Adults want to eat their children.

[guinea-grandma]

I have 4 adult Guinea. We snatched their eggs and incubated them. We have three keets that are 6 weeks old now.
We closed them in the guinea pen while adults were roaming. The adults are not really using their pen, they prefer to be in a tree near the pen at night. The adults came running and started circling the pen. After about 6 hours of them seeming to interact through the fence. We opened the door. Poor babies were under attack. It was rough but we got the adults out. Should we put them back with the little keets (one to two weeks old). We have 11 of them. Wasn't expecting the hostility. My 6 week old chicks are doing fine with the adult chickens. Fowl drama.

 

[R2elk]

I have 4 adult Guinea. We snatched their eggs and incubated them. We have three keets that are 6 weeks old now.
We closed them in the guinea pen while adults were roaming. The adults are not really using their pen, they prefer to be in a tree near the pen at night. The adults came running and started circling the pen. After about 6 hours of them seeming to interact through the fence. We opened the door. Poor babies were under attack. It was rough but we got the adults out. Should we put them back with the little keets (one to two weeks old). We have 11 of them. Wasn't expecting the hostility. My 6 week old chicks are doing fine with the adult chickens. Fowl drama.

Guineas are not chickens and do not behave like chickens. Never base what you expect out of guineas on how your chickens act.

This is normal. Guineas are very accepting and caring for keets hatched and raised by the flock. They are not very accepting of keets that are hatched away from the flock. When introducing guineas to a flock, it is best to keep them in a see but no touch situation for as long as needed for the flock to stop trying to attack them. As long as the adults are trying to get at them through the fence, they must be kept separated. It can easily take several weeks before the attacks stop.

Once the attacks stop, the guineas being introduced to the flock will still need to have hiding places available to avoid attacks.

Good luck.

 

[guinea-grandma]

Thank you for the advice. We have a neighbor that wants a couple of guinea so we may give her a call to take these.
We will get things together to do a better job with the 11 little ones when they are much older. I guess we know what to expect now. This a constant learning experience. Thanks again for helping!

 

[Helloworld]

I think you invaded their safe place and they feel replaced. I don’t put my keets with other keets until grown. One day though your adults sleeping in the tree will be eventually be killed by an owl. I actually have some that will go to our road, wait for the next log truck and just walk out in front of it. Splat. Weird creatures but nicer than bugs and snakes! Its not just guineas that kill strange hatchlings. If you put strange biddies under a chicken who has her own they will kill them one by one. If you put biddies under a broody hen, they will kill them one by one.