Guinea question

[Chirpy]

If I get some Guineas this spring with my chicken order does it matter how many I get?

I'm thinking three or four - is that Ok or do they need to be in larger groups?

 

[jab91864]

I ordered 5 guineas with some day old chicks. Raised them together. One was dead on arrival, another was sickly and died soon after arrival. A third keeled over suddenly in the brooder. Ended up with a pair. The female was dead in the run for no apparent reason one day in the summer.

She had good wait and no marks on her, checked she wasn't eggbound. I never did figure out what went wrong. The surviving male of the bunch has been living with the chickens and seems to be doing fine.

Julie

 

[S n M Poultry]

I bought 4. 3 got killed by a bobcat and the remmaning hen live with the chickens

 

[okiechick57]

I think as long as you don't have just ONE.you will be fine, I do want to say though......be sure not to have too many males than females........... better off with more females than males...... good luck.........I loved having my Guineas