guinea fowl

[raggie6653]

I have mine in a pen do i need to put a perch in for them they are 5 weeks old

 

[R2elk]

I have mine in a pen do i need to put a perch in for them they are 5 weeks old

They will appreciate having a roost.

 

[raggie6653]

Thank you just trying to learn

 

[jtbuck]

I have Chickens and was thinking about getting a few Guinea, as I heard they don't like snakes or rats and I have quite a few of both.
Question is how to introduce them into my flock???

 

[R2elk]

I have Chickens and was thinking about getting a few Guinea, as I heard they don't like snakes or rats and I have quite a few of both.
Question is how to introduce them into my flock???

If you want guineas to do what people claim they do, you need a large group of them. They can be a deterrent to snakes but I doubt they would be very effective against rats. They will eat small rodents such as mice and voles but I have never seen mine bother any of the cottontail rabbits here. These cottontails are not that much bigger than a rat is.

I do not recommend raising keets with chicks or housing guineas with chickens. Guineas do not have the same behaviors or mannerisms that chickens do. Guineas can seem to be getting along very well with chickens right up until their first breeding season. At that time their behavior can cause extreme stress to any chickens that they are kept with.

I raise my keets separately and house my adults separately from the other poultry. My guineas understand that chickens aren't strange looking guineas. They can free range in the same area, at the same time with the chickens and both groups will leave each other alone.

Read the thread Raising Guinea Fowl 101 and pay particular attention to the posts made by @PeepsCA .

 

[mkeawsh]

My guineas sleep on a high beam in the barn with 11 of my chickens that roost on the goat milker. These 11 have always refused to go into the house or tractors at night with the rest. Guineas don't even notice them but when I open all the doors to the house and tractors, they will go over and initially chase the hens and then do not give them any notice the rest of the day.