Bi> No luck yet, either determining variety or sex.  (One thing I
Bi> *don't  know how to do is sex chicks.) 
LM> I buy mine already sexed... they cost a tad more, then if i want HENS,
LM> I want hens...
    So do, but what I don't know is how those at the hatchery tell the 
difference (and I would like to).  BTW, to the best of my knowledge, sexing 
is generally only 90% correct.  As witness, we bought 15 pullets in our first 
batch but one of the Rhodes is *definitely turning out to be a cock.
 
(...)
LM> What do you do with the Guinea?  Eat the eggs?  Keep as pets?  EAT the
LM> Guineas? (...)
   I see you caught the answer later on.   However, I would suppose the 
eggs could be eaten, but most what keep them do so as a meat bird.  I hear 
they're very good eating.  'Course here, the S/O would never let me butcher 
anything.  If God had meant us to eat any of our farm animals, they'd come 
out covered with plastic wrap. 
 
Bi> chipping and peeping going on.  Looks like I'm going to be a Dad soon.
LM> Any luck, DAD?
    As of today, out of 14 we've had one die in the egg and 10 hatch.  
There's still 3 eggs in the incubator.  The hatchlings downstairs in the 
make-shift brroder (the other chicks just came out of the real one and it 
needs to be cleaned) range in age from 9 days to just hours.
 
        Byrd Mann
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