getting 2 more tomorrow, 1 lavender, 1 white
I GOT THEM!
yeah!
can't wait
jordankityjo,
Someone around you has some really nice guineas. What a blessing.
Kelly in Moxee
kelly, his name is wally, andhe's a real sweetheart
jordankittyjo,
I can hear guineas in the distance from two directions 1) south 2) to the west. I also see a small flock of ONLY Pearl Gray 3) to the north when I drive toward the schools. I've not seen all the birds in the neighboring flocks. I'd expect them all to be Pearl Gray. That's the only color I've ever seen at the stores in 6 yrs of looking and the only color I've seen at the Central Washington State Fair. I got the Platinum guinea cock from a totally freakish hatch but was told that the birds I bought (from the sellor's mouth) have a white guinea in the pedigree and that's why the Royal Purple hens have white flight feathers. It is because of the Platinum roo that the Royal Purple hens are creating the Buff Dundotte and the several extra Platinum keets. His color trait must be sorta dominant because we've only had 20 keets hatch this summer and 8 of them are light colored resembling him. Remember too I have 1 Pearl Gray guinea roo. He must be getting some credit with the newly hatched keets ... not just the Platinum roo. If there is a 50/50 split for the 2 roos .... my Platinum roo has a fairly influential color trait ... not necessarily dominant.
Kelly in Moxee
They are so cute . Can't wait till my new ones come in . I will have more time with them because this time we will be set up better .Plus all the knowledge from people here .
whatsupdoc,
How many keets will you have? They are so much enjoyment. I have 8 little guineas running around inside our fenced compound. So cute to see them all the day long. Best of luck to your keeping out the predators. That is the challenge it seems for most of us.
Kelly in Moxee
Kelly, i've never seen buff gineas. do you have a picture
here is my new addition
jordankittyjo,
Here is a link to about 20 colors of guinea fowl. The Buff and Buff Dundotte are toward the middle. Just copy and paste the entire line into the address line of your web browser and tap the enter key.
http://guineafowl.com/fritsfarm/guineas/colors/index.html
They are just above the Porcelain. Mine looks most like the Buff Dundotte. I feel like I'm going to collect 1 of each color.
Kelly in Moxee
thanks kelly
loks lik they wont be keets anymore soon
Do people keep guinea fowl much in Australia, Josh?
i dont know i dont realy know any people who keep poultry at all because my property is about a 10 minute drive from a fairly big town so we are not completely isolated
i have seen som at the auctions so i guess they do
Do you have ticks and tick diseases? I don't think you have Lime disease.
i know we have ticks because i spend half my life getting them off the dog but she just keeps going in the long grass when i tell her not to
I hate that! During tick season I find them crawling up the dogs and then they bring them in the house. One night I woke up and their was a tick crawling up my face. Ohhhhhhh!
talk bout horror stories
Catscan, i keep frintline plus on my dogs. i find it works good
well, you would be needing that anymore kitty! and they are called keets until 6 months of age, i think...
see, i'm saving money already!
well just had to take a net and catch 4 keets. fun!
Oh no, you are having a bad morning, go back to bed and get up on the right side I think that is what I am going to do.
wish i could. just started the fire in the smoker. waiting for husband to get home so i can beat on him! LOL
lol have fun, i put in a call to mine, he BETTER be home early tonight or he will be working in the dark.
Tia,
Anything he does in the evenings ought to feel recreational .... not really work. He doesn't want to just lay around .... does he? Maybe helping him to enjoy it all ... like a team. Sometimes a carrot is helpful too like the mule with carrot in front of him.
Kelly in Moxee
Yea but when he comes home at 9 pm, he got off work at 4. He aint getting no carrot.
AND he is not suppost to work on weekends. AND he took MY drill. Sorry I am just real upset
This message was edited Jul 26, 2008 10:49 AM
Tia,
I'm not going to near this sub-topic. Perhaps a pre-getting off work notification that there is a "special meal w/ a nice merlot" waiting at home immediately following work tonight ... would encourage him in the right direction at the right time. Food for thought? That has a double meaning and I hardly intended.
I work in my home office so for me this has never been an issue in my entire life. So I'm the wrong person and wrong gender.
Kelly in Moxee
There is rib in the fridge(his fav) that will not get fixed tonight, he dont drink wine, but there is his other fav vodka and OJ. I know Kelly you are trying, it does not work with this man, as the story goes, he did use to be romantic, until you know what..................I said YES. on top of it I am sick, and still have to do everything. Story of my life.
Tia, At Christmas time I fill up a few pretty glass decanters we've collected over the years w/ the traditional whiskey type beverages .... cognac, vodka, scotch, rum. My wife is a health freak and I'm 16 yrs older ... so she's all over me when I have a hard drink (making sure I have just 1). I limit my alcohol to red dinner wines for the most part (good for the heart) except for late in the year or New Years. Its great to be healthy and better to not get sick when it can be avoided by just behaving moderately. Sorry to learn of your being sick. Get well soon.
Is there a forum thread where folks at DG discus various hh items like plates, crystal, cookware, knives, mixers. My wife collects some really classy old pieces.
Kelly in Moxee
this place has so many forums i am sure u will find the write place
Jordan, how did the beating go with DH. Hope you went easy on him, just have him do some extra chores and all will be ok. Thats what hubby does when he knows i am upset with him, he kinda kisses my fanny and does things extra for me, like do things I have asked him to do for weeks.................. Hopefully today after he gets the water pump fixed in the truck we can start on the coop this evening.
Tia, the beating went well. i got a new freezer and new tv. and ordered bantam. he ought to leave the gate open more often. LOL
ha ha ha great job. well let him do something else wrong, that leaving the gate open is to painful.
can you find my driveway?
Dang kiddo, I feel for yall, there. Hope the rains let up.
thats my tax dollars at work. the new storm drains are too small
Oh no. Dont you hate it when the "powers to be" come up with new ideas.
yeah, they get paid to think of these adle brained ideas