Introducing Keets to chickens.

[stuhayes2010]

I have two week old Guinea keets, I currently keep them completely separate from the my chickens. Any ideas on when and how to introduce them to my 22 chickens?

 

[kyle142]

Hello, I introduced my previous keets at about 6 weeks old... However the chooks were free ranging.
From what I've read here - most people think that when they are big enough to get away from the chooks who may pick on them or kill them. Some people have luck introducing them at a young age(me for example) However it is all luck of the draw!
What I did to introduce was have them in a cage inside the chook house every night, that way the chooks could get used to the guineas for a while. Sure there was a bit of aggression from one Hen however those guineas sure can run! We were lucky, our rooster was actually quite interested about the guineas ans was welcoming which was quite strange since he was probably the best protector the chooks ever had..

Theres other threads like this around here, a lot of reading but also a lot of things to learn