Are you interested in Guineas- baby keets? $ 7.99 each or 10 for$50 - - $7
Are you interested in Guineas- baby keets? $ 7.99 each or 10 for$50 - $8 (14062 yelm hwy se)
Are you interested in Guineas- baby keets/chicks? $ 7.99 each or 10 for $70-
SUNDAY AUGUST 5TH 10:00 AM -12 NOON at our farm.
CALL ----360---489---2830....
SUNDAY AUGUST 5TH 10:00 AM -12 NOON at our farm.
Taking pre-orders for baby guinea fowl.
$ 7.99 each or 10 for $50
You don't need to pay now. Please bring exact change on sunday morning, 10 am to 12 noon
We are a small co-op intentional-community co-housing project co-op farm and don't have a cash register or change.
Just email us or text ---360---489---2830 with quantity needed, your name, and confirmation that you are coming.
We will hold for you. If not there between 10 am to 12 noon, guinea chicks will be released to the next in line waiting list.
Several families are pooling in their orders in this club in order to receive a bulk discount and save on transportation costs.
We want you to be part of this permaculture movement, in order to promote sustainable living, cost-saving, earth-friendly living and going away from the poisons of insecticides and pesticides. Pest Control. Working as a team, guineas will eat any pest they can get their beaks on, but unlike chickens, do so without tearing and scratching up your garden. Since they free-range, they will hunt ticks (or beetles, fleas, grasshoppers, crickets, snakes) all over your property. Keets need a very high protein feed, 24-28% until they are 5 weeks old. At 5 weeks the protein can be reduced to 18-20% until week 8. At week 8 they can be reduced to 16% feed.
The feed should be mash or crumbles, pelleted feed is not recommended. Also, medicated feed is highly toxic to Guinea fowl - needless to say, do not allow them to eat it.
HERE ARE SOME FUN-FACTS about Guineas and why they may or may not be suitable to your farming life-style:
1- You will hear many glamorous things about them such as the fact that guinea fowl will eat ticks and snake and rats. You might hear that they are easier on the yard than chickens, that they don't scratch as much or won't go after your garden as much. And, yes, all of that is true. Guinea fowl prefer to hunt for bugs and insects in one large pack however sometimes they do break off into smaller groups. Nevertheless, Guinea fowl in generally normally keep the full flock in the corner of their eye, as deep down they are team players who like to stick together to the very end.
2-Guineas can survive longer without food than they can without water. Even ice cold water actually helps to maintain the body temperature in our guinea fowl during winter.
3-Please do not assume the birds can eat snow in place of drinking water.
4-The lifespan of a guinea fowl is approximately 10 to 15 years although they can live beyond this. I currently have guinea fowl on the farm that are 7 years old.
A male and female guinea fowl are normally monogamous--which means that they pair with each other for life and mate with no other individuals. In certain species, however, a male may mate with more than one female.
5- FROM WIKIPEDIA - Guineafowl (/ˈɡɪnifaʊl/; sometimes called "pet speckled hen", or "original fowl" or guineahen) are birds of the family Numididae in the order Galliformes. They are endemic to the continent of Africa and rank among the oldest of the gallinaceous birds. They are phylogenetically intermediate between peafowl and the Odontophoridae. One Eocene fossil lineage, Telecrex, is represented by the black guineafowl, an extant species native to the primary forests of Central Africa. Telecrex, which inhabited Mongolia, may have given rise to the oldest of the true Tetraophasianids like Ithaginis and Crossoptilon, which evolved into high-altitude montane adapted species with the rise of the Tibetan Plateau. While modern guineafowl species are endemic to Africa, the helmeted guineafowl has been introduced widely elsewhere.
6- FROM MOTHER-EARTH NEWS - Like officious little men in baggy gray suits, the guinea fowl scuttle up and down our driveway. Since dawn, they've been scouring our orchard for beetles, locusts, spiders, and ticks. Now they are ready to patrol our yard and garden for ants, cockroaches, flies, wasps, termites, cutworms, grubs, and snails. The guinea fowl are relentless in their pursuit.
I can remember a time when my husband and I had no guineas. Our former flock had roosted in trees and nested on the ground where, one by one, they had fallen prey to owls and foxes. While we were guinea-less, our potato crop was denuded by potato beetles, our hibiscus hedge was decimated by locusts, and we lost several fruit trees to flat-head borers. We soon realized that our "little gray men" had given us far more than just a pleasant diversion (and occasional good eating). So we got a new crew to work our land, and I hope never to live without these little guys again.
Raising Guinea Fowl
Many people have never seen, much less heard of, guinea fowl. Visitors, on spying their first guinea, invariably ask "What is that--a turkey?" Nope, but not a bad guess. Like turkeys, guineas are Galliformes, a group encompassing all chicken-like birds. But while chickens are members of the pheasant family, turkeys and guineas each have a family of their own. Native to Africa, they are known for traveling in large, gregarious flocks. Guinea fowl were introduced into Europe by 15th century Portuguese explorers, and then arrived in North America with the early settlers. There are seven species of guinea fowl, of which the "helmeted pearl" is by far the most common, and certainly the weirdest looking, with its oddly shaped helmet, white, featherless face, bright red wattles, and gray polka-dotted feathers. Ask those who keep guineas why they have them and you'll get a different answer every time. Chicken and turkey farmers keep them to ward off poultry-eating predators. Ranchers turn them loose to discourage rattlers and copperheads. Country dwellers like the way they gobble down disease-carrying ticks. Orchardists use them to drive off marauding birds. Farmers put them to work patrolling for row crop pests. Guineas do all this without damaging crops. Sure, they'll take the occasional peck at a cultivated plant, but they much prefer insects, weeds, and seeds.
Free-ranging guineas spend most of their days foraging. They work as a team, marching chest to chest and devouring anything they startle as they move through the grass. When they discover a special treat--a rodent, for example, or a small snake--they close ranks, circle their prey, and move in for the feast. All the while, they keep up a steady stream of whistles, chirps, and clicks, a sort of running commentary on the day's hunt.
7- THE BEST, CHEAPEST SECURITY GUARDS YOU CAN EMPLOY
You can spend a lot on security alarms and cameras, but you still won't beat the goofy guinea fowl for its 24-7, no-fail warning system. Talk to owners of guinea fowl and they'll tell you these birds are crazy.
You can lavish your love and attention on them from the moment they hatch, but they'll still be about as friendly as a half-tame cat and throw out that same warning call when you approach - even at a regular feeding time - and it's one hell of a warning. They're the type of bird that doesn't appreciate fences either so if you're going to choose to include guinea fowl on your block, it pays to have your neighbours onside with their calling, wandering natures, and/or live a distance away.
The good thing is the noise isn't like a crowing rooster at 4am, but it is a loud, very effective warning if a guinea fowl spots an intruder. Which may be at 4am. Guinea fowl have been known to scare off cats, ferrets, weasels and even hawks, so they are an ideal bird to have integrated into your chicken flock as guardians. Probably the only common predator a guinea fowl can't take on is a dog.
8- from the GUINEA FOWL INTERNATIONAL WEBSITE- Starting with keets? Here is some helpful information about their care.
When guinea fowl keets first hatch they are tired and will sleep a lot as most babies do. Keets are unstable on their legs and may squat a lot but in 24 hours you should note a big difference with them running around as if they had weeks of experience.
It's important to provide your keets with a non-slippery surface so they don't slide and injure their tiny legs. Do NOT use newspaper unless you layer textured paper towels [see NOTE below] on the top. A slippery surface can cause "spraddle legs" and can be permanent if not corrected right away. Guinea fowl legs in general are prone to injuries so take care not to capture them by their legs or feet, either as keets or adults. As they grow keets develop wing feathers first. They do not grow at a uniform rate, so don't be alarmed if you see wing feathers sticking out at odd angles, they will even out.
If you look into the brooder box and see your keets lying still as death with tiny orange legs and feet stretched out behind them, DO NOT PANIC! They are sleeping ever so peacefully. At even the slightest noise, they will scurry around like little jets. Talk to your keets often and slowly lower your hand into their box. Try putting some feed in your hand to get them used to the hand and feed together. Guinea fowl keets learn speed very quickly as well as the ability to jump very high and very soon. Be sure you have a screen or wire to keep them contained in their box.
CALL ----360---489---2830
Are you interested in Guineas- baby keets/chicks? $ 7.99 each or 10 for $70-
SUNDAY AUGUST 5TH 10:00 AM -12 NOON at our farm.
CALL ----360---489---2830....
SUNDAY AUGUST 5TH 10:00 AM -12 NOON at our farm.
Taking pre-orders for baby guinea fowl.
$ 7.99 each or 10 for $50
You don't need to pay now. Please bring exact change on sunday morning, 10 am to 12 noon
We are a small co-op intentional-community co-housing project co-op farm and don't have a cash register or change.
Just email us or text ---360---489---2830 with quantity needed, your name, and confirmation that you are coming.
We will hold for you. If not there between 10 am to 12 noon, guinea chicks will be released to the next in line waiting list.
Several families are pooling in their orders in this club in order to receive a bulk discount and save on transportation costs.
We want you to be part of this permaculture movement, in order to promote sustainable living, cost-saving, earth-friendly living and going away from the poisons of insecticides and pesticides. Pest Control. Working as a team, guineas will eat any pest they can get their beaks on, but unlike chickens, do so without tearing and scratching up your garden. Since they free-range, they will hunt ticks (or beetles, fleas, grasshoppers, crickets, snakes) all over your property. Keets need a very high protein feed, 24-28% until they are 5 weeks old. At 5 weeks the protein can be reduced to 18-20% until week 8. At week 8 they can be reduced to 16% feed.
The feed should be mash or crumbles, pelleted feed is not recommended. Also, medicated feed is highly toxic to Guinea fowl - needless to say, do not allow them to eat it.
HERE ARE SOME FUN-FACTS about Guineas and why they may or may not be suitable to your farming life-style:
1- You will hear many glamorous things about them such as the fact that guinea fowl will eat ticks and snake and rats. You might hear that they are easier on the yard than chickens, that they don't scratch as much or won't go after your garden as much. And, yes, all of that is true. Guinea fowl prefer to hunt for bugs and insects in one large pack however sometimes they do break off into smaller groups. Nevertheless, Guinea fowl in generally normally keep the full flock in the corner of their eye, as deep down they are team players who like to stick together to the very end.
2-Guineas can survive longer without food than they can without water. Even ice cold water actually helps to maintain the body temperature in our guinea fowl during winter.
3-Please do not assume the birds can eat snow in place of drinking water.
4-The lifespan of a guinea fowl is approximately 10 to 15 years although they can live beyond this. I currently have guinea fowl on the farm that are 7 years old.
A male and female guinea fowl are normally monogamous--which means that they pair with each other for life and mate with no other individuals. In certain species, however, a male may mate with more than one female.
5- FROM WIKIPEDIA - Guineafowl (/ˈɡɪnifaʊl/; sometimes called "pet speckled hen", or "original fowl" or guineahen) are birds of the family Numididae in the order Galliformes. They are endemic to the continent of Africa and rank among the oldest of the gallinaceous birds. They are phylogenetically intermediate between peafowl and the Odontophoridae. One Eocene fossil lineage, Telecrex, is represented by the black guineafowl, an extant species native to the primary forests of Central Africa. Telecrex, which inhabited Mongolia, may have given rise to the oldest of the true Tetraophasianids like Ithaginis and Crossoptilon, which evolved into high-altitude montane adapted species with the rise of the Tibetan Plateau. While modern guineafowl species are endemic to Africa, the helmeted guineafowl has been introduced widely elsewhere.
6- FROM MOTHER-EARTH NEWS - Like officious little men in baggy gray suits, the guinea fowl scuttle up and down our driveway. Since dawn, they've been scouring our orchard for beetles, locusts, spiders, and ticks. Now they are ready to patrol our yard and garden for ants, cockroaches, flies, wasps, termites, cutworms, grubs, and snails. The guinea fowl are relentless in their pursuit.
I can remember a time when my husband and I had no guineas. Our former flock had roosted in trees and nested on the ground where, one by one, they had fallen prey to owls and foxes. While we were guinea-less, our potato crop was denuded by potato beetles, our hibiscus hedge was decimated by locusts, and we lost several fruit trees to flat-head borers. We soon realized that our "little gray men" had given us far more than just a pleasant diversion (and occasional good eating). So we got a new crew to work our land, and I hope never to live without these little guys again.
Raising Guinea Fowl
Many people have never seen, much less heard of, guinea fowl. Visitors, on spying their first guinea, invariably ask "What is that--a turkey?" Nope, but not a bad guess. Like turkeys, guineas are Galliformes, a group encompassing all chicken-like birds. But while chickens are members of the pheasant family, turkeys and guineas each have a family of their own. Native to Africa, they are known for traveling in large, gregarious flocks. Guinea fowl were introduced into Europe by 15th century Portuguese explorers, and then arrived in North America with the early settlers. There are seven species of guinea fowl, of which the "helmeted pearl" is by far the most common, and certainly the weirdest looking, with its oddly shaped helmet, white, featherless face, bright red wattles, and gray polka-dotted feathers. Ask those who keep guineas why they have them and you'll get a different answer every time. Chicken and turkey farmers keep them to ward off poultry-eating predators. Ranchers turn them loose to discourage rattlers and copperheads. Country dwellers like the way they gobble down disease-carrying ticks. Orchardists use them to drive off marauding birds. Farmers put them to work patrolling for row crop pests. Guineas do all this without damaging crops. Sure, they'll take the occasional peck at a cultivated plant, but they much prefer insects, weeds, and seeds.
Free-ranging guineas spend most of their days foraging. They work as a team, marching chest to chest and devouring anything they startle as they move through the grass. When they discover a special treat--a rodent, for example, or a small snake--they close ranks, circle their prey, and move in for the feast. All the while, they keep up a steady stream of whistles, chirps, and clicks, a sort of running commentary on the day's hunt.
7- THE BEST, CHEAPEST SECURITY GUARDS YOU CAN EMPLOY
You can spend a lot on security alarms and cameras, but you still won't beat the goofy guinea fowl for its 24-7, no-fail warning system. Talk to owners of guinea fowl and they'll tell you these birds are crazy.
You can lavish your love and attention on them from the moment they hatch, but they'll still be about as friendly as a half-tame cat and throw out that same warning call when you approach - even at a regular feeding time - and it's one hell of a warning. They're the type of bird that doesn't appreciate fences either so if you're going to choose to include guinea fowl on your block, it pays to have your neighbours onside with their calling, wandering natures, and/or live a distance away.
The good thing is the noise isn't like a crowing rooster at 4am, but it is a loud, very effective warning if a guinea fowl spots an intruder. Which may be at 4am. Guinea fowl have been known to scare off cats, ferrets, weasels and even hawks, so they are an ideal bird to have integrated into your chicken flock as guardians. Probably the only common predator a guinea fowl can't take on is a dog.
8- from the GUINEA FOWL INTERNATIONAL WEBSITE- Starting with keets? Here is some helpful information about their care.
When guinea fowl keets first hatch they are tired and will sleep a lot as most babies do. Keets are unstable on their legs and may squat a lot but in 24 hours you should note a big difference with them running around as if they had weeks of experience.
It's important to provide your keets with a non-slippery surface so they don't slide and injure their tiny legs. Do NOT use newspaper unless you layer textured paper towels [see NOTE below] on the top. A slippery surface can cause "spraddle legs" and can be permanent if not corrected right away. Guinea fowl legs in general are prone to injuries so take care not to capture them by their legs or feet, either as keets or adults. As they grow keets develop wing feathers first. They do not grow at a uniform rate, so don't be alarmed if you see wing feathers sticking out at odd angles, they will even out.
If you look into the brooder box and see your keets lying still as death with tiny orange legs and feet stretched out behind them, DO NOT PANIC! They are sleeping ever so peacefully. At even the slightest noise, they will scurry around like little jets. Talk to your keets often and slowly lower your hand into their box. Try putting some feed in your hand to get them used to the hand and feed together. Guinea fowl keets learn speed very quickly as well as the ability to jump very high and very soon. Be sure you have a screen or wire to keep them contained in their box.
CALL ----360---489---2830
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