QT Guinea Fowls

08/12/2024

Look what I found on a feed.
How cool is this?

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27/11/2024

Hi guys, as your aware I'm stepping back from birds this season to build my Tallow skincare line.
Well the day has come. LAUNCH DAY for the website.
Don't forget to subscribe for a 10% off discount on your first order.
It may have gone to spam or junk as im a new website so definitely check it.

www.beneficialbasicsskincare.com.au

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Beneficial Basics Skincare

22/10/2024

Not a bad way to worm the critters, the active ingredient can also be bought from dineachook in a 600g bottle aswel. For larger/longer working treatments.

21/10/2024

Sneak peak at some tallow based products we have been working on at Beneficial Basics Skincare
Ideal for all skin types but perfect for those with a sensitive skintype.
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Thankyou 🌻

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09/10/2024

So after much decision making, initially I thought to close the page.
But iv realised, if I do this. All my fellow GF enthusiasts lose a place to freely msg and ask concerns or questions.
Then I decided well I'm not going out of the Quirky Turkey's fully. So I will still have availability.

But to share with you all the new adventures and to let you guys decide if to follow me down another passion of mine I'd like to introduce my new buisness Beneficial Basics Skincare.

So behind the scenes has been a pretty hectic few weeks.
Launching soon will be my very own line of tallow based skincare products.

Soap, lip balms, moisturizer and uv shielding day cream. With more to be added as the weeks progress.

All natural base and chemical free
Beneficial Basics Skincare - Pure Simple Natural

Please give the new page a like, if you want to. To keep up to date with progress and launch dates of the website.

It's still all in foundation stages, but hopefully will have a big drop happening in a few weeks.

Aiming for atleast on the ground fully functioning before Christmas for those looking for a unique gift idea. Fingers crossed all things align for this.

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There will be links to our online store for convenient ordering soon, shipping etc.
I will also have square payments available for in person purchases. Cash is always an option.

Thanks everyone for the support 🌼

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26/09/2024

Amazing news!🎉🎆🎊🎇🎊

It's coming up to the height of guinea fowl season once again.
Sales this time around for QT Guinea Fowls will be slightly different.
We are starting to go into a different direction from here on out, so unfortunately there wont be any keets this season that iv actively bred. Some free range nests may provide some, but the incubator will not be operating this season.

We won't be gone for ever, just down a different path.😀🥰

Keep watching for updates!

I'm excited to share this new venture with you soon and i hope you all will continue to support and share my passions.
But for now it's still in its foundation period so patience on its reveal is needed.

Thankyou🌻

29/06/2024

Permission to share, from a fellow Quirky Turkey enthusiast aka in his words Dodo's 🦤

That they are my friend, that they are😅

10/03/2024

What a lovely surprise 😊
Some little red-eyes.
I'm not actively breeding this genetic line anymore, due to their sight impairment from the fallow gene.

But i do like to maintain it through the bloodlines of my flock.
A genetic colour bomb in a sense.

Its good to see them coming in, in what I call a good percentage. It means I have more than one male or female carrying the fallow gene.

01/03/2024

🦗🪳🐛🐌 on-site bug patrol

15/02/2024

Sacrifice, well this time it's my vege garden. Good thing I don't like mad hatter capsicum enough to risk these two performing a dual fronted attack😱

29/01/2024

A sneak peak at a pipping keet from in side the egg. Notice the beak movement?

(Disregard the background noise, kids shows🤣)

27/01/2024

Who would have thought, that a simple fly trap could instill such horror 😱
Keets bunched in the corner, adults screaming our their ferocious war chants!

Absolutely pure mayhem over such a simple thing....

25/01/2024

Goodmorning everyone. Hope all is ok for everyone, how did everyone fair in kirrily?

The guineas had bunkered down, it was amazing to see them ride it out on the branches.

10/01/2024

🔴🔴🔴Wet weather advice 🌧🌧🌧🔴🔴🔴

With the prediction of wet weather forecasted in the coming days.
Please make sure any young keets have a well kept dry area to get out of the rain, mud and wind.

No matter how acclimatised you think they are!
They are still babies.

These little guys chill so so easily. Once they get a chill, it's almost always fatal if not warmed up under heat lamps.
They can be a fresh day old or 4 weeks old. Once they catch a chill from being continuously wet and cold they respond the same. They go hypothermic and recovery from this is not always successful.

🔴Perches are ideal, but they need dry ground to keep their food and water clean aswel.

🔴Keep their food up to them, don't let them have too long on empty crops.

🔴Keep it clean.
Bacteria spreads like wild fire in damp, contaminated ground.

Keep an eye out for any signs of chill or sickness.
Which can be hard to decipher sometimes as they have similar symptoms.
Droopy wings, lethargy etc.

If once the keets are warm and dry, after 24hrs they still act lethargic. You need to treat for sickness. Generally it will be coccidiosis.

Simple things like a tarp around their cage and a pile of dirt with bricks layered on top as a platform in the driest corner.
Can be the difference between life and death in damp weather for these little guys.

Thankyou🌻

10/01/2024

Hows everyone's 10pm going?
Mine unfortunately ended up wet footed.
A bit more rain than expected (totally not ungrateful for BTW)
Meant night time raid of a setting hens low lying nest.
Another hr or so and she will need webbed feet herself.

Upon candling, all of these are viable. With a few starting to position to pip. Atleast they will hatch dry in this and not need to be part duck out there.
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03/01/2024

Of all the Christmas gifts to receive, nothing beats hand made.

A pretty little guinea fowl made from my young daughters new air dry clay kit.

23/12/2023

Little bubbas have been promoted to the "keetagers" pen.
More room to roam, perches to fly to. Just like any baby, human or animal- stimulation is always needed.
This sand tray usually has meal worms for them to forage through, but my own mistake I forgot to restock them this week. So mixed seeds it is. Not a food source, more an encouragement to scratch and search.

Something as simple as this helps w**d out any aggressive behaviour that may stem from boredom for example feather picking (new flight feathers coming in, targeted by the bigger ones)