tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8613339135823962078.post3917746473408102822..comments2024-03-15T08:01:40.449-04:00Comments on Murano Chicken Farm: 12 tips for finding Guinea nests in the woodsLA Muranohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00827994015402999638noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8613339135823962078.post-6998278822559479642020-01-30T17:16:56.084-05:002020-01-30T17:16:56.084-05:00Ohhh, good luck! I hope she hatches out a bunch of...Ohhh, good luck! I hope she hatches out a bunch of keets for you!<br /><br />LisaLA Muranohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00827994015402999638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8613339135823962078.post-6232267033056683112020-01-03T08:47:10.248-05:002020-01-03T08:47:10.248-05:00My hen layed in the garden and she is sitting on h...My hen layed in the garden and she is sitting on her eggs now. I just pray that she will not be noticed by any scavenger. Thanks for the great information. WHISPERShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08254782586612267683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8613339135823962078.post-10057488944593172052016-03-04T12:07:50.024-05:002016-03-04T12:07:50.024-05:00i have one guinea i think is a female going by her...i have one guinea i think is a female going by her call, my daughter says she shouts enough, enough, enough when there is a skuffle in the shed. she is an only hatch from the 2nd set of eggs incubated, she has been raised with chickens right from hatch day and still roosts with them each night, i got 1 from an earlier hatch i think was a boy, but sadly he hurt his hip in the incubator although i thought i had it rectified his leg became totally missshapen and was moved to live with the quail and lived with them for around 6 months but recently died. so i am left with a loan guinea, who is living with around 60 hens (4 of them are her brooder gang) 7 ducks 2 geese and 3 turkeys in a large stone built shed. they have free range to 3/4 acre all day and are closed in at night. as i have such a variety of birds i want to ensure i am catering for all their needs,so i would like some advise on a few points, 1. i am concidering getting her a mate i feel she walk around finding she is speaking a different language from her brooder gang, and i would like to hatch eggs if and when she lays, should i wait until she begins to lay i persume it will be similar to chickens as in the first eggs will be smaller and grow in size, or get the guy now, i have been offered an 8 year old hand reared male, and will any male do or are they a little like geese and want to choose and mate for life? 2. nesting, i want to encorage her to lay indoors, i have a Kennel in the shed that the geese have taken over, there is around 36 raised nest boxes around 1 foot square and are in 2 rows of 16ish one above the other. and in the bottom corner of the shed i rigged up a shelter for the ducks, stone wall on 2 sides wooden pallet roof and 3rd wall and open front. the floor is covered with straw and i put in a cut of barrel top again filled with a mix of straw and wood shavings. the ducks have totally dissed this but the last 2 days i have found guinea (that's her name the other one was called keet) just sitting in the barrel but no egg has been left. is she just having a rest or is she preparing to lay? and if she does would i be right to just leave her eggs alone? and would it be better to have a more closed front? and should i remove any other birds eggs from the nest. i always check the nest of my birds when they are out for the day so would do this with guinea. sorry for all the questions first guineas and i want to get it right Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8613339135823962078.post-6623276747200819012015-12-25T06:17:01.645-05:002015-12-25T06:17:01.645-05:00My guinea fowl is in the long grass in the vegetab...My guinea fowl is in the long grass in the vegetable garden. The babies should hatch any day. What kind of 'home' should I create for them, as they can't stay in the veg. garden because of predators. The mature g/f sleep up in the trees. But when will the babies be able to fly and how can I look after them till then? Thanks. CC AustraliaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8613339135823962078.post-27233000020468547902013-12-02T16:18:02.634-05:002013-12-02T16:18:02.634-05:00I have some super tame guineas and others that are...I have some super tame guineas and others that are wilder. Usually the ones I let a Silkie hen raise turn out the tamest. They usually lay in the coop too. They are funny birds, aren't they?<br /><br /><br />~LLA Muranohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00827994015402999638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8613339135823962078.post-24239202456466458562013-11-16T03:42:43.328-05:002013-11-16T03:42:43.328-05:00guineafowls are super nest hiders in that aspect. ...guineafowls are super nest hiders in that aspect. but our guineas seemed to be less in that, they lay their eggs in the coop just like our chickens or mybe its because those little budies were raised by our oldest hen in the flock, chicken hen lay their eggs in my bedrood under my school box carboard. i' never thought that guineas can lay inside a house,they forange all day long never cooped,foranging with our chickens all all the time.one of the pearl hens was running around the yard,scratching depression all over where she enter,she entered in the front kitchen door straight under my bed, later i' went to check the was an egg, she continued to lay until she went broody, and she was a very tame girl who allowed anyone to touch her,even moving her to eat,and will comeback withought abaondoning. thanks for the nest tips,we will have to hunt to our new lazy hens who don't want to lay in the coop. funny birds<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04648649998990814370noreply@blogger.com