GARDENING WITH GUINEA FOWL

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August/September 1992
 
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Editor's note: Mother Earth News contributor Gail Damerow and her guineas live on a small farm in Tennessee.

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Stock

Ralph Winter (21357 White Pine Lane, New Vienna, Iowa 52065, (319/853-4195) carries a variety of colors in addition to white and pearl. Prices range from $1.75 to $3.50 per keet, depending on color and quantity

Country Chickeries (Box 217, Madill, Oklahoma 73446, (405/795-2515) also carries a variety of colors. Prices range from $2 to $3, depending on color and quantity.

Morris Farms (18370 SW 232 Street, Goulds, Florida 33170, (305/247-1070) specializes in French hybrid guineas. Prices range downward from $1.50, depending on quantity.

Books

The following books are available from Stromberg's Chicks & Gamebirds Unlimited, Box 400, Pine River, Minnesota 56472, 218-587-2222:

Guinea Fowl, by Roy Van Hoesen & Loyl Stromberg ($4.95), is a collection of chatty essays extolling the guinea's virtues.

Guinea Fowl of the World, by R.H. Hastings Belshaw ($54.95) is a comprehensive manual for the serious breeder. A great resource.

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  • Mary in Texas 5/21/2009 3:14:00 PM

    I have two guineas sitting on eggs - one doesn't move and the other only sits during the day and comes in with the chickens at night. Should I put food and water next to the one that never moves? Thanks, Mary

  • cindy 4/9/2009 3:01:57 PM

    That was a great article on guineas. I am wondering if I can just buy a couple (like 2 hens, no rooster) to eat the ticks that are driving me crazy in my backyard. I am in the country, I'm sure my neighbors wouldn't complain. We have a four foot fence around our backyard, where our dogs are (not the type to eat a bird). Would the hens stay within a fence that size? Should I get a chicken also, so they can be caught at night? I don't really care about the eggs or eating any of them, and I only have shrubs in this area, but if they "jump the fence" they will wreck my flowers.

    I have also considered cedar extract spray -

    I may be moving to the city soon (another fenced in yard.) ticks may not be so awful there (there is also a fence), but I wish I understood how much noise two or three would actually make. Do you know how I can find out about the laws before I decide?


    Thanks for your help,
    Cindy

  • Rosemary Riksen 7/18/2008 9:23:11 PM

    I bought 9 araucana hens and 1 rooster in April from Tractor Supply, and asked which one was the rooster. They pointed to one bird that was smaller and had a diferent beak, but otherwise looked similar to the other birds. After the peeps started losing their "chick looks" it was clear that my rooster was a very strange looking bird. I searched online and found I had a guinea fowl. Now I clearly have 2 araucana roosters, 7 araucana hens, and one guinea fowl. I still don't know the sex of my guinea bird, but it is clearly part of the gang. What's next?

  • Gabrielle 3/6/2007 2:40:14 PM

    Congratulations on a great site. We are hoping to have guinea fowl
    soon on our smallholding in France. Almost everything we are doing
    at the moment is new to us so we have been looking a loads of 'how
    to' sites for a huge range of things. Your information on guinea
    fowl is fantastic, very helpful. Thank you

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