Guinea keet intorduction

[veggiegirl]

I have keets that range from 4-6 weeks in one brooder and ones that are 1 week old in another.

My coop should be ready in about a week, two at the most. I want to move the older ones out to it at that time. When and how can I introduce the younger ones?

 

[gander007]

I have keets that range from 4-6 weeks in one brooder and ones that are 1 week old in another.

My coop should be ready in about a week, two at the most. I want to move the older ones out to it at that time. When and how can I introduce the younger ones?

These chicks are in an introduction cage so everyone else can see them and with guinea the inspection is immediate and this will help save them for the moment and after a week you can let them out but keep an eye on them but if given enough room to run the keets are fast movers and a safe place to hide will do just fine .........





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gander007

 

[veggiegirl]

Will the coop be enough room for them to run? I don't want to let them free range until they are older and identify the coop as home.

 

[gander007]

Well how big is your run ,,, the run I use for my chicks is something like 50 feet by 30 feet as it is a fenced in front yard and I have to watch it when I go outside sometimes as they will lay by the screen door because of the swamp cooler blowing out the air ......

And in the yard I have several introduction cages so really I would need to have an idea of the size of your run to give an answer .......