free range on entire lot

[Guineagirls]

I have 15 guineas that I raised from day old. They are 9 weeks old. I started letting them out about 2 weeks ago. They free range for 2-4 hours per day & most evenings come back to coop pretty good. The problem is I have 5 acres & they won't go more than about 100 ft from the coop. I want them in the area around my house to deter or eat snakes. My 5 acres is surrounded by trees with open areas in the middle. I try to herd them to other areas & they just fly back to coop area. Will they move around more as they get older or should I keep trying to get them to other areas of the property? They have no adults to teach them so I'm it.

 

[PD-Riverman]

Mine got to where they would go about 200/250 yards away. Mainly made a big circle every day around a big field. But the hawks/something got most of them. The last flock I hatched, stayed in a netted top pen the whole time I had them. I hatched all their eggs and sold the babies. When I cut back---I let them go.

 

[R2elk]

I have 15 guineas that I raised from day old. They are 9 weeks old. I started letting them out about 2 weeks ago. They free range for 2-4 hours per day & most evenings come back to coop pretty good. The problem is I have 5 acres & they won't go more than about 100 ft from the coop. I want them in the area around my house to deter or eat snakes. My 5 acres is surrounded by trees with open areas in the middle. I try to herd them to other areas & they just fly back to coop area. Will they move around more as they get older or should I keep trying to get them to other areas of the property? They have no adults to teach them so I'm it.

It is my experience that they get bolder and increase their range with age.

 

[BlueShadow]

It is my experience that they get bolder and increase their range with age.

x2 Give them time, at 9 weeks they are still pretty young. They will range further as they feel comfortable doing so.

And !

 

[The Moonshiner]

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By next spring you'll be posting about how to keep them on your 5 acres.