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I don't expect much taming from what I've read about them but it'll be an interesting experience. They're so funny when they sleep, all sacked out like the dead.
If you handle the keets regularly - get them familiar with you and your voice - they'll be a bit flighty, but they'll warm up to you. As they grow, give them occasional treats. They love millet - they adore grasshoppers and crickets. It takes time and consistency, but most of my guineas fly or run over to me when they hear me come out the back door, and they'll follow me around the yard while I work. A couple of them will eat out of my hand, and one of them on extremely rare occasions will even perch on my shoulder. Definitely not as tame as chickens, but they can be fun and friendly.
Lol - and about the sleeping, I agree. I remember the first time I had keets and they fell asleep, I was terrified I'd done something wrong and they had somehow all died.