Literally got my butt beat by a guinea today

That is funny. Not that you got hurt, but it reminds me of an Old English Red Pyle hen I have named Sunny. She is mean when comes to her babies unless I am giving her something to feed the chicks. Very good mom though.
So today was the day. My guinea-wanna be chicken discovered the keets in the brooder cage. AND she wouldnt let any chicken in the coop. (brooder cage is in the coop).
She kept up her racket and her chasing others and her tantrum until I decided today is the day I am moving (away hahaha from her incessant hollering)...the babies to the other pen- a modified dog kennel with branches and a tarp and etc.
So, I reached in and caught baby one, and she flew at me in a psycho cobra ninja motion and beat the tar out of me which made me lose one of the keets in the coop. Well she went over to claim it as her long lost child and I nabbed the last two.
When I went to get the wayward keet, she came at me again and again and I finally grabbed a two X four roost to fend her off,got the baby and ran haha. Blood running down both my legs from the scratches she inflicted and Im sure Ill have many bruises tomorrow.

It took her all day to find out where I moved them. So I opened the pen to let her join her own kind and the keets ( of course) thought she was a pterodactyl - so I let her back out. A couple more weeks and maybe they can all live together.

As for the injured keet- well.. I did try to get pictures. But what I think happened is that it dislocated or slipped tendons in its "ankle". It flexes its toes, it walks from the knee up. Its foot is somewhat out and up and it doesnt use it. But it can roost. And it hobbles. So,it is what it is, hopefully it will be able to adapt and thrive.
 
Thank you for your interest. I would love to read stories about hand-raised keets. I've been close-up to quite a number of keets now after doing several incubator hatchings. I've never experienced a keet before who got CALMER in my hands. Who was not the least bit skittish. It allowed me to see who she is much easier. When the young woman came over to pick her up, in the birdcage with the heating pad and all, I brought her out in my hands and handed her to her new human, saying you are going home with L now, and I want you to bond with her. I got the things done I needed to do while L just marveled at her, then took her back in my hands and showed L how Pam was eating and drinking and that she still needed encouragement. After she ate and drank, she came to the middle of the cage door, wanting to be cuddled, which I did. Then it was time to carry the cage out to the truck, where we put it on the backseat. I was concerned that Pam might get thrown around as they were driving, so I got up in the truck and tucked her back in her heated soft cave. Out she popped, sitting up on top of the cave, looking at me a bit but mostly looking forward, straight out the windshield, as if to say, I'm excited about the future and I want to see where I'm going. There I was fearing she would feel afraid and wouldn't bond with a new person, and there she was full of courage, bravely facing forward, letting me know I had done the best thing. I am so impressed with the nature of this bird. Here's a photo from the new family.
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Awww, very sweet! :love You’ve got some great memories of your guineas to keep with you, even if you can’t have them for now.
 

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