Giant guinea and keet problem

[Terra Hues]

today was hatching day for our broody guinea
She had been sitting on her nest for 28 days
Despite her partner being killed by a fox only one week ago, she kept sitting.
9 keets hatched out, everything was going well, but there’s a thunderstorm coming tonight and it’s supposed to last the whole week.
The keets wouldn’t survive with that much rain.
We decided to move her and her 9 keets into the old chicken coop but she wouldn’t take to them again...
When the went near her she pecked them. Next thing she ran out the door back to her nest again so I brought two keets over to her and she took them, then I got the others and while I was trying to slide them back under her she went crazy!
She started attacking the keets again and then she went for my face..

I got some help getting the keets back and their in a cardboard box full of hay with a heat lamp over them.
Luckily all nine are still alive.
The one she attacked has a scratch on its neck but it’s seems fine

Now I have scratches all over my face, 9 poor little abandoned guinea keets and a crazy “beast” up sitting on the old nest with a bucket over her


Any ideas on how I can care,help the keets ?

Any ideas on what I do with the crazy mother ?

 

[Terra Hues]

Guineas are not especially "motherly" and keets will survive under heat lamp and with safe area without the mother. Guinea Hen forum is a great place to learn more about guineas and raising the keets.