tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6390619032396490344.post2181774952634870086..comments2023-10-31T10:43:10.528-04:00Comments on Razzberry Corner: The Guinea Keets Came Early!Razzberry Cornerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17644607616585345473noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6390619032396490344.post-81598524748615695182011-05-28T05:23:41.105-04:002011-05-28T05:23:41.105-04:00LindaG - Chickens are great at hatching eggs. I d...LindaG - Chickens are great at hatching eggs. I don't know what was wrong with Lucy, the bad mama hen. She thought the baby was going to hurt her eggs, she was protecting the eggs. She didn't understand the baby was the goal of the whole month-long ordeal!Razzberry Cornerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17644607616585345473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6390619032396490344.post-28039436361199064742011-05-27T12:19:24.330-04:002011-05-27T12:19:24.330-04:00I love how chickens will hatch any eggs you give t...I love how chickens will hatch any eggs you give them, but I do hope your hens will be more helpful to the baby keets. Good luck with them!LindaGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12203719919661519350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6390619032396490344.post-2628641079014115682011-05-27T08:29:44.594-04:002011-05-27T08:29:44.594-04:00Barb - I was very glad I found Lucy when I did. I...Barb - I was very glad I found Lucy when I did. I had just gotten home from work and went straight into the keet nursery and saw Lucy pecking away on the baby! There was blood on the baby! I was so mad at Lucy, I didn't think the baby would make it and quickly tucked it up under Bella's wings where I knew it would be safe. It's still alive this morning, but it has scabs on it's eyes and neck. We put some eye ointment on it's eyes to keep them moist so they can be opened. <br /><br />Robin - it was scary for that one baby when I saw it all bloody. Then when the second one hatched under Lucy and she attacked it, I scooped Lucy out of the nest, found Randy out in the yard, and handed her to him. He brought her back and said it wasn't that bad, she just had to get used to the babies. But when she grabbed her second newborn baby by a leg and shook it like a ragdoll, he, too scooped her out of the nest and handed her to me. I don't know why she hates babies, she acted like they were going to hurt her eggs.<br /><br />Gail - It worked out ok last year, so I figured we'd let the hens raise these keets. Besides, the guinea hens probably would last sitting in the woods, with the monsters out there killing them.<br /><br />~LynnRazzberry Cornerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17644607616585345473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6390619032396490344.post-86842776448443386942011-05-27T08:10:15.431-04:002011-05-27T08:10:15.431-04:00Congratulations!
Hens are much better mamas, glad...Congratulations!<br /><br />Hens are much better mamas, glad you went that way.Gailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04219479223227928561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6390619032396490344.post-64578023358488449302011-05-27T03:55:14.080-04:002011-05-27T03:55:14.080-04:00Wow, that was a lot of drama. Hopefully it will ev...Wow, that was a lot of drama. Hopefully it will even out soon and you will have lots of little keets that think they are all chickens again. :)Robinhttp://www.farmfolly.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6390619032396490344.post-67618749958140651522011-05-26T22:07:11.722-04:002011-05-26T22:07:11.722-04:00Wow! I was looking at my blog when you posted a fe...Wow! I was looking at my blog when you posted a few minutes ago! The poor little keet that got beat up! Glad you were there to take out the crazed mama! ~ The little keets are adorable! How old are they when you put them out with the other keets? Can't wait to see the next blog with more baby pictures! Enjoy!Country Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16812879540482740808noreply@blogger.com