Guinea keets for a 2 year old (OH NO)

[zazouse]

I got a call from a very nice lady today wanting to purchase some keets i had for sale over the weekend, she goes on to tell me that they are for her 2 year old grandson.

I explained to her that these are not like baby chicks, but she told me her son told her that she needed to get him guineas and even asked for older ones ,i told her they were already able to fly but still didn't seem to get threw to her that these are not for kids.

She is going to talk to her son again and call me back tomorrow.

Honestly i don't believe a 2 year old should have little animals like this.

What would you all tell her so she would understand?

 

[3goodeggs]

um... I am thinking that perhaps DAD wants some guineas?

 

[MuranoFarms]

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Sounds about right to me!

 

[Bettacreek]

Yeah, I'm with the others. My two year old son has all kinds of pets, ducks, chickens, a turkey, quail, rabbits, etc. He only interacts with them while I'm right there, and he never gets to hold them, only pet them. I think it all depends on the adult to be honest. The grandmother is thinking about the kid, but I'm going to say that the dad wants them for himself.

 

[zazouse]

Well to me that would be kinda messed up on the sons part, i mean they are supose to be the grandsons birthday gift and we are talking about 10 dollars for 5 guineas.

 

[Bettacreek]

That does seem kind of messed up. Maybe the kid likes the noises that they make? I know my son would LOVE guineas. Though, I really, honestly wouldn't buy an animal just because my kiddo liked it. I have to like and want it as well, since kids will probably lose interest soon anyways.

 

[ColbyNTX]

My 2 year old has keets, poults, chicks and ducklings! He loves them and never grows tired of them. He doesn't take care of them, I do. He does help me feed and water them and it teaches him a good lesson early in life. He doesn't try to pick them up without my help. He loves to get a handful of feed and have them eat out of his hand. The young poults will even jump into his hand and eat. He watches everything from collecting the eggs to storing them to the bator to the hatcher to the brooder. That kind of stuff will really stick with a kid. He was 2 in November and when I fired up the bator in March of this year, he knew exactly what we were doing! He told me " we gonna get egg's and have babies!" The bator had been off since last July! He was only 1 year, 7 monthe at that time. I think 2 years old is great with the right supervision. Your right, they are not like chickens, I have never been flogged by a guinea!