About keets: I read...

[Hensndoes]

To help tame them you should handle them daily.

Well those little buggers are not like chickens! Just spent an hour searching every nook and cranny in the family room cuz one of them ran right up my body over the chair and was gone before I could even blink. When I finally found it and almost got my hands on it it took off again = start all over. Next time I will hold it in the brooder.

 

[R2elk]

To help tame them you should handle them daily.

Well those little buggers are not like chickens! Just spent an hour searching every nook and cranny in the family room cuz one of them ran right up my body over the chair and was gone before I could even blink. When I finally found it and almost got my hands on it it took off again = start all over. Next time I will hold it in the brooder.

They are not chicks and they are not like chicks. To help tame them, do not force yourself on them, instead get them to come to you. Once you have them eating, slowly reach into the brooder with food in your open palm. Do not make any quick movements. Hold your hand still and wait. When they are ready, they will come to your hand. Repeat this multiple times daily and when they are no longer afraid of you, they will eventually crawl right up into your hand.

You may have better luck waiting until they are a week or two old.

While mine are in the brooder, I cut short pieces of grass and let it drop into the brooder. At first they move away but after a few times they will dart out to grab the clippings as they fall into the brooder.

 

[Hensndoes]

They are not chicks and they are not like chicks. To help tame them, do not force yourself on them, instead get them to come to you. Once you have them eating, slowly reach into the brooder with food in your open palm. Do not make any quick movements. Hold your hand still and wait. When they are ready, they will come to your hand. Repeat this multiple times daily and when they are no longer afraid of you, they will eventually crawl right up into your hand.

You may have better luck waiting until they are a week or two old.

While mine are in the brooder, I cut short pieces of grass and let it drop into the brooder. At first they move away but after a few times they will dart out to grab the clippings as they fall into the brooder.

Thank you for the tips! My man came home with them yesterday with the excuse of "the heat lamp is already going why not?!" The chicks are already 2 weeks old but are very accommodating to the keets. I have lots of reading to do.

 

[BoogieBug]

To help tame them you should handle them daily.

Well those little buggers are not like chickens! Just spent an hour searching every nook and cranny in the family room cuz one of them ran right up my body over the chair and was gone before I could even blink. When I finally found it and almost got my hands on it it took off again = start all over. Next time I will hold it in the brooder.

 

[BlueShadow]

Thank you for the tips! My man came home with them yesterday with the excuse of "the heat lamp is already going why not?!" The chicks are already 2 weeks old but are very accommodating to the keets. I have lots of reading to do.

The answer to "Why not?" is - Because they are guineas, not chickens.

A note of caution, guineas that are raised with chicks from babies are far more likely to be aggressive to the chickens when they are adults. Guinea behavior, as you are learning, is very different than chicken behavior. However, when guineas are raised with chicks, they think that chickens are the same kind of bird as guineas, so they treat them the same. Guineas are mean to each other, and chase each other around, pull out feathers, etc. Chickens don't handle this abuse very well. So, a note of caution. It is very common that guineas raised with chicks will be mean to the chickens as adults. Certainly there are exceptions, but this is true for most guineas.

 

[Hensndoes]

The guineas will be separated soon. Chicks will be in their own coop soon as they are feathered. Guineas will have a separate setup and are much further behind.