My month old keets

[southwind00]

Thank you so much! I have heard that guineas don’t like to go back to coop and roost at night. I sure hope mine will too when I start letting them out.

You have to give them a coop that they feel comfortable and secure in. Your birds are young and all buddy's, but when they are a year old( if they are lucky enough to get there) their personalities will change drastically. You will have to think of your Guinea flock as a large dysfunctional family who all love being around each other but boy do they have some disagreements!! I made the mistake in my first coop design making it way to small for them once they paired up. The lower pecking order birds did not want to go in because they were harassed and once they started roosting outside even their adversarys started joining them because that is how Guineas are. Guineas want to roost high as if they were in a tree. Do what @R2elk says , build or expand your existing coop so they get accustomed to it and once they start free ranging they will want to go in at night. My first coop

was great for about 7 months then things went south so I built a bigger one and the dysfunctional family took to it well.

 

[Kash]

I wouldn't use it. If they are ready to go to a coop, put them in their final destination to better acclimate them. The less changes they have to go through the better they handle it in the end.

Ok will do thanks so much

 

[Kash]

Tha

Ok will do thanks so much

You have to give them a coop that they feel comfortable and secure in. Your birds are young and all buddy's, but when they are a year old( if they are lucky enough to get there) their personalities will change drastically. You will have to think of your Guinea flock as a large dysfunctional family who all love being around each other but boy do they have some disagreements!! I made the mistake in my first coop design making it way to small for them once they paired up. The lower pecking order birds did not want to go in because they were harassed and once they started roosting outside even their adversarys started joining them because that is how Guineas are. Guineas want to roost high as if they were in a tree. Do what @R2elk says , build or expand your existing coop so they get accustomed to it and once they start free ranging they will want to go in at night. My first coop View attachment 3118331was great for about 7 months then things went south so I built a bigger one and the dysfunctional family took to it well.

Is that small solar panels that you use for light for them in the coop?

 

[Kash]

You have to give them a coop that they feel comfortable and secure in. Your birds are young and all buddy's, but when they are a year old( if they are lucky enough to get there) their personalities will change drastically. You will have to think of your Guinea flock as a large dysfunctional family who all love being around each other but boy do they have some disagreements!! I made the mistake in my first coop design making it way to small for them once they paired up. The lower pecking order birds did not want to go in because they were harassed and once they started roosting outside even their adversarys started joining them because that is how Guineas are. Guineas want to roost high as if they were in a tree. Do what @R2elk says , build or expand your existing coop so they get accustomed to it and once they start free ranging they will want to go in at night. My first coop View attachment 3118331was great for about 7 months then things went south so I built a bigger one and the dysfunctional family took to it well.

Thanks for the photos of your coops. Is that solar panels that you use for light in the coop?

 

[Sydney65]

You have to give them a coop that they feel comfortable and secure in. Your birds are young and all buddy's, but when they are a year old( if they are lucky enough to get there) their personalities will change drastically. You will have to think of your Guinea flock as a large dysfunctional family who all love being around each other but boy do they have some disagreements!! I made the mistake in my first coop design making it way to small for them once they paired up. The lower pecking order birds did not want to go in because they were harassed and once they started roosting outside even their adversarys started joining them because that is how Guineas are. Guineas want to roost high as if they were in a tree. Do what @R2elk says , build or expand your existing coop so they get accustomed to it and once they start free ranging they will want to go in at night. My first coop View attachment 3118331was great for about 7 months then things went south so I built a bigger one and the dysfunctional family took to it well.

Ha @southwind00 - we have really close set ups, except my coops are at either end of the run. He's working on fence, photos when he finishes.

 

[southwind00]

Thanks for the photos of your coops. Is that solar panels that you use for light in the coop?

Yes they are. I also had some actuators hooked up with timers to let the birds out in the AM and to close the doors in the evening. That plan didn't last to long because once the hens go broody I'm out there chasing them off their nests anyway so I hav just started to herd all the birds in myself in the evening.

 

[southwind00]

Ha @southwind00 - we have really close set ups, except my coops are at either end of the run. He's working on fence, photos when he finishes.

Mine kind of just evoled with out much planning. But it has worked out ok with my small coop still being used by some of the lesser pecking order birds to hide in.

 

[Kash]

Picture of the "box" so we can understand what you are talking about.

R2elk is this coop better?

 

[Kash]

R2elk is this coop better?

I know I turned the building the wrong way

 

[Sydney65]

R2elk is this coop better?

@R2elk