new guinea fowl

[elsfieldchickens]

just got a new keet hes a week old and ever so cute i already have 6 and hes trying to call to them

 

[chicks are me]

awwww can you post some photos? what type are they?

 

[JLeigh]

Do you have the one keet alone? He's probably stressed if alone. How old are the others? Is it possible to put them together?

 

[elsfieldchickens]

yes hes alone the otheras are 1-2 years old

 

[bemba]

Congrats! Can I ask why you got a single keet? I'd get it a friend as they are extremely social birds, and it will take a long time to be accepted into your existing flock if ever.

 

[elsfieldchickens]

the man only had 1 for sale and he was so lovely i coulnt say no .however his brooder is next to my shamo chicks so he can hear and see them

 

[JLeigh]

I would recommend finding a few more as buddies for this keet. Being able to see and hear other chicks is better than nothing, but still....would you have just as good a time watching a party through a window?

Guineas are strongly flock oriented. The keet is calling to the other chicks out of stress and wanting to be with them, because his instinct tells him that survival is in living in a flock. You could get some chicks that are about the same size as the keet and put them together -- doesn't have to be other keets. But when he grows up, he (or she) is going to want other guineas then, too, for more, well, "adult" reasons. .

 

[elsfieldchickens]

hes now got a 2 week old aseel chick buddies