guinea keets and silkies

[flgardengirl]

I don't think I would keep guineas with silkies. Reason being, many silkies have vaulted skulls and I have guineas with large fowl chickens and the guineas are wild and jump on top of the other chickens quite a bit---like when they get in a panic once in awhile (usually about nothing lol). Anyhow, I would be afraid that the silkies might get hurt. The guineas also have huge nails.

 

[ydalhsif]

i have 4 guineas and 5 silkies together since they were enough to put outside. they are 41/2 months old now. i dont see any problem. also i have 2 guinea hens running with my chickens since last fall. they lay in the hen house too. one they had a nest outside and i found it and took most eggs out and left the others there. the folowing morning after opening pen the guinea and i went to the nest and eggs were gone and we could smell a skunk. she raised a ruckus and then so far has not tried to lay outside the henhouse. i guess she figured it was safer even though i get them everyday. also have a banty rooster that runs with them.