Playfulroost
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I have 5 guineas 2 years old, 3 females and 2 males. They are free range but know where home is. They have been roosting above the open pen where they were raised.
One of the females was missing for a month now returned with one keet.
It has been raised in the wild by its mom. She flew at me once when I approached the keet, but I could tell it was a bluff.
The pen now floods every time it rains. I'm considering trying to improve the drainage and housing the guinea mama and baby there.
The 2 week old keet tried to fly to the top of the pen last night. But it's made of 2 inch wire so the keet will fall through. I am afraid the keet will fall to its death. It's so cute to see the struggle to be tiny and desire to be all grown up. Would probably not be so bad on the keet if it had siblings.
Any suggestions for helping with this? The guinea mama was obviously torn between the need to roost with her clan and the needs of her baby.
I have raised guinea keets under momma's before, but they laid eggs and hatched in the chicken house, which is under construction.
One of the females was missing for a month now returned with one keet.
It has been raised in the wild by its mom. She flew at me once when I approached the keet, but I could tell it was a bluff.
The pen now floods every time it rains. I'm considering trying to improve the drainage and housing the guinea mama and baby there.
The 2 week old keet tried to fly to the top of the pen last night. But it's made of 2 inch wire so the keet will fall through. I am afraid the keet will fall to its death. It's so cute to see the struggle to be tiny and desire to be all grown up. Would probably not be so bad on the keet if it had siblings.
Any suggestions for helping with this? The guinea mama was obviously torn between the need to roost with her clan and the needs of her baby.
I have raised guinea keets under momma's before, but they laid eggs and hatched in the chicken house, which is under construction.