Day Old Guinea Fowl Keets
I am always amazed at the abilities and instincts of newborn animals.
New born guinea fowl keets very quickly have the ability to walk about with some speed. They also quickly find the water and food that is placed in the brooder and instinctively know what to do.
Here is a short video clip of 6 of my newly hatched guinea fowl keets. They are only a day old and can be seen scurrying around the brooder on their first day out of the incubator.
Their independence from adult intervention and support is amazing to watch, although the newborn keets do like to huddle together and hide amongst the straw, especially when my camera enters the brooder!!
There are 6 guinea fowl keets, one white keet and five lavender keets. I have already decided that I am going to keep the white keet for breeding purposes and am trying to think of a name. If you can think of an appropriate name after watching the video then please let me know.
Now enter the world of the brooder by clicking on the video clip!
I hope you enjoyed your time in the brooder with the day old guinea fowl keets! Come back and visit them again soon.
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Great video. Loved the sound of the rustling & the clear, pure cheaps! Thank you
TopVeg
Comment by http://www.topveg.com — July 26, 2007 @ 9:56 am
Hi TopVeg,
Thanks for viewing the video and the compliments. Yes I thought it was good to hear them cheeping - it’s certainly a different sound than the one the adult guinea fowl makes.
Sara @ farmingfriends
Comment by Sara @ Farming Friends — July 26, 2007 @ 10:02 am
Love the video, Sara, and the way the keets snuggle together. Love the cast list too!
Comment by Cottage Smallholder — July 26, 2007 @ 10:27 am
Hi Fiona,
Glad you like the video. Thanks for commenting. I bet it was like watching your keets all over again!
Sara @ farmingfriends
Comment by Sara @ Farming Friends — July 26, 2007 @ 5:59 pm
Brilliant video - and so cute - which I could have some.
I think the little white keet looks like a ‘Lily’ pure white and just stunning.
Comment by Allotment Lady — July 28, 2007 @ 5:06 am
Hi Allotment Lady,
Thanks so much for the compliment about the video. Guinea fowl keets are very cute. Yes the white one is like a lily - if the keet is female that would be a good name. I will need to wait about 7-9 weeks before I can tell it’s gender.
Guinea fowl are very noisy when they are adults but if you live in an area where they will allow guinea fowl then I will send you some eggs like I sent to The Cottage Smallholder in our Interblog Guinea Fowl Breeding Project. http://www.farmingfriends.com/index.php?tag=interblog-guinea-fowl-project
It might be abit late this year to hatch off but I can send you some next year. Let me know what you think.
Sara @ farmingfriends
Comment by Sara @ Farming Friends — July 28, 2007 @ 8:26 am