Gunieas?

[feather leg farms]

A friend of ours keeps her guniea in a cage. I am just afraid they will get attacked by something if they free range.

 

[Katy]

Mine have always free-ranged. I very seldom lose any adults to predators. Guineas aren't like chickens. They remain more of a wild bird even tho they're domesticated.

 

[feather leg farms]

So,

The free range won't get them killed or bring other predators to our yard?
How old do they needs to be to let them free range?

 

[Steve_of_sandspoultry]

The only down side to freeranging guineas if you will loose hens in the summer. Once they decide to sit on a nest a big flashing billboard shows up over the nest that says "come eat me" the predators can see it a mile away. We keep flocks of breeder birds penned and let the extra males range, they do pretty well at not getting eaten.

Steve in NC

 

[hoppychicken]

My neighbor's Guineas (who live at my house--joy o joy) have gotten themselves eaten by foxes. I totally believe her Guineas have caused foxes to come into our yards. We never had a fox problem until her Guineas started roaming everywhere.

 

[feather leg farms]

Well,

thanks for the advice. What should I keep the breeder Gunieas in?

 

[PinkyLee]

My gunieas are going strong... they go on my roof and have learned to take flight. I love them. My sister-in-law's dogs got ticks... my dogs don't... could be the gunieas.