Get off the porch!

[Edw@rd]

My Guineas for some reason love my porch. It’s like a teenage hangout for them. They always leave me those little treasures that I love to step in. I never fed them or brought them to the porch. I have over 3 acres with lots of shaded areas and for the life of me can’t figure out what’s so interesting on my porch. One of them has the nerve to knock on the door! No joke, he pecks at it and even my dogs give me that “not again” look. Does anyone have any ideas on how to keep them away? My current method of throwing a cup of water on them is laughable as they got really good at dodging it. Now if I could only teach them to throw a dodgeball I’d be rich! Thanks

 

[SueT]

I had guineas several years ago, and they loved getting on the vehicles and then singing loudly. We couldn't keep them off. I even tried a fake owl. That worked for a few days, then they decided it was a friend. We resorted to putting tarps over the cars.

 

[Leaguinea]

You have to be available any time that the guineas could get out during the training phase. As soon as you see a guinea leave its allowed area, you make it so uncomfortable that it goes back where it belongs.

The guinea master @PeepsCA would go running at them waving a big towel. It did not take her very many attempts to convince her guineas to stay in her designated areas.

I just use the long stick herding method to immediately escort them back where they belong. During breeding season there are a few relapses when a harassed guinea will fly over my fence to get away from the guineas that are attacking it. My have been through training so many times that now all I have to do is open the outer door to the coop and they walk right in. Being escorted back to their run is normally no more than a once a day thing during breeding season and not at all during the rest of the year.

I was given this advice on another thread, although I am not home and able to test it out you could give this a try. Good luck