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GUINEAS WILL NEED TO BE CONTAINED FOR AT LEAST A MONTH WHEN MOVED TO A NEW HOME. AS LONG AS YOU HAVE HIM PENNED FOR AT LEAST A MONTH, HE SHOULD STAY AROUND IF THERE ARE OTHER BIRDS. I HAD ONE MALE ALONE WHILE WAITING FOR MY KEETS TO BE OLD ENOUGH TO ADD AND HE WOULD TAKE OFF, BUT THEN COME BACK. WHEN HE WAS WITH THE KEETS, I COULDN'T GET HIM TO LEAVE!
NOT SURE IF YOU WILL GET THEM TO LAY ON HAY AND SHAVINGS. MOST HAVE DIFFERENT PREFERENCES TO LAYING THAN CHICKENS. THEY LIKE TO LAY OUTSIDE IN TALL GRASS AND WILL HIDE MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO FIND THEM AND VULNERABLE TO PREDATORS. THOSE WHO HAVE HAD LUCK WITH THEM LAYING INSIDE USUALLY HAVE SET UP PRIVATE AREAS AND A COMMUNAL NESTING AREA LIKE A WHEELBARROW. THEY ARE CLOSER TO WILD BIRDS THAN DOMESTICS WHEN IT COMES TO LAYING AND GOING BROODY.