Questions about Guineas. Coop is finished! Keets were moved out today.

[StevenW.]

perchie.girl :

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No picture. (Darn!

) We get all kind of weather here so it has to stand up to everything that we get. Especially winter time. This year is spose to be worse than last year.
I somehow ended up getting stabbed in the leg by a piece of sharp fenceing that was hanging off from something. I seem to always injure myself somehow.

Yeh I cam home the other day with a big cut on the back of my hand.... didnt know it was there till someone pointed it out.... by then it all was dried....​

Done that before too.

 

[StevenW.]

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LOL, I musta missed that post... but no, not mad. To each their own with their birds and whatever works for them

They will definitely be happier and healthier Guineas if they are able to free range some tho... they are roamers, runners and fliers by nature. Not to mention the males turn into jerks when they can't burn off their extra energy

Ack, you with your "sudden keet death syndrome" goin' on over there still, dang! Sometimes I swear some keets are just hatched suicidal tho, just waiting for the perfect opportunity to do the deed! So how many do you have left of each color now?

Them "might" be able to but I'm really worried that they will travel 3 miles away to another persons house that has guineas and I'm worried about them useing the trees instead of their coop.

3 Pearl.
8 Lavendar
And I think theres 7 Pied Left.

 

[StevenW.]

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No picture. (Darn!

) We get all kind of weather here so it has to stand up to everything that we get. Especially winter time. This year is spose to be worse than last year.
I somehow ended up getting stabbed in the leg by a piece of sharp fenceing that was hanging off from something. I seem to always injure myself somehow.

I was injured during the building of our guinea house. Ended up in the ER as a nail from the nail gun went through my finger. That was over 2 years ago and my fingernail still splits at the point the nail went through.

Ouch...
The things we do for our animals..

 

[PeepsCA]

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Aww duckie, just work with your Guineas, starting as soon as you can. The millet/treat training to come when called really does pay off. Should be fairly easy for you since you will have a run for them, you can get them used to being herded around in there way before you let them out and you can start establishing the routine of them going in each night at sundown without them being able to give you much grief about it. If you spend a little time working on this then it shouldn't be a total fiasco when you do let them out. I'd of course start out the free ranging (after they've been penned for at lest 6 weeks and know the routine already) by only letting them out when you are around to keep an eye on them and able to herd them back home or back in if they wander too far. Plus calling them to you several times a day for a yummie treat that they like while they are out helps... mine tend to stick around not wanting to miss treat time. They may consider your ducks as part of "the flock" and stick close to them (and close to home), especially if they see you feeding the ducks and giving them treats too. There are enticing things like mirrors and dust bathing spots that you can provide on your land that will encourage the Guineas to stay home too. If you start off never letting them leave your property in the first place (and correcting them as soon as you do see them wandering), they may never wander

You still have a good sized flock left, I was picturing you with like 5 keets left, whew!

 

[Okie Amazon]

Also, I would only turn a few out at a time to start, so they will want to stay close to their flock-mates.

 

[StevenW.]

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Aww duckie, just work with your Guineas, starting as soon as you can. The millet/treat training to come when called really does pay off. Should be fairly easy for you since you will have a run for them, you can get them used to being herded around in there way before you let them out and you can start establishing the routine of them going in each night at sundown without them being able to give you much grief about it. If you spend a little time working on this then it shouldn't be a total fiasco when you do let them out. I'd of course start out the free ranging (after they've been penned for at lest 6 weeks and know the routine already) by only letting them out when you are around to keep an eye on them and able to herd them back home or back in if they wander too far. Plus calling them to you several times a day for a yummie treat that they like while they are out helps... mine tend to stick around not wanting to miss treat time. They may consider your ducks as part of "the flock" and stick close to them (and close to home), especially if they see you feeding the ducks and giving them treats too. There are enticing things like mirrors and dust bathing spots that you can provide on your land that will encourage the Guineas to stay home too. If you start off never letting them leave your property in the first place (and correcting them as soon as you do see them wandering), they may never wander

You still have a good sized flock left, I was picturing you with like 5 keets left, whew!

And the coop/pen is at the back end of the property so I'm still kind of hesitant..
I need to get pictures, they have grown so much! I swear they should make chaseing keets around the room a sport to put them back in the brooder.

 

[StevenW.]

 

[perchie.girl]

love it love it love it.....

Your hubby dont mess around.

 

[PeepsCA]

NICE!!!

Up in those rafters is were all your keets will be about 10 minutes after you put them in there, lol.

 

[StevenW.]

perchie.girl :

love it love it love it.....

Your hubby dont mess around.

That would be Dad.. Me and him work on it when he is home because power tools tend to like to eat me. Trimming hedges last year + on ladder = Horrible idea.
I actually get compliments because I act very mature for my age. I'm 10+6​