I understand ... it would be difficule for me to ever live without my animals ... drop by anytime .. we have lots of animal videos to fill that empty spot for you !
Teresa, you are living a busy, industrious, yet happy life. Once upon a time when I was too young I would not have envied you as I do now in my old age. You're a lucky girl.
“That little guy is probably the most aggressive creature I have in my property, now I know I can make Christmas ornaments out of his feathers” 🤣😂😂 god that was hilarious, you could hear the desire on her voice, you know they don’t like each other!!! Good video
I am amazed, I am in Western Australia and am at the moment just farming Poultry and waterfowl, I have Quail, Turkeys and Hens along with Different varieties of Ducks, I did once breed Miniature Goats and Mini Horses but am now just doing the Poultry I admire Your Strength and diligance..Look forward to any Updates at a later date..
I am thinking I should post our 2018 chicks and amputees birds soon .. it has been a while since I did any videos with the critters... this month has been crazy busy getting ready for the County Fair ( I will have videos of my Granddaughters activities after the Judging on the 11th of August. Thanks for stopping in !
it's awesome to see the guinea coming in at night, almost everything I have read says they almost never come in to roost. How did you start training them, when they were young?
Great video. Thanks for sharing. I have a small ranch, just goats, chickens, horses. I want guinea fowl but my neighbors are a bit too close. Would love to have a place like yours!! I know it's a full time job for sure!
Thank you Nov Crim, Its not fancy ... but it works for us and our 200+ critters .. we seem to be building barns/sheds and coops, on a year round basis!
Thank you duett 445, ( I think it has a LOT to do with the fact that they ALL LOVE the fermented grains, they free range 200 acres .. but most all return for their evening feeding about an hour before sundown.
Half a barrel of water then layer corn, oats, barley leaving several inches at the top of the barrel to allow for swelling I DO NOT.. add vinegar to jump start Since it will change the natural fermentation of the grains .. let it sit a few days till you begin to smell the fermentation ( Make sure to keep the grains about an inch under water at all times to avoid mold ) Either remove some of this to use to start a new batch inn another barrel . or leave a few inches in the bottom of this barrel to start a new batch always add water first to get the ferment mixed in a new batch
@@zhuliu ... LOL Imagine having a party ... and the next day it is very warm .. and you can smell where someone spilled beer on a carpet and did not clean it up
I wanted to ask if it would be ok to give chickens dry dirt out of our basement for a bath ? half the basement is cement and the other side is dry dirt
Those are some well behaved guineas. Mine not nearly so obedient, and pay the price with predators often. Will get too high in trees to retrieve, but owls retrieve them, too far in woods to find, but fox and bobcat find them. Very few “old men and women” among my guineas. Hens take the worst beating trying to set well hidden nests all spring and summer. When order more guineas every spring always have to not forget to remember that predators gotta and gonna eat too lol!!! I like the simple naming structure. I’ve only named 3 of 50, Feller, Lilrunt, and Vivor, as in survivor, only one that survived a hatching attempt, hen and all other keets goners. Don’t name cows and donkeys. Is just hobby mostly for us, but is definitely a hobby involving a bit of work.
Some are more well behaved than others .. I currently have ONE who has decided his place is on top of the peak of the barn... I have told him the stories of his ancestors who went to meet the Great Owl... in that very spot.. and I feel ya in the nesting stories . I start each spring out with over 100 adult guineas ..and usually go into fall with 60 to 70 adults. Once they start nesting the coyotes come calling I have only had one pair manage to make the return with 4 babies that hatched naturally ... Normally .. I find a slew of feathers .. I have 3 incubators, and 5 broody silkie hens that I depend on to keep my flock going. This year I am going to try moving every nest I find, with the hen and mate into a large run and see how that goes.
Teresa Johnson Just came upon your reply. I’ve tried moving a few guinea nests and hens to safer quarters. They abandon the nest every time. I’ve found the only way to salvage any keets from a nest is to steal the eggs and incubate them artificially. The hen & her collaborators are never happy, but I have a lot more food for the predators that way. Lol. The southeastern USA is chock full of predators. I have had a couple of nests succeed in starting to hatch when the hens make a nest in my vegetable garden behind an electric deer fence, but when they begin hatching the fire ants find the nest. I suppose they detect the scent of the hatching process and attack the nest causing the hen to abandon it. Oh well. How guineas ever survived in the wild is a mystery. Their situation must have been like the Dodo birds that were discovered on the island and subsequently exterminated....no predators...until man arrived. I now have about 130 guineas & 25 chickens but the cost of feeding them is becoming a nuisance.
Reality. I am now exhausted realizing how much work a ranch really is. I had it as a fantasy just "oh, I love animals and I want some of each". Oops - maybe some rich relative that I don't already know of will leave me a wad of cash and I can hire people to do the hard work, and I can just hand out treats and lovin'. Yes, the dream has changed! Ha ha ha ha ha! I'm lazy.
You have very nice animal farm. I love the idea of using hens for hatching eggs and raising chicks. Silkies are very popular for this job but I use aseel hens they are the best moms in the chicken world. I request you to try a couple of those hens.
Thank you for your input Diego, Asil's are pretty birds... but not very common in the US... I have heard they are good Mama hens.. but the roosters tend to be pretty aggressive to one another and as you can see I have quite an assortment of Heritage birds that I simply cannot tolerate aggressiveness among. Out of over 200 birds ( turkeys, guinea fowl, Silkies, Buckeyes, quail and Peafowl .. I have ONE aggressive bird a Beautiful Peacock .. and he stays in a peafowl habitat protecting his hens.. ( or he would be a wall ornament LOL ) Thank you for taking time to stop in and say hello .. please accept a copy of my Monthly newspaper in gratitude drive.google.com/file/d/1qT1UEB2wy8e6LZusUEAwrP1Ad-8XRXVv/view
Thank you so much for your reply, Teresa. You are correct about Aseels, they are gamebirds they were selectively bred for fighting but roosters are pets like dogs and cats and are kept in house not in coops with other chickens because you know cockerels From a good lineage are valuable unlike other chicken breeds where pullets are valuable. I loved your newspaper you are really an inspiration.
I Iove your video! I have a question about your broody black silky raising your guineas & turkeys: How many turkey and guinea eggs can the silky comfortably sit at? And what is the hatching success rate with the guinea eggs? Thank you for sharing your wisdom.
U have nice collection of animals n birds, really u have to work very hard to keep tht farm house going smoothly. ur farm house is situated on Rocky mountains n no presence of tree, then tell me what is the source of water. I would love to come n stay fr a week n work there or rather take experience by working there n help u in ur day today work, as I can't afford farm house like u but love to experience it by helping u in ur farm house, love frn india,TC
I am actually in the high desert ... my water source is from a deep well... Someday I may do a work apprentice program .. but for now I am still training Grandkids!
Please I have a question, Can a guinea flow still lay eggs and hatch if the feathers are peal off or cut constantly ? (peal off or cut so that thay won't away) Thanks for your answer.
Thanks for the interesting video. What is the purpose of having so many guineas? Do you harvest their eggs? I want to get a few of them for pest control on my homestead. What other uses are they good for?
Won't the guinea fly off? I bought them when they were little chicks and now they are like a year old and have tried to run away EVERY SINGLE CHANGE they get. I have put them in their coop which I feel is too small for their wild nature. What should I do?
Chain link fencing is pretty easy to come by and the 8 ft high works well inn several of my bird run areas ( the Peafowl enclosure for example it has the rubber weave mesh net over the top to keep hawks and owls out as well as keeping my peafowl in . All of my chain link fence was either purchased cheap second hand, or free if I picked it up .. I use 4 x 4 post, instead of the pipe post that usually comes with it. Yes Guineas are flighty but I have them for the purpose of eating grasshoppers in the spring and summer ( protecting my orchard and gardens ) As far as mine flying off?? LOL well I built my house .. DEAD CENTER of my 200 acres .. and knock on wood .. I have never had them go much more than say 30 yards past the fenceline on the West side .. which is another vacant 200 acres :-)
That's true Leroy, I also share simple living ways in a Monthly Newspaper that I publish .. Please enjoy a complimentary copy drive.google.com/file/d/1qT1UEB2wy8e6LZusUEAwrP1Ad-8XRXVv/view
U r so funny! I had one just like him that shook his feathers hard then when I wasn't looking he charged me and spurred my ankle with a gash that scarred me. I doctored it and went out there with a roll of duct tape and wrangled him and wrapped his feet together then his beaks tossed him in the truck and drove him to a sanctuary I knew of...I dont care what happened to him after that owner took him...WHAT A JERK!!!!!
Anyone thinking about getting guineas, needs to think about their neighbors. I lived peacefully for 17 years in my house, before my ignorant neighbor decided he wanted a flock of guineas. Now, every day at 2:30 or 3:00, the screaming starts. Nobody within 1/2 mile can sleep when these nuisance birds start calling. You may be cool with the noise, but your neighbors will likely not see it that way. These birds need to be eradicated, they are a scourge to urban living, and should only be raised if you can ensure they will not destroy your neighbors quality of living. Be considerate!!!
The ignorant pig I live next to has 500 acres, but no matter, he wants the guineas up near our houses so he can keep an eye on them. If he kept these birds on any of the other 475 acres, they’d bother nobody. But he wants them where they are, so too bad for anyone who wants to sleep through the night.
It depends on your weather temps .. a first batch for me in the summer is about 2 days .. a first batch in the winter can take 5 .. once you have the first batch you can use some of it as a primer for your next batch and it is quicker
The only time I wouldn't wanna feed them on the ground is when the coop is dirty, which obviously yours isn't with that much room for them to range on! Very nice, lucky fowl! Thank you for keeping that sweet little silkie and letting her fulfil her purpose. And I know what breed I'm adding to my list...those buckeys look HEAVY. Do they ever set eggs? Not that you need them to with all your silkies lol. Btw your peafowl pen...your birds are so lucky. Lots of room=happy healthy birds. Did you end up eating Demon?
LOL.. No "Stuck in the City" I didn't eat Demon LOL !! Yes my birds do have a good free range world.. but I also keep my coops by the "deep Litter" method always adding fresh litter on top and changing it out only about 2 or 3 times a year .. They scratch and peck and keep it broken down very well.. I have never had a case of cocci. or other bacteria related illness inn my birds.. Glad you stopped by .. hope to see you around again soon .
I have a yearly average of 100 guineas but they have to cover 200 acres of prairie .. they have really helped with the grasshopper situation and you can determine their range by where you run into grasshoppers on the property ... their broodiness .. is their biggest down fall.. they go away from the safety of the pens to lay their clutches, and are picked off by hawks and coyotes
Teresa Johnson So you replenish your flock by ordering in New chicks? Why did the four big turkeys get their own house? Lol... I'm full of questions...
I gather the eggs and use an incubator before a hen starts sitting if I find a nest, sometimes I count days when I see them start to sit.. then if they leave the nest too soon it requires shorter time in my incubator. I have 2, 40 count incubators and one 9 count. Turkey males get a bit more aggressive with other birds when confined so I cannot trust them to live peacefully with a combination of turkeys chickens and guineas so they have their own house. Even though they are only confined from sun down to sun up .. If I am late getting out to turn them out .. a lot of damage can be done in the first hours of daylight if they get bored .. Don't hesitate to ask questions I will try to answer any questions you have .
Thanks Rakesh.. Technically .. this is not a how to video... or a professional site.. I am simply an old farm girl taking my viewers along with me in my daily life... sometimes tea camera shakes, loses focus, or is overwhelmed by wind, rain or dust... in this case .. I limped around on a leg with a titanium pin and an arm with a titanium pin from an accident... I do well to simply hold a camera, walk, and still get the job of feeding and locking down my critters at the same time
Teresa Johnson Wow, you're a tough, hardworkin farm girl! I am very impressed with how you get those crazy guineas in their house for the night! We had guineas on our farm when I was little. They're known as the "police" of the barnyard! Our guineas would roost in a large cypress tree at night. If one single coyote, wild dog, opossum came near, those guineas would go berserk! Screeching, chirping, squawking...for hours on end! My bedroom was nearest to the barnyard so, what with my opened window, (no ac back then) I heard every little noise! Watching your video, I cannot tell you how it takes me back to our farm, some 50 years ago! I have tears in my eyes remembering that simpler time and how it moved so slowly, or so I thought! Thank you! Thank you from the bottom of my heart for reminding this country girl, what life is truly all about. How we should all value and cherish our memories of a simpler time and strive to bring those times back into our daily lives! ❤
Guineas are great birds A Kovar.. even though at times .. they are not the brightest crayons in the box. Around here .. if they are not locked down .. they become owl or coyote treats. I am so glad my page was able to take you back to a good place in your life... that is my goal... that .. and hopefully to give someone the courage to find that good place in life they may have never known..... Blessings
Teresa Johnson Thank you for your kind words! I'm so glad I found your videos. All because I was looking for quineas and the crazy sounds they make! Thanks a bunch! 😊
