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Ozarkgal, where've you been?

We had some guineas when we had chickens. We had a hen that was setting so we bought some keets and went out after dark and removed the eggs and put the guineas under her. She raised them as her own and they stay with the chickens until they were grown. Then they preferred to roost in trees rather than in the hen house.

You should be able to get some from any feed store or Atwoods. Ask them early and they will order any kind you want.
 

rkunsaw said:
Ozarkgal, where've you been?

We had some guineas when we had chickens. We had a hen that was setting so we bought some keets and went out after dark and removed the eggs and put the guineas under her. She raised them as her own and they stay with the chickens until they were grown. Then they preferred to roost in trees rather than in the hen house.

You should be able to get some from any feed store or Atwoods. Ask them early and they will order any kind you want.
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I haven't been anywhere, except for a quick trip to Little Rock to take my brother to the airport. I have the usual spring and summer friend tourists coming in May, June and August, so I have been trying to motivate myself to get some spring projects done around here, but the weather is being uncooperative with me, and motivation is at a low point.

What a great idea on the hen raising the keets. One reason I have been hesitant about getting them is the attention they require when they are babies. I have a friend who wants to give me some chickens, but I have vacillated on that idea for quite a while. Maybe I'll take a couple of hens and see if I can con them into raising the keets.

Why don't you have guineas and chickens anymore? What is the downside, other than one more thing to take care of? I really need that like I need 10 more pounds!:(

I have been checking my asparagus patch to see if there are any signs of shoots yet. So far, nothing...but maybe that's good given the snow last week. I hope they are just waiting for better weather. My lillies, iris and daffodils have shot out of the ground, and I hope the cold weather hasn't damaged them.

I am planning on planting a crepe myrtle tree on the hill in the pasture soon. I love the color they have, they're so beautiful in bloom.
 
A few asparagus spears are poking through the ground. Just planted 8 tomato and 1 Tabasco pepper plants. Sowed five rows of seeds for green beans, one row of turnip seeds. Got pimento and habanero seeds soaking for planting later.

Ozarkgal, we gave up our chickens because we wanted to be free to travel. It's hard to make travel plans when you also have to make arrangements for the animals. Some folks down the road from us sell eggs so we traded our hens for eggs. We still buy from them so we still get the good free range eggs.
 
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