinda like that but with more secrecy! 

They go into stealth mode and try to pick a spot you will never find. Then when you do find it, you can't let them know you found it! They are easier to find this time of year actually. Once the ground ferns start growing it adds a whole new level of difficulty. 

2010 nest

So there's a lot of following Guineas, figuring out where they hang out....then waiting for them to leave and coming back to search. Sometimes it takes weeks. Actually, the closer to home that they put the nest the harder it is to find! Which is exactly why it took me until last week to find the newest nest. When they're not gone very long, it's hard to catch them in the act. When they don't go far, it doesn't take long. 

Our newest silkie pullets.

I just wanted to take a few moments to introduce you to a few of our newest Silkie chickens. These girls have been added to last years breeding group. Some of them came from our stock, others came from a breeder in Florida.

Silkie pullets

Splash silkie Pullet: Jenny Jenny

Black silkie pullet: Cute Thing

Partridge pullet: Mrs Puff

We also added 1 white, 2 blue, 1 lavender and 1 other black pullet. Our new silkie cockerels are: white, black, partridge and blue.

Aren't they the cutest?

~Lisa

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