manxman Posted October 31, 2015 Report Share Posted October 31, 2015 I hatch out a few guinea fowl each year to release on our small shoot. Frankly, we don't shoot them, we just like seeing them around & the farmer enjoys them too. Last October we had a clutch of 9 chicks running around but none survived past November. Today the farmer showed me a nest with no less than 20 eggs on which a guinea is sitting. Obviously a hatch this late is doomed. I have an incubator & can rear them to about 3 weeks. After that I'm snookered as I have nowhere to bring them on in the winter. Can anyone offer advice to give them a fighting chance through the winter? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malantone Posted November 2, 2015 Report Share Posted November 2, 2015 will your farmer not let you have a corner of a building somewhere to fetch them on? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manxman Posted November 5, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 5, 2015 Considered that but the farm is a fair way from my house. Couldnt get there every day. In Spain at the mo but if they still haven't hatched when I get back, then I'll incubate them & once off the heat, leave them in the old barn with plenty of crumb & water & see how they get on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TR1 Posted November 5, 2015 Report Share Posted November 5, 2015 Yesterday we saw 8 newly hatched ducklings on a local pond. Poor ******* , no chance Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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