We raised four keets with chicks. We divided the brooder when they got bigger than the chicks and started picking on them. When old enough to put outside in a tractor, we kept them with a few chickens that could hold their own. After a week or so, we let them out to free range with the whole flock and they are part of that flock now. It is funny to watch them follow a rooster around. They still tend to be bullys to the chickens, but the chickens stay out of their way. By their sounds, I believe we have one male and four females. (had a grown female before we got the keets)
They are noisy, but we have enough room for them and no neighbors. They stay with the flock most of the time, which I understand is because they were raised as chickens. I know some people whose Guineas do not stay put, fly up on the roof of the house, including neighbors, and walk out on the road. They start with 12 and by the end of the year all have been hit by a car or eaten by a predator. Ours, otoh, go into the coop at night with the rest of the flock.
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So, in a nutshell, our experience is favorable!
Laura
Laura Roberts
R Half Pint Farm
From: CHICKENS-101@
Sent: Thursday, January 28, 2010 12:54 PM
To: CHICKENS-101@
Subject: [CHICKENS-101] Re: guinea hens
Dear Janice,
Oh, dear!
Thanks for the warning on the guineas. We will do some more research. How many guineas did you have? Our neighbors have 3 and when they come to visit they are loud but other than that don't pose a problem. Course, maybe we would get very tired of it all the time!
Anybody else what to share guinea hen stories good or bad?
Something to think about!
Britta in WI
Janice wrote:
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