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newtoguineafowl
In the Brooder
- Jan 30, 2023
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Thank you so much for sharing! It's been super helpful for me to read about other people's setup and routine.Hello,
I started with gunea fowl keets and raised them along with my chicks. Turned out I had 3 male and 3 female. One male left, the other I rehomed. My guineas have just finished their first mating season. No issues at all with them living with the chickens. They remain I their pen and sleep in the chook house at night.
They have the ability to leave the pen, but if they do (usually missing the fence as they fly off my carport roof) they yell until I open the gate and let them back in. The females lay their eggs with the chooks in their nest boxes.
I have a big 60/70m area for them to roam. The hen house is about 1.8m high so they can roost up off the ground. It is sheltered, warm but has good airflow and completely snake proof.
I feed them at night with the chooks to encourage them in to the hen house and then lock up leaving them to chow down on their snack of rice, vegetables, boiled crushed up egg and meal worms.
The key for me has been one male in a small female flock, no rooster and raise them at the same time and same cage as the chicken's from day olds. Have them in the house and chat to them as much as you can. When old enough have them in the enclosed coop for about 6 weeks and create your feed routine. Try to never change the routine.
Hope that helps?