I use terrarium heat mat, inside cat transporter, warped around, and small dog/cat pen with cat/hamster litter as their walk enclosure, it's better as there is no light involved when they want to rest, they also have small fluffy teddy bear to cuddle into, but they prefer to still call me up when they don't see me, so we place them in kitchen, place where they can see and hear us at all time, it calms them down knowing someone is watching over them, it also socializes them so i can handle them as adults very easily, imo it is important for them to see all around enclosure, movement and changing environment in order for them to act less wild. They will still react to actual threats like predators outside , when they get lost they call me, and follow me when i show up, so its much easier to keep them safe. all equipment i am using is for cat/dog/ pets, cheap and available.
hi, I recently got some guineafowl chicks and one of them is suffering she has soggy stomach and it won’t clear up and she is struggling to stand and can’t walk she seems to be moving her head up and down like she’s nodding and I think she’s having some issues with her wings do you know how I can help her by any chance? She is the smallest of all four guineafowl chicks I have they are about nine or 10 days old and she is called Jane I think she might be getting picked on by the other chicks but I’m not sure and she’s trying to move but she’s just can’t
I had a similar situation. I had a keet who was noticibly weaker than the rest. He continually was getting stepped on and wasn’t able to eat or drink properly. I isolated him for about a week in a separate brooder box. He was later reintroduced back to the flock and did not have any issues. All of my guineafowl eventually grew out of the soggy stumach issues.
I use terrarium heat mat, inside cat transporter, warped around, and small dog/cat pen with cat/hamster litter as their walk enclosure, it's better as there is no light involved when they want to rest, they also have small fluffy teddy bear to cuddle into, but they prefer to still call me up when they don't see me, so we place them in kitchen, place where they can see and hear us at all time, it calms them down knowing someone is watching over them, it also socializes them so i can handle them as adults very easily, imo it is important for them to see all around enclosure, movement and changing environment in order for them to act less wild. They will still react to actual threats like predators outside , when they get lost they call me, and follow me when i show up, so its much easier to keep them safe. all equipment i am using is for cat/dog/ pets, cheap and available.
Thankful someone actually made an informative video for guinea newcomers!
Great info !
Howdy, Guineafowl. it's a extremely distinctive video. thanks. :)
hi, I recently got some guineafowl chicks and one of them is suffering she has soggy stomach and it won’t clear up and she is struggling to stand and can’t walk she seems to be moving her head up and down like she’s nodding and I think she’s having some issues with her wings do you know how I can help her by any chance?
She is the smallest of all four guineafowl chicks I have they are about nine or 10 days old and she is called Jane I think she might be getting picked on by the other chicks but I’m not sure and she’s trying to move but she’s just can’t
I had a similar situation. I had a keet who was noticibly weaker than the rest. He continually was getting stepped on and wasn’t able to eat or drink properly. I isolated him for about a week in a separate brooder box. He was later reintroduced back to the flock and did not have any issues. All of my guineafowl eventually grew out of the soggy stumach issues.