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Do Male Guineas get along in a flock?

post #1 of 4
7/23/12 at 8:08am
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Hi Everyone,

 I got 16 Royal Purple Guinae keets almost 2 weeks ago. They are growing fast. I sold 8 of them to my neighbor. I would like to eventually allow them to free range but they will be living with the chickens for awhile till I feel they are old enough to go out. Will male Guineas get along in a coop together? My chickens are only 5 weeks older then the Guineas and I am already having rooster issues, so I will be selling some of the roosters soon. But I will keep one or two roosters, Cochin Bantam and probably a Silkie roo. Will I need to sort out the extra male Guineas and sell them too? Will a male guinea  fight with a rooster? Lol, will the Guineas need their own coop?

  I have also decided to band my Guineas incase the 8 that live next door decide to come home or mine go visiting their kin.

Thanks for the information.

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I Am Blessed!!!

Fort Christmas Farm

NPIP Certified

1 Paso Fino Stallion "Vash", 1 miniature horse "Mr. Nibbles", Nigerian Dwarf goats, 1 Catahoula Dog "Ashley", 4 cats "BK" "Orange" "Fuzzba" "Pinky",  Many Assorted  Purebred Chickens and Chicks,  7 Royal Purple Guineas

And The Same Man for over 30 years that makes it all possible!

 

 

 

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post #2 of 4
7/23/12 at 10:01pm

It depends on how aggressive and territorial they care

Geremiah...

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Geremiah...

American Games,Old English Game Bantams,,and a pair of Guineas

 

"There are only two things you need in life: duct tape and WD-40. If it moves and it shouldn't, use the duct tape.If it doesn't move and it should, use the WD-40."

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post #3 of 4
7/24/12 at 3:34am

Generally Guineas & chickens can be housed together w/o issue. Yes, male Guineas will fight over females but not like chickens will. With G He didn't want them back.uineas it consists mostly of chasing each other around. Do band as they will wander as will the neighboring birds. I used to have Guineas then some neighbors moved in with Guineas. He didn't think he needed to feed them so pretty soon I had all the Guineas.

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post #4 of 4
7/29/12 at 8:56pm

I used to have five males guineas and one hen... they chased each other all the time, but only two major fights occurred. When I kept them in the pen with our Turken rooster, Longshanks fought him a lot... he also found time to try mating with chickens (which by the way, is possible through artificial insememation) 

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