Guinea Keets

[Spiegel]

I have 1 rooster, 5 hens, and I'm currently raising 4 Guinea Keets. When the keets are grown and are ready to be outside, can I mingle them with the chickens? Can they share the coop?

 

[MrsTush]

I have 1 rooster, 5 hens, and I'm currently raising 4 Guinea Keets. When the keets are grown and are ready to be outside, can I mingle them with the chickens? Can they share the coop?

You may lose your chickens that way. Yes several posts on here about people who tried it and usually the guineas kill the chickens. Those 4 keets will be their own flock and probably won't cohabitate nicely with your chickens. They need their own coop and their own run.

 

[red horse ranch]

My guineas and chickens have always lived together. The guineas have never killed a chicken tho they sometimes manage to pull out feathers from the chickens. Ideally they should have separate quarters but it's not always possible. Mine all free range thru the day and they go their separate ways. If your are always confined together there may be more problems.

 

[MrsTush]

My guineas and chickens have always lived together. The guineas have never killed a chicken tho they sometimes manage to pull out feathers from the chickens. Ideally they should have separate quarters but it's not always possible. Mine all free range thru the day and they go their separate ways. If your are always confined together there may be more problems.

You're lucky. Mine are a gang of feathered hoodlums. I wish I would've stuck with chickens

 

[Anita Scott]

My guineas have a big coop, turkeys have their own and so do the chickens. The last batch of guineas grew up with my chickens and don’t want to leave their mamas(chickens).

Spring is here and a few have decided to sleep in the trees, while others have migrated to the guinea coop and a few are still in my chicken coop, which was only built for about 10 chickens.

I have had chickens kill the guineas occasionally, but They are usually young or weak. Never lost a chicken.

I have 2 free range chickens that sleep with the turkeys, their choice.

I have tried moving my guineas to the bigger coop, but the next night they are back in the chicken coop.
I have solar motion lights above each door, which keeps the predators away. I attached an electric fence around my chicken pen, which I turn on when my guineas are in the trees at night.