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Available Birds - PRICE LIST
Birds are priced per pair unless otherwise stated
Prices subject to change without prior noticed. 

Vulturine guinea fowl _____$600pair
Crested guinea fowl  ____$615pair
Fertile eggs ________$200 /dozen
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I maintain a flock of guineafowl for several reasons. They produce great eggs and alert me when I have visitors as quickly as any watchdog, but most importantly, they spend the day foraging for ticks. Here in the tropics, I have a lot of ticks, and if you live in an area with Lyme disease, Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever, or other tick diseases,guinea might be the best animal you have ever owned.Guinea fowls are well adapted to heat and sunlight, and they can do very well even without a lot of extra care. You will need to search for the best feed sources for your new guineas, adapt heating sources since the requirements are so different, and maybe even look into alternative incubation sources, but it is all worth it.
The birds are friendly and make excellent watchdogs. If kept alone, they like to sit with their human keeper, but in flocks, they will usually prefer their own types, like many animals. The birds spend their days eating ticks and other insects around the property, and during their foraging, they will eat enough to produce eggs and pay for any upkeep.
Housing Your New Keets
Raising keets (hatchling guineas) is not as easy as raising chicks. Like with any new animal, it is important to prepare the housing before arrival. Get several birds (at least 6 but 10 is even better), and make sure they have room to grow for the next few weeks. In the tropics, you will not need to buy a heat lamp for them, but if they are to be raised without their mother, they might get chilled at night and need some source of supplemental heat.
A simple incandescent light bulb will provide enough warmth in the evenings. If you do not have reliable electricity or do not want to put a lamp in the outdoor cage, the alternative is to bring your keets in at night and keep them in a small cage.
I cannot guarantee the birds will not be chilled since some tropical regions can get cold at night. If you have a broody hen, you can put the keets with her, but she might end up stepping on and harming the keets.
Bedding for Your New Keets
Wire cage bottoms are easy to clean and will keep predators away from your keets, but they will cause you a lot of problems and may end up killing your new keets when they get their feet trapped. Your new guineafowl should also not be kept on sawdust because the keets will peck constantly and sometimes mistake the wood chips for food. Their small stomachs will soon fill up with wood, and they will die of hunger.
Do not use newspaper, though, as it is too slick. Some guinea farmers recommend paper towels, and they are fine if available where you live.
The best bedding I have found is cardboard. Normal cardboard is too slick, and the keets can slip and dislocate their legs; rip the cardboard in half so that the corrugated portion is visible. Put the slick side down and leave the corrugated portion on top.
In a few weeks, when the keets are larger, you can let them run on dirt. If you have a wire bottom cage, set it directly on the ground.
Feeding and Watering Keets
If you have turkey starter ration available where you are living, purchase that product and start your keets outright. Keets should not be fed chicken grower ration, but sometimes that is the only thing available. Chicken starter ration is only about 22% protein, most of that coming from soy protein. If that is the only feed available, you should supplement feed with a higher protein ration. I purchase a fish ration, which is 40% protein, most of that from fish viscera.
It may not sound tasty, but the keets like to find the little fish granules in their starter ration and will eat them with gusto. I usually add a few handfuls of fish granules for every 125 grams of chicken starter ration that I give at each feeding. (The chicken and turkey starter rations will already contain a coccidiostat. This medicine will help prevent coccidiosis and loose stools that will cause your keets to become dehydrated and die.)
Also, make sure you provide water for them throughout the day. Keets might drown if given a large water source, so I started out by providing drinking water in a shallow “jelly jar” lid. As the keets grow, you can provide a regular chicken watering pan.
Adult Housing and Daily Care
Some producers choose to leave their birds out in the evening. Unlike chickens, guineas will find a roost high in a tree and rarely suffer from predator attacks. (If you have owls in your region, they can get your guineas that are roosting in trees, so just to be safe, you should train your birds to sleep inside.)

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NOTE: EMU ARE HEARD ANIMALS, THEIR GOOD IN PAIRS OR MORE. YOU MUST BUY AT LEAST 2 CHICKS EXCEPT YOU HAVE ONE EMU BIRD ALREADY. HAVE THE RIGHT TO DENY SALES.

Breeding pairs are from different genetics to ensure you receive the healthiest chicks and highest hatch rates.
Eggs are ship PUDO  locally and UPS  international while chicks are locally pickup or arrange for delivery or ship 4weeks+ age through Delta pet transport service ONLY.(we talk about that further)
(HATCHING EGGS AVAILABLE NOW)
Chicks will be available from the first batch of incubation.
All chicks sold are sexed before placed as available. we don't sell unsexed Emu chicks.
We rarely ship emu chicks (How ever transport can be arrange if not visible for pick up.
We ship eggs locally and international ​UPS.

Available Chicks/  - PRICE LIST

Chicks(standard)  -sexed (2-3weeks) ___$250 each
 Hatching egg________$25 each

Chicks(blonde)  -sexed (2-3weeks) ___$350 each
Hatching egg________$45 each

Chicks(white)  -sexed (2-3weeks) ___$650 each
Hatching egg________$60 each

Height: 4.9 to 6.2 feet (1.5 to 1.9 meters)
Weight: 66 to 150 pounds (30 to 68 kilograms)
Life span: 10 to 20 years in the wild, up to 35 years in zoos
Incubation: about 8 weeks
Number of eggs laid: 5 to 15 eggs per clutch, up to three clutches per season
Age of maturity: 2 to 3 years
Conservation status: lower riskThe Emu is a flightless bird that belongs to the Ratite family. It is the largest bird native to Australia, while also enjoying an increase in numbers throughout Europe due to a growing interest in the emu farming industry. With a stride that can reach over 2 metres and a sprint speed of up to 31 mph, the emu can easily travel great distances, which it often does in the wild when searching for food. It may sound surprising but emus love water, and are able swimmers.Although our birds don't have the luxury of a pool they do love sitting under a sprinkler in the summer! Emus are very curious birds, something we are all too familiar with, and will follow and watch over other animals and people. Emus get sleep through short stints whilst sitting down. The emu has strong clawed feet and extremely strong legs which it utilises when it feels threatened. They also have incredible eyesight and hearing, which makes them very alert to their surroundings. The emu has two sets of eye lids, one for blinking, and one for keeping out dust.
The emu is a soft feathered bird. Their feather structure prevents heat from flowing into the skin, allowing the emu to stay active during the hottest seasons. It is difficult to visually differentiate between a male and female bird, however the sounds they make are noticeably different. The male is also more friendly, with the female being more nervous. Emus can be sexed through DNA testing on the feathers, which is the technique we use in order to be certain of their sex. Emus are susceptible to many of the usual bird infections, which you will be familiar with if you keep other poultry. Infections can be transmitted by other birds, or even people. With sensible routines and good hygiene, the emu will stay healthy.

Contact: (27) 83 560 5986   whatsapp
Email: mittyfarms@gmail.com
31 Kitchner Rd Graaff-Reinet, 6280, EC , SA
www.mittyfarms.com

NOTE: OSTRICHES ARE HEARD ANIMALS, THEIR GOOD IN PAIRS OR MORE. YOU MUST BUY AT LEAST 2 CHICKS EXCEPT YOU HAVE ONE OSTRICH BIRD ALREADY. HAVE THE RIGHT TO DENY SALES.

Breeding pairs are from different genetics to ensure you receive the healthiest chicks and highest hatch rates.
Eggs are ship PUDO locally and UPS international while chicks are locally pickup or arrange for delivery. (we talk about that further)
(HATCHING EGGS AVAILABLE NOW)
Chicks will be available from the first batch of incubation.
All chicks sold are sexed before placed as available. we don't sell unsexed Ostrich chicks.
We rarely ship chicks (How ever transport can be arrange if not visible for pick up.
We ship eggs locally and international ​UPS.

Available Chicks/  - PRICE LIST

Chicks  -sexed (2-3weeks) ___$170 each
Hatching egg________$35 each

Ostriches cannot fly, but don't feel too sorry for them. The ostrich is the fastest bipedal runner in the world, capable of reaching speeds up to 45 miles per hour--about twice what the fastest human can achieve. What's more, an ostrich can maintain this speed for up to half an hour.
   

• Ostriches are the largest birds in the world, standing up to 9 feet (2.8 meters) tall and weighing as much as 320 pounds (145 kg).
• They are flightless but can run at speeds up to 45 mph (72 km/h), using their powerful legs to escape predators.
• Ostriches lay the largest eggs of any living land animal, with each egg weighing about 3 pounds (1.4 kg).

The ancient Roman encyclopedist and philosopher Pliny the Elder once wrote that the ostrich, being profoundly stupid, sticks its head into a bush at the first sign of danger and considers itself invisible. Here's the truth about this magnificent, maligned bird.
To dispel the ancient libel, ostriches do not bury their heads when faced with danger--a species that did so would hardly be able to survive for more than 120 million years. They do, however, stretch their long necks flat on the ground when they sleep; from a distance, it can look as though their heads are buried.Of the three main varieties of ostriches, only the African black ostrich (Struthio camelus domesticus) is found in captivity. They are farmed for meat, leather, and feathers in at least 50 countries and just about all climatic conditions, from Alaska to equatorial Africa. Ostriches have the best feed-to-weight ratio gain of any farmed land animal in the world and produce the strongest commercially available leather.
The ostrich's eyes are about the size of billiard balls. They take up so much room in the skull that the ostrich's brain is actually smaller than either one of its eyeballs. This may be why the ostrich, despite its tremendous running speed, is not very good at eluding predators: It tends to run in circles.
ostrich's intestines are 46 feet long--about twice as long as those of a human. This enables the bird to get the most out of the tough plants it eats. To help with digestion, it also swallows sand and small stones to break down food in its gizzard. Ostriches in captivity have been known to swallow just about anything that can fit down their gullet, including bicycle valves, alarm clocks, and even small bottle.
The ostrich is the largest living bird in the world. An ostrich chick grows one foot taller each month until it is seven or eight months old. Adult ostrich roosters are six to ten feet in height and can weigh as much as 340 pounds. Because of their prodigious size, ostriches were occasionally used for riding or pulling chariots in ancient Egypt; the practice never really took off, because the ostrich has a nasty temper.
This great bird has only two toes; all other birds have three or four. Ostriches kick forward, not backward, because that's the direction in which their knees bend. Ostriches never need to drink water--some of it they make internally, and the rest is derived from the vegetation they eat.

Although the ostrich egg is the largest of all eggs, it is the smallest egg in relation to the size of the bird. A three-pound egg is only about 1 percent as heavy as the ostrich hen; by contrast, a kiwi's egg--the largest in comparison to the mother--is 15 to 20 percent of the mother bird's mass. An ostrich egg is equivalent in volume to two dozen chicken eggs.

Physiologus, an early Christian text compiled around the second century A.D. and a popular read in the Middle Ages, asserts that the ostrich incubates its eggs by staring at them. It was widely held at the time that vision was the effect of special "seeing" rays emanating from one's eyes; thus, the heat in the gaze of the ostrich hatched its chicks. The author of Physiologus presents this as an allegory to inspire worshippers to keep their eyes on Christ.

Contact: (27) 83 560 5986  whatsapp
Email: mittyfarms@gmail.com
Address: 31 Kitchner Rd Graaff-Reinet, 6280, EC , SA
www.mittyfarms.com