Does anyone else have really DUMB guineas?

[Thorsson]

We have one incredibly SPED Guinea out of 8, always the same one to get stuck for 2 hours when theres an opening 1 ft away....

 

[Thorsson]

We have one incredibly SPED Guinea out of 8, always the same one to get stuck for 2 hours when theres an opening 1 ft away....

Not sure why I replied to a post from 2014, but hey....

 

[Sydney65]

Not sure why I replied to a post from 2014, but hey....

It happens...and yet we insult guinea intelligence. just teasing. I think we've all responded to an old post at one time or another.

 

[Mixed flock enthusiast]

It happens...and yet we insult guinea intelligence. just teasing. I think we've all responded to an old post at one time or another.

Ooof, Savage Sydney!

 

[Isadora]

We have one incredibly SPED Guinea out of 8, always the same one to get stuck for 2 hours when theres an opening 1 ft away....

Anyone with guineas has experienced this.

 

[R2elk]

Anyone with guineas has experienced this.

Guineas, turkeys, chickens. I have even watched a robin do it.

 

[Mixed flock enthusiast]

Anyone with guineas has experienced this.

Oh yes. I will say that it’s not just guineas. My hens trap themselves in my fenced garden: they find the doorway in but can’t find it to leave, just like the guineas. And sadly, I saw a tufted titmouse that had managed to get into the Guinea run when their door was open. I opened the door again and tried to direct the titmouse out. It was so small it was hard to see, but I couldn’t find it so thought it had gotten out, but left the door open for 6 hr in case it was still in the run somewhere. The next day, I found the titmouse dead in the run; it had not gotten out after all. I also spent some time trying to catch a hummingbird that got into my chicken run. I really like hummingbirds so was about crying when I couldn’t catch the tiny thing or direct it out. TG I finally netted it with a butterfly net and released it.

 

[Sydney65]

Ooof, Savage Sydney!

Aw, it wasn't meant to be. I've felt like the dumb cluck a few times when it was pointed out that the person I was responding to hadn't been seen on site in ten years.
But I do admit to getting my feathers up when goonies are deemed dumb, unfit parents, or otherwise featherbrains. Hope I didn't offend, @Thorsson. You responded bc you'd just hatched. It takes awhile to catch on to the pecking order.
OMG...there's someone on the chicken side who posts in riddles all the time...I think I might have got her coffee this a.m. by mistake...

 

[Thorsson]

Oh yes. I will say that it’s not just guineas. My hens trap themselves in my fenced garden: they find the doorway in but can’t find it to leave, just like the guineas. And sadly, I saw a tufted titmouse that had managed to get into the Guinea run when their door was open. I opened the door again and tried to direct the titmouse out. It was so small it was hard to see, but I couldn’t find it so thought it had gotten out, but left the door open for 6 hr in case it was still in the run somewhere. The next day, I found the titmouse dead in the run; it had not gotten out after all. I also spent some time trying to catch a hummingbird that got into my chicken run. I really like hummingbirds so was about crying when I couldn’t catch the tiny thing or direct it out. TG I finally netted it with a butterfly net and released it.

Honestly, I've done it myself...