Hi all!
Today we discovered a guinea in the garage. I don't know how long he was there, but we caught him and gave him some Flock Raiser (what we feed out chickens) and water. I think he's male based on his calls, but if someone can confirm that would be great! Asked my neighbor if he lost a guinea and he said that this was his only one that showed up about 6 months ago. (Just flew into his yard from somewhere and started living there). He didn't really want him back and said that we could keep him.
So I have some options laid out:
1) Put him up on craigslist
2) Keep him
3) Eat him
4) Let him go and see how he fares
I don't know if we're going to keep him, he is very loud, much louder than our rooster. If we do though, would he be able to stay with the chickens without fighting? My neighbor said that he was mean to the chickens, which makes me feel that the answer is no.
Anyone eat guinea here? I've heard that they're raised for both meat and eggs, so eating him is a possibility I guess.
I've also heard that they're very hardy, so maybe we could just let him go. I mean, he's already been this far and has shown exceptional flight capabilities.
Here is a rather blurry photo of him in the garage:
Never owned guineas so I appreciate advice!
Thanks.
Today we discovered a guinea in the garage. I don't know how long he was there, but we caught him and gave him some Flock Raiser (what we feed out chickens) and water. I think he's male based on his calls, but if someone can confirm that would be great! Asked my neighbor if he lost a guinea and he said that this was his only one that showed up about 6 months ago. (Just flew into his yard from somewhere and started living there). He didn't really want him back and said that we could keep him.
So I have some options laid out:
1) Put him up on craigslist
2) Keep him
3) Eat him
4) Let him go and see how he fares
I don't know if we're going to keep him, he is very loud, much louder than our rooster. If we do though, would he be able to stay with the chickens without fighting? My neighbor said that he was mean to the chickens, which makes me feel that the answer is no.
Anyone eat guinea here? I've heard that they're raised for both meat and eggs, so eating him is a possibility I guess.
I've also heard that they're very hardy, so maybe we could just let him go. I mean, he's already been this far and has shown exceptional flight capabilities.
Here is a rather blurry photo of him in the garage:
Never owned guineas so I appreciate advice!
Thanks.