Poultry Talk Ontario (pto.ca)

Well, it happened... again.
A guinea hen was nesting; we never found out where. She would show up every other day, or so, to eat (we didn't keep track). After a long while, and a noticeable, recent 3 day absence, she showed up with her brood of 10 keets. It was good timing because we were shifting some birds from one area to another.
We were able to herd the keets, and therefore the hen, into a small outside enclosure. They are settling in.
Today, we attached a tarp along one side for a wind break.
We'll soon see how it all turns out.

Sadly, none of them survived. The hen was being a good momma, but this time of year is just too darn cold.

Yes it's tough. My turkey hen takes them out of the coop for a few sessions each day with supervisionn due to the ravens but it gets so cold with the wind.

That leaves us with 3 groups of guineas, from oldest to youngest: The group of 5; the group of 8; and the group of 6, which makes 19 guinea fowl.

October and november are just not great timing for little ones with the weather....sigh. Why do they do that??! I had to take 25 eggs away from a muscovy mom last week and fire them into the composter-figure she might have been 2 weeks into sitting....like we need babies when the water is frozen??!