r/guineafowl

Hello all! This is my first time with keets and have a question about potential temperature shock.

My keets are about ready to leave the brooder but we are currently in a heat wave, hovering around 100 for the next week or so. They are currently in my basement while I get their coop ready and it’s been a steady 72 outside of the brooder plates.

If I move them out to coop during this time is the temperature swing too much? They haven’t acclimated to it so I don’t want them to have shock or worse. I do know they are naturally more heat tolerant than chickens, but when it’s sudden could it cause issues?

TIA!

18 month old guinea fowl swallowed the string from a feed bag. I don't know where to go from here. I dont have the funds for a vet trip, so its either treat at home or cull. String is visible hanging from the beak. About to cut it and offer fresh water and grit, and give a bit of olive oil. If anyone has any further suggestions, please please reach out.

Hey folks, one of my guineas started to lay eggs like a month ago. Kind of irregular, 3 days in a row and then rest four days or even a week and repeat.

According to the seller, she should be about 5-6 months old now.

The thing is, she hasn't laid an egg in 12 days, and I'd like to know if anyone else has experienced something similar.

I don't know if it's relevant, but she started laying at the same time as one Isa Brown hen (the first one in the flock to lay). Also, I've been letting them free range for the last 15 days, and the temperatures have risen 3 or 4 degrees. It's summer right now.

And no, I dont think she is hidding the egg because they dont go more than 3 meters away from the coop.