Any suggestions on how to catch dumped guineas?

[TennesseeTruly]

Some wonderful (insert severe sarcasm here) soul dumped about 17 guinea into my woods today. Here it is almost 7:30pm, and its going to be getting dark soon and I'm worried sick about these poor things.

We've been in the woods all day long trying to catch them but I'm afraid if we go into the woods any longer, we're going to drive them deeper into the woods and they'll be in more danger than they are now.

They'll all different colors, absolutely beautiful and I just know these darn predators are going to get them!

Any one have any ideas how I can entice a dozen or more adult guinea out of the woods??

Laurie

 

[FrenchHen]

I think they prefer the woods. You might gradually tempt them in by feeding them tasty treats. Are they tame at all?

 

[Soccer Mom]

Do you have a poultry net? That's about all I know to do. Good luck with the little buggers.

 

[ohiofarmgirl]

wish i were closer! i'd help you round 'em up!

the squash bugs are getting all my pumpkins and i need guineas!

i'd try the old 'shake the bucket of feed' and see if that helps????

 

[TennesseeTruly]

Ummm I don't think they're tame. We've been trying to catch them for 5 hours. Our woods are full of really nasty predators. I could just strangle the jerk in the black SUV that dumped them. I was so concerned about the guineas that I didn't get their license plate number.

I'm hoping they'll hear my guineas and the rest of my poultry and come out of the woods.

I brought my poultry net into the woods but its so dense that I couldn't really use it.

Oh I wish really really bad karma on the people who dumped these guys!!

Laurie

 

[Sitka]

Maybe wait until dusk and they go to roost and get a pole with a bent piece of wire on the end to hook their legs. OR... I wonder if you could make a trap for them and have a trail or corn or whatever leading to it....cover the opening with a square of wire that opens in but not out. Good luck.

 

[Rootball]

a mirror?

 

[Aj1911]

celery and lots of it most guineas go nuts for it or millet.

they're adult you say? maybe they will come to your guineas when they start calling but i would try celery.

i also hope that person that dumped them gets whats coming to them

i would go out there with a spotlight and 12ga and shoot any predator that comes near them personally, tell morning then use celery to round them up and integrate them into my flock.

 

[Aj1911]

Quote:
guineas have very fragile legs and that could break them very easily.

but the second one could work.

 

[hikerchick]

How many dumped guinea threads are there? The story is the same but the replies are all different from what I read on the last one.