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  1. cackler

    Ready to free range, but....

    Quote: That sounds pretty much like what I do. That makes me feel better about it all and makes sense. Thanks.
  2. cackler

    Ready to free range, but....

    I just have a coop with an outside area that can be closed that's about 5 feet high - that was enough to keep the little chickens in while they figured out how to come and go from the coop but not high enough for guineas. Would it work to just bring them out in an outside portable pen (that's...
  3. cackler

    Ready to free range, but....

    I have my first batch of keets that I've raised myself that are 4 weeks old. When I'm ready for them to go out should I try to figure out a pen that will enclose them so they can go in and out of the coop during the day - such as how I did for the chickens when they were little? That'll be tough...
  4. cackler

    Ready to free range, but....

    We found the guinea nest 2 days ago with 11 eggs in it. Today she was setting - ready for the long haul - 11 eggs still in it. This is our first year with laying guineas. Is this typical? She has decided to sit when there were around 20 eggs all summer - with the weather getting cooler maybe...
  5. cackler

    Ready to free range, but....

    Mine are 4 weeks old and can JUMP like CRAZY! I am going to move them out soon - it gets down in the 40's here at night now - need to wait a bit longer to put them out with the big girls.... How can you tell when they get all of their feathers in? Mine are looking really feathered now.
  6. cackler

    Ready to free range, but....

    I have 6 guineas that are just over a year old that were raised by and live with chickens. I have 4 keets that are 4 weeks old in the brooder. I'm thinking I'll put them in the coop in a pen when they are 6 weeks old, leave them in the pen inside the coop for 6 more weeks so they can see...
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