Guinea Housing

[CoyoteMagic]

I'm sure it's here on the boards somewhere (my little pea brain just can't find it right now) What are the housing requirements for Guinea's?

I have built a "Playhouse" coop but the girl I built it for specificly wont be able to use it. My "headless" chicken Tessy can't make it up the ladder into the coop. So I was thinking of getting a few Guinea's to help with the bugs around here (bad bug summer) and using the modified "playhouse" coop for them to roost at night. The coop itself is 2x4x 3 with an additional 18in into the peak of the roof. Would that be big enough for 3-4 Guinea's?

My neighbors are going to freak!! Good thing we have no homeowners association!!!

 

[MissPrissy]

My guineas are in a room in the main poultry barn. I do plan to move them to the little house over by my garden very soon so they can eat the nasty bugs that seem to be thriving on my vegetables.

 

[chikadeedoodah]

Will guineas go into a garden and not destroy the vegetation? If so, I think I may be in the market for guineas!

 

[CoyoteMagic]

I didn't have any problems with my guineas tearing up the garden. Chickens on the other hand.......Guineas are great on bugs, snakes, mice, small children,you name it they eat it.

I got rid of most of mine while I was on chemo a year ago. Couldn't deal with all that noise. Got rid of the last 2 when they started going after my 17 year old cat~

 

[speckledhen]

Generally, guineas like to roost up high. If I got guineas again, I'd want a run-in barn with roosts up high for them to roost separately from the chickens. They like to roost high and nest low.