Hi Kate
This is impressive indeed. I too have had guineas for years but in spite of a large chicken house with plenty of room, when locked up with the chickens, there's ALWAYS trouble.
Guineas are so flighty and will freak out and commence to screeching if a mosquito flys by, this makes the other birds nervous not to mention the dust storms they create with their dashing about like crack heads.
What's your secret?!
Sue
WLR
--- In CHICKENS-101@yahoogroups.com, "Kate Lorenzen" <starmstbl@...> wrote:
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> That must be something that's more circumstantial (dependant on the circumstance) than anything, because I've had 8 Guineas (5 male, 3 female) sharing the same 12' x 12' coop with my chickens (5 hens, 1 rooster - all BR mixes except my tiny hand-sized little red banty or whatever she is) for at least a half a dozen years now with absolutely none of the problems you'd described. In fact I've observed the Guineas having respect for the chicken rooster - not fear, and no one's picking on anyone - they just seem to respect his peaceful "authority". They all live together very nicely. And the Guineas have been around here longer than the chickens.
> Kate in WI :-)
>
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