New To Poultry...

[RitzyBud]

Hello all, a month and a half ago I got 4 ducklings and a gosling, since then they've been moved to an outside coop. Tomorrow I'm getting four 2 1/2 week old guinea keets. I have a few questions. How big are they going to be? Does anyone have pictures of their guineas at 2 1/2 weeks old? Will they still stay around my house when I set them free since I didn't get them as day old chicks? And the last question, until I let them go to roam, will they be OK with my ducklings and gosling? ( I'm going to keep them inside the house in brooder for about a week and than let them go out with the ducks and goose

 

[RitzyBud]

Anddd, I actually have one more question.

How should I teach them to come back at night?

 

[R2elk]

Hello all, a month and a half ago I got 4 ducklings and a gosling, since then they've been moved to an outside coop. Tomorrow I'm getting four 2 1/2 week old guinea keets. I have a few questions. How big are they going to be? Does anyone have pictures of their guineas at 2 1/2 weeks old? Will they still stay around my house when I set them free since I didn't get them as day old chicks? And the last question, until I let them go to roam, will they be OK with my ducklings and gosling? ( I'm going to keep them inside the house in brooder for about a week and than let them go out with the ducks and goose

All of the answers to your questions can be found in the Raising Guinea Fowl 101 thread.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/312682/raising-guinea-fowl-101

Pay particular attention to posts made by PeepsCA.

At 2 1/2 weeks the keets will be very small. Here is a picture of a 3 1/2 week old keet with a couple of 4 1/2 week old Swedish Flower Hen chicks.



The keets will need heat until they are fully feathered which is most likely to be when they are around 6 weeks old. Guineas are a flock bird and should not be kept in groups of less than 10. While they may do well with other fowl when they are younger, their feather pulling tendencies and mean streaks will begin to show up during their first breeding season.

It is recommended to keep guineas penned for 6 weeks in order for them to understand this is their new home. If you want your guineas to survive you will need to provide them with a coop in which you either train them to go into each evening or do as I do and chase them in each evening. Failure to do so will result in your losing them to the local predators.

Good luck.

 

[RitzyBud]

Thank you

All of the answers to your questions can be found in the Raising Guinea Fowl 101 thread. https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/312682/raising-guinea-fowl-101 Pay particular attention to posts made by PeepsCA. At 2 1/2 weeks the keets will be very small. Here is a picture of a 3 1/2 week old keet with a couple of 4 1/2 week old Swedish Flower Hen chicks. The keets will need heat until they are fully feathered which is most likely to be when they are around 6 weeks old. Guineas are a flock bird and should not be kept in groups of less than 10. While they may do well with other fowl when they are younger, their feather pulling tendencies and mean streaks will begin to show up during their first breeding season. It is recommended to keep guineas penned for 6 weeks in order for them to understand this is their new home. If you want your guineas to survive you will need to provide them with a coop in which you either train them to go into each evening or do as I do and chase them in each evening. Failure to do so will result in your losing them to the local predators. Good luck.