Guineas and chickens in the same coop?

[meghan713]

I am planning to get three lavender keets in a week in order to get rid of some of the nasty bugs in our yard... Can they be housed with my chickens once they get to a certain age?

 

[melodylee]

yes.. but I think cross breeding is a possibility...
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=263053&p=1

 

[meghan713]

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that's okay.... we don't hatch our eggs. yet. if we ever do we will be careful not to hatch any cross bred eggs.

 

[melodylee]

if you were only keeping it as a "pet" of sorts miracle is pretty cute....

 

[rooster0209]

Mine are housed together. Sometimes the guineas get a little rough with the chickens but normally I don't have any problems. They all free range during the day and co-exist peacefully. Before I culled roosters, I had one really aggressive young rooster that I caught trying to mate a young guinea hen. (he no longer exists)

 

[txchickie]

I have a guinea hen that was raised with chicks from day 1. She thinks she's a chicken and is terrified of the rest of our guineas

Our free-range guineas and chickens tolerate each other, but definently aren't chummy buddies.