I bought one of these for my wife's coop and installed this weekend. She is nervous about the door coming down on one of her birds and hurting it. Should this be a concern of her's? Has anyone ever had this happen?
We had a pair of Guineas wander into our yard a month or so ago and we couldn't find the owners so we've adopted them and have been feeding them. Every night they hop into the fenced portion of our yard and head up into the tree to roost. A couple days ago, one of our dogs got after one and we...
Here is a picture of the birds. I was wrong about clipped wings as they can definitely fly. They made there way over a fenced portion of our yard and ended up high in the trees at one point.
Then the next question is, how do I get them into a coop when they aren't even used to being around us much. They don't run off but they are still hesitant for us to get close to them.
We actually don't own any chickens or any other animals besides two dogs. I don't have any decent pictures at the moment but will try to get some this afternoon. I have read that they can fly/roost high but we have not seen them fly at all. We are wondering if their wings may be clipped...
Two Guinea fowl have wandered into our yard and been hanging around for the last week. We have attempted to find owners and even posted on local lost pet Facebook group with no luck.
My wife has decided she wants to try and take them in but we aren't sure where to start. She has been putting...