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Hi, I work at a farm and ranch store, and we sell baby poultry in spring. This spring we'll be getting Guinea fowl chicks! We haven't had them before. Are there any tips or good knowledge to give to potential new owners? Like uh, things that aren't typical for turkeys or chickens. I like to give lots of information to people so they know what they're getting into. I know they're pretty wild, and amazing for bug control. We are up in Montana, are there precautions for winter, I know sometimes it's hard to get them in a co-op.for warmth if you don't get them used to it as babies.
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Thanks for the great keet info folks! I'm excited as heck to care for the babies.
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Nov 24, 2019 20:30
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Joburg posted:Thank you all, he is very handsome. I got him and a couple Orp hens from Tractor Supply, which I think originally come from Hoover Hatchery. Compared to the Orps I got from Murdoch’s last year (can’t remember the hatchery), they are larger bodied and may have smaller heads. I work at a Murdoch's, our orps typically come from Murray McMurray, definitely last year's.
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Sep 10, 2020 23:12
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hello folks. please assuage my anxiety. my workplace sells chicks part of the year. we keep them in plywood/plexiglass tanks. we have had a LOT of pasty butt the past few years, even when the babies are selling within one day. so we thought we'd try to sanitize everything as much as possible. looking online, we tried a 9 parts water, 1 part bleach sprayed on, then scrubbed in and wiped off. you can't smell bleach anymore, and they don't come until Feb. are they gonna die now. I made sure my bosses did NOT spray Lysol in the tanks. (one tank came out of storage with a partially decomposed pigeon in it, and tons of mouse and rat poop. that one needs a deeeeep clean but is thankfully pure plexi, no wood. but ugh.)
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