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keet husbandry tip - guinea hens will not lay in the shed. they will refuse. the more effort you put into making nice nesting boxes for them, the more they will laugh in your face. get around this by creating an area of total chaos not far from the coop and watch them gravitate toward it, satisfying their need for rebellion while also keeping their eggs in an easily-accessible spot
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How does sharing babies work? Shouldn't the babies imprint on one mom and ignore the others? Or is that only in cartoons?
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i have no idea actually, most of the poultry people i talk to have never heard of a co-parented brood but i've had it happen twice now (with four different hens!). the babies accept both mothers equally, showing no preference toward either one, and the hens share all the responsibilities, including incubating, foraging, sheltering and giving the chicks somewhere to sleep at night. birds definitely imprint upon hatching and in this case i guess they just imprint twice.
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Avshalom posted:i have no idea actually, most of the poultry people i talk to have never heard of a co-parented brood but i've had it happen twice now (with four different hens!). the babies accept both mothers equally, showing no preference toward either one, and the hens share all the responsibilities, including incubating, foraging, sheltering and giving the chicks somewhere to sleep at night. birds definitely imprint upon hatching and in this case i guess they just imprint twice. Congrats on your lesbian poultry.
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# ? Mar 12, 2017 07:47 |
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Orange feets!
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# ? Mar 12, 2017 07:59 |
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Avshalom posted:look out world! Wonderful!
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# ? Mar 12, 2017 09:20 |
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petra and zebby remain in steadfast denial that there's anything unusual about their stripy hunchbacked children apparently keets can be a challenge for adoptive chickens because while chicks respond to danger by huddling under the mother, keets respond to danger by scattering all over (this is because guinea fowl are terrible mothers). the girls seem to be handling them well though. whenever they go anywhere one hen walks in front and one in the back with the keets lined up in the middle. much to my relief the other chickens have accepted the keets as well, the mums won't let them too near the brood of course but so far there's been no signs of aggression. multiculturalism is a magical thing you'll recall me saying i wanted more lavenders in my flock - after the disappearances in the other shed my lavender keet population went from six down to two, lol. i have no idea why whatever it was only took lavenders. it may be because they lack the camouflage of the pearls. at least i still have two, and they're both doing great bonus bucket of chix for willus, with a cameo appearance from vanya
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# ? Mar 13, 2017 02:53 |
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yes excellent
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# ? Mar 13, 2017 02:59 |
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Avshalom posted:the girls seem to be handling them well though. whenever they go anywhere one hen walks in front and one in the back with the keets lined up in the middle.
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# ? Mar 13, 2017 03:24 |
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please enjoy this four-part radio drama about guinea fowl husbandry that i just found mystery solved Avshalom fucked around with this message at 09:13 on Mar 13, 2017 |
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Avshalom posted:please enjoy this four-part radio drama about guinea fowl husbandry that i just found The Something Awful Forums > Discussion > Heavy Petting > keets: PLAY CEREMONIAL MUSIC APPROPRIATE FOR THE CROWNING OF A QUEEN MOTHER FOR 20 SECONDS, THEN FADE UNDER NARRATOR
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# ? Mar 13, 2017 11:42 |
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i will embrace as queen mother any woman with a national policy centred on feminism and keets
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# ? Mar 13, 2017 12:12 |
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Avshalom posted:
i'm amazing that keets manage to grow up at all if that's ow they normally act in the wild. are they as as quail or are they better about not intentionally killing themselves? Good mama hens. That picture is awesome.
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Avshalom posted:i will embrace as queen mother any woman with a national policy centred on feminism and keets A keet in every bucket and a chicken in every garage.
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# ? Mar 13, 2017 16:41 |
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Hellacopter posted:i'm amazing that keets manage to grow up at all if that's ow they normally act in the wild. are they as as quail or are they better about not intentionally killing themselves?
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# ? Mar 13, 2017 20:28 |
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the keet eats the grub, the mole eats the keet, the owl eats the mole, the eagle eats the owl, i eat the eagle and the grub eats me
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# ? Mar 14, 2017 00:18 |
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Keets.
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Avshalom posted:the keet eats the grub, the mole eats the keet, the owl eats the mole, the eagle eats the owl, i eat the eagle and the grub eats me The Wicker Keet.
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# ? Mar 14, 2017 00:59 |
KEEEETS!
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ugh i am not doing a good job of recording the keets. just say "queepy chee, yeepy kee" to yourself in a high-pitched voice, that's how they sound when they're chatting amongst themselves. the preee! call the tame ones used to do seems to be a weird adaptation of the alarm/annoyance noise, which is a buzzy sort of vreeeet sound. the two tame teens have returned to their wild state and no longer squeal at me or come when called anyway i can only count twelve keets in these photos but i'm pretty sure i counted thirteen this morning. the best result i've ever achieved is like a 50% survival rate so this is a clear win in favour of the hens! they spend a lot of time at the woodpile, which is like a keet playground - worms, beetles, termites, things to climb on, wow! and it's under a big peppermint tree so it's mostly safe from overhead marauders as you can see they're quickly getting their adult feathers. they grow up so fast
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# ? Mar 19, 2017 05:06 |
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I love that each hen matches a set of keet babbies
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# ? Mar 19, 2017 05:10 |
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i know! the keets almost look like they could be the hens' natural children, given a few physical impossibilities. the very subtle stripes on lavender keets are my favourite thing
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# ? Mar 19, 2017 05:12 |
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Keets continue to own.
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# ? Mar 19, 2017 05:21 |
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Eat bugs, become cuter? hmm
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# ? Mar 20, 2017 03:13 |
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Lovebirds eat bugs; the theory is sound.
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# ? Mar 20, 2017 05:36 |
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this is a termite-infested piece of firewood or as i like to call it, a keet kong
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# ? Mar 24, 2017 13:01 |
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How much space do you need to raise keets? I'm thinking about buying a house.
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# ? Mar 24, 2017 13:35 |
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well it depends on if you want to keep them in adulthood or sell them as soon as they reach maturity. they make a lot of noise and i really wouldn't recommend a flock of more than three or four adult guineas unless you were in a rural area on acreage - not only because of the noise but because they're avid wanderers, i'd say you need five acres to keep a decent-sized flock happy. however if you only want to keep a few adults at a time for eggs and sell the keets once they're old enough not to need heat (4-8 weeks old depending on the weather where you are) a large backyard would be fine. you'll need to make sure they have a fully enclosed run if you're in town, they're good fliers and will be all over your neighbours' backyards otherwise, and you'd be surprised how quickly they go from waddling puffballs to soaring like albatrosses
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# ? Mar 24, 2017 13:56 |
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OK, this just made my night
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# ? Mar 25, 2017 06:31 |
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Omg the keet cong is the best thing ever aaaaaaaaa
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# ? Mar 25, 2017 06:53 |
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A Spider Covets posted:Omg the keet cong is the best thing ever aaaaaaaaa
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# ? Mar 25, 2017 08:43 |
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this thread is six pages long and I think probably my favourite thread ever
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# ? Mar 26, 2017 02:15 |
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this was going to be my final batch of keets but paula the blue guinette is pumping out eggs like a maniac so i have at least one brood left to go before i go back to the city
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# ? Mar 26, 2017 02:20 |
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quite stretched out posted:this thread is six pages long and I think probably my favourite thread ever I like it a lot too, it's nice to just come in and look at sweet pictures of birds and learn about them
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# ? Mar 26, 2017 02:53 |
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sun's out! time to dust it up!
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# ? Mar 26, 2017 04:22 |
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Avshalom posted:this was going to be my final batch of keets but paula the blue guinette is pumping out eggs like a maniac so i have at least one brood left to go before i go back to the city keets!!!!!!!!!!!!
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# ? Mar 26, 2017 04:37 |
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it rained! check out my grass! and my chickens what's going on in australia's favourite family?
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# ? Mar 27, 2017 02:27 |
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Requesting a children's book about the keet family in the style of And Tango Makes Three
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# ? Mar 27, 2017 02:42 |
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I love it when green panic gets rained on and it instantly gets all plump and emerald green and hip-deep overnight
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That last shot is perfect for a desktop wallpaper!
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