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Mealworms are the best way I've found to build trust and affection, they love them and know if you're giving them their favorite treats you must be a good thing. Mine worship me, and tame they make the sweetest pets I've ever had. But I make sure to give them treats directly, rather than putting...

Honestly, I saw my most recent keet eating shavings in the big bird enclosure at 2 and 3 days old but after that never again. I only keep them away from the brooder for the first week tops. I mix my grit in with the feed and they're just fine, I give them lots of extras so I provide grit laced...

Oddly, my guinea hen is the only one of my still juvenille females who seems to have any motherly instinct. My chickens peck the chicks I've recently added to our flock, and other than that largely ignore them. My guinea, Ducky, seems very aware that they are babies and need to be...

I've found keets to be tons less stressful to raise than chicks. They are so hardy and vivacious. But they will do dumb things like eat their pine shavings more than chicks would, they're like little goofy puppy dogs. Don't use pine shavings at first and when you start, make sure they have grit...