Outlaw Pete 2,224 Posted December 28, 2013 Report Share Posted December 28, 2013 Am I about right in believing these f**kers need to be hatched and reared on the ground you want them on? I've heard that, if you buy them in and ever let them loose, off they go. Never to be seen again. I'd love to have some about the place. So much so that I'm actually sitting here, contemplating a broody hen or even an incubator ..... I know nothing. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
keepdiggin 9,561 Posted December 28, 2013 Report Share Posted December 28, 2013 we use to use a hen to hatch ours mate. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
burnie69 376 Posted December 28, 2013 Report Share Posted December 28, 2013 I've brought them in and they've stayed no problem Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mr Wilkes 3,036 Posted December 28, 2013 Report Share Posted December 28, 2013 Same as anything you get as a adult pete, pen em up till they know your the man that feeds em and let em out an hr before dusk and they wont go far. if you get adults now youll have all the eggs you want to hatch come spring. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Outlaw Pete 2,224 Posted December 28, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 28, 2013 we use to use a hen to hatch ours mate. Cheers, KD. I've been on Google all this time. Looking into Broody Hens and Incubators ..... Accessing both a broody and some fertile eggs seems like a bit of a drama, to be honest. I have no fowls and so would be looking at finding and keeping a full sized Silkie. Then trying to get some eggs the moment she goes down. Drama, indeed. Incubator? Cost of one worth bothering with would make these some bloody expensive birds! Plan B, methinks. I've brought them in and they've stayed no problem At what age, Burnie? And, I'm taking it you have other birds around, to give them something to latch onto ....? Same as anything you get as a adult pete, pen em up till they know your the man that feeds em and let em out an hr before dusk and they wont go far. if you get adults now youll have all the eggs you want to hatch come spring. I Love the idea of not letting them out till near dusk! Great thinking! I'm now thinking of maybe upping my chances here, by buying keets and keeping them in a pen for ages. Probably even under the trees I'd like them to adopt. GF are something I've always wanted ~ along with an isolated cottage, set amongst the fields, with a stand of trees behind it. Where no one would bother my birds. And they could sound the alarm ..... F**ked if that dream hasn't come true! Now, all I need is the birds. And there's a breeder just €30.00 away! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
burnie69 376 Posted December 28, 2013 Report Share Posted December 28, 2013 We've had em with pheasant's in there release pens and on there own roaming around the yard Pete. if I'm honest though there the adults never really get very close to you there always in the back ground waiting if you know what I mean. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dogs-n-natives 1,182 Posted December 28, 2013 Report Share Posted December 28, 2013 I've brought them in and they've stayed no problem Same here, no issues. Mine even bred and raised their own chicks on the fell. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mark@mbb 31 Posted December 29, 2013 Report Share Posted December 29, 2013 I have about 25 wandering around i have hatched in incubators every year for a long time they don't make good mothers we usually rear the in small nurseries until about 2 months old or fully feathered they will stay in the area they were borne if you buy some in keep them in a pen for about 6 weeks and then let them out mine like to roost in trees pm me if you need any more info Quote Link to post Share on other sites
vfr400boy 3,456 Posted December 30, 2013 Report Share Posted December 30, 2013 I have just got 2 guineas , ( about 2 months ago ) thay have settled in well , is it true you can't sex them ? I'd like to hatch some off , thanks Chris Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mark@mbb 31 Posted December 30, 2013 Report Share Posted December 30, 2013 If you watch them the cock has bigger wattles than the female and the calls are different takes a while to get used to but its possibly to sex them Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Outlaw Pete 2,224 Posted December 30, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 30, 2013 Okay. I heard from the guy, today. He hopes to be breeding again my mid January. So, with one thing and another, I guess I might expect to get some, what? End of February, give or take? Thing is; I have this aviary here. Eight foot long. Four foot wide. Six foot high. How many keets could I comfortably confine in that, for a couple of months? I'm thinking how I may have to get a few 'shifts' in. Maybe a couple of birds at a time? I'd like to eventually have at least half a dozen of them. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
vfr400boy 3,456 Posted January 9, 2014 Report Share Posted January 9, 2014 Another quick question what should I be feeding my guinea's ? Ther in a 10m square run thanks Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mark@mbb 31 Posted January 9, 2014 Report Share Posted January 9, 2014 corn wheat mine like peanuts maggots bread almost anything except dog biscuits Quote Link to post Share on other sites
vfr400boy 3,456 Posted January 12, 2014 Report Share Posted January 12, 2014 Thanks mark , when will thay start laying ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
vfr400boy 3,456 Posted February 8, 2014 Report Share Posted February 8, 2014 I lost one of my guineas last week so I am on the look out for one in Yorkshire if any one has a sper Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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