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I’m not going to complain about the endless rain here or about hurricane season anymore after seeing your temps and snow.

Mine would never lay in anything enclosed like that inside the coop. The all time favorite nest of my guineas was a big Rubbermaid wheelbarrow filled with straw. The only problem with it is that if you are letting them hatch the keets, then you’ll have to move them after they all hatch since...

Almost all of my guineas would lay inside the coop in community nests but there were always a few young rebels every spring who would make nests down the road in a ditch or in the garden...usually in a big patch of butternut squash . :barnie

Great pictures...love those lavender guineas! I completely agree that many guineas are great parents. I always let mine hatch their own eggs whenever possible as I found that they were more successful than I was, as you mentioned. Great job with your guineas and Keets...it sound like a...

I would say, that their “home” includes the run, so in my opinion, they could be let out in the run as well, as long as there is no open top that three can fly out of.

My guineas were picky as far as treats go, so I tried lots of different things. This is the one thing that they loved. They went crazy for it...like crack for guineas! I got it all Walmart but you can probably get it all sorts of places. They seemed to like the orange zest kind the best. As for...

Agree with the others...I would wait at least several more weeks before even thinking about letting them out unsupervised. It takes guineas a long time to know where “home” is!

Sorry to hear that. They can be pretty temperamental over their nests! I use a couple of large plastic Rubbermaid type wheelbarrows for nesting boxes that all my hens like to use as a community nest. I usually get at least 2 or 3 laying in there at a time. They all seem to go broody together...

Yes...do let me know how it goes! Wishing you success!:fl

Welcome to BYC...glad you’re here! I posted this about a year ago here on this thread, but thought I’d just copy it and post it again: The other day, one of my younger hens (this is her first year laying eggs) started laying on eggs in the weeds on the side of the road down from my house. I...

I wish that I could stop missing mine so much! I had to move and rehome my guineas over a month ago now and I miss them a whole lot!:(

I would suggest waiting to introduce the day old keets until they are at least a few weeks old. They may get injured or trampled by the older ones. Since they have a fairly wild temperament and tend to freak out easily, having the younger ones in with them may get them worked up and may...

Nice coop....I love how tall it is and the skylight is a great idea!

My coop was an old clay tile building in our property. It had rafters that were around 8 feet or so. Guineas like to roost up high and are very flighty so they don't like to go into small enclosed spaces. They also like to roost up very high....the higher the better. That may be why they won't...

@ That is a good arrangement! Now, if you can just get them to attack any unwanted trespassers, it would be perfect! :p

Im sorry, I've never had chickens, only guineas, so I'm probably not the best person to comment on this. I have heard that mixing guineas with chickens is more successful when the guineas are younger, so probably sooner is better. Hopefully someone with more experience on this subject can...

Do you have 2 flocks of guineas or are you wanting to introduce a flock of guineas with a flock of chickens? Also, how long have your guineas been penned up for and how old are they?

They definitely like roosting up high at night...the higher the better, so it's not surprising that they choose to roost in the trees. It took quite a bit of time to get ours to come in to the coop at night. I kept them penned up for about 4 weeks then made sure that their roosting bars were as...

I found that my guineas didn't really like traditional nesting boxes. Most of my hens ended up laying in communal nests in wheelbarrows filled with straw inside the coop. I stumbled on this solution by accident when I left a wheelbarrow in the coop for a few days during nesting season and they...

I agree with perchiegirl....they will easily fly up and out of the pen at their age and may end up roosting in your trees. If they roost outside at night, be prepared to lose some to predators like raccoon and owls....anything that can climb or fly at night is a serious threat as guineas are...