Can Guinea and chickens be raised together?

[OkChickenNerd]

I have successfully kept all of my chickens and guinea fowl together. I have 3 barred rocks, 3 buff orpingtons, 5 black sexlinks, and 3 RIR happy living with 5 Guineas.

The chickens bullied a little when the guineas were young but now those guineas fluff their stuff and push them bossy hens right out of the way....

I think the key for me was that the guineas matured faster or learned faster how to flap their wings because they learned real quick that they could get away from the chickens by flapping all the way up to the top roosting bar which is way farther then the chickens are willing to go...

Now full grow they all happily comingle in one happy cage.... I have three young guineas out in a small pen inside the large pen so far no major miss haps... even had one escape and no one bothered him.

 

[froggie71]

We raised guineas with ducks which was fine until breeding season and then they had to be seperated. We raised keets with chicks and now those guineas think they are chickens. They are over a year old and they still roost with the chickens.

Each group seem to be a bit different.

 

[105600]

Most definitely!!

I bought 3 lavender Guinea when they were a few days old and put them in the aviary when they feathered out. When they were about 2 months old, I let them out with the chickens... and they LOVE our hens! The Guineas "escort" the hens when I let them out to free range and it's hilarious to see...it looks like our hens have bodyguards! The Guineas screech if anything...even a squirrel... gets close to their girls! My husband saw a Guinea fly out of the pen..to scare away a squirrel that had gotten to close to the hens. When he did his "job", the Guinea flew back inside to be with the girls. And when it's time to go into their pen, the guineas follow the hens right back in. The have a choice to go anywhere, but they have chosen to stay with my chickens and even roost with them at night. Apparently my Guineas are boys, so that's probably why they are so protective of the hens. So much for my idea of having guinea hens free range to help get rid of the snakes and ticks! LOL .

 

[105600]

Sebastopol Geese (2 months old!!) and my hens and of course, their bodyguards aka Guinea Fowl!!

 

[perchie.girl]

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[southern oaks]

I free range guineas, ducks, chickens and one lonely turkey hen. They all get along fairly well. I have not had any serious problems. just some pushing and shoving. In one thread I posted my 4 year old feeding my chickens, guineas ducks and turkey out of a scoop. IMO, just watch yours and see if there is any aggression. I see where you ask about as YOUNG ones. My last 5 wood ducks started out with guineas and stayed until they got so messy that I moved them to their own raised pen. GL...................................

 

[SuttonHeritageFarm]

I had two older keets that free ranged with my 1 yr old peacocks. I think that they thought they were peacocks. I lost both guinea keets to a coon