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I used a tall brooder hutch on my porch when I had guinea keets. Everyone going in or out said something or had something for them. It 'peopleizes' them and you are their 'flock.' The end result was 30 guineas more or less that followed us around like kids. The largest male, the dominant had a crush on my daughter. She couldn't bend over to tie her shoe that Ticker wasn't up on her shoulder in parrot position. As he got larger he learned to come to her arm like a trained hawk. When night came, they would jump on the porch rail, hop to its metal roof, run the length of an 80ft mobile home to the back deck, jump into the oak tree that shaded it and settle in for the night. When the back light went out, they would all 'say goodnight.' It was very LOUD, but only started when they knew all of them were in 'bed' and we were settling in for the night. They slept as close to us as they could get. No one got in or out of that yard without some warning or comment by them. We had no stray dogs to worry about. No snakes stayed near that yard. We never lost a hen to any predator. We never were stolen from during the night by 2-legged theives like many homes out there. We had no tick problems on kids, dogs, or horses. They would get up on the horses when they lay down to check them for any tasty ticks they might have.They were the perfect guardians.