Update - we released our juvenile birds into the flock several weeks ago. They seemed shy and uncomfortable with the adults, but did all right, and opted to sleep on a high perch outside of the bird house rather than go in. We were concerned - they would stay there in cold weather and rain...
Unfortunately, they do that. Cannibalism occurs in this species. We've had it happen at least twice - they nearly killed a couple of our males during mating season. Tight spaces tend to promote that, but it can happen regardless. We just end up quarantining the bird in question both times...
Yes - purchased them in two waves - one group is probably 18 months and the other now about 14 months. Young birds, all - and I'm not really sure which group this adult male belonged to.
Hi, folks. We are somewhat new to guineas and to poultry in general. We have 13 adult birds, four juveniles and five keets now about 8 weeks old.
One of my adult male birds seemed to grow a bit weak and distant over the last couple of days. He seemed to separate from the flock and looked...
Hi, all! Somewhat new to birds, but started with about 22 guineas this year. Lost nine, unfortunately, to a variety of issues/predators, but we have added ten young-uns - five now about 12 weeks old and five about 3 weeks old. We need to incorporate those12-weekers into the adult flock soon...
Thanks, duluthralphie - that's what we did with the original two flocks and it worked great. However, these newbies are much smaller still, at just 12 weeks - no "headgear" yet and still much, much smaller bodied. They were spooked once before by the adults, and I worry they will be again...
We started with guineas earlier this year, adopting two adult flocks that we gradually introduced to one another. One group is laid-back, and the other tends to be a bit more "nervous." Both produced keets. The first group of keets (from the more "nervous" parents) is 12 weeks old this week...