Crazy talk- I do have a chicken wire covered run. I can't do electric fences. I have a chicken wire fence. The dogs have ripped through it. It's about 5 feet or so. Foxes and other preditors circle but can't get in. Pit bulls go through it and rip a hole.
I have had to shoot 3 pits that killed my flock off twice. They destroyed the chicken wire both times to get into a covered run the owner refused to buy me new birds or pay for repairs to the run. The last time they tried to trample the wire to get in. This is when I decided I needed to act to...
I would take the eggs and put them in an incubator or tAke them when they hatch. Guinea hens are awful mothers and will lead keets through dew, rain, and cold mornings. They will likely die if you let her raise them.
Hello and good question. What I do with the keets my guinea hatches is immediately take the keets inside to a brooder box. I keep them inside for 2 weeks then place them into a outdoor brooder box in the shed with heat lamp. At 8 weeks I release them to freerange until winter. My suggestion for...