Quote: I'm not intending to keep the guineas locked up except for the period when you have to keep them locked in, 12 weeks or so? To make sure they stay? We'll add some kind of run for the lockup period but in general, after that, we have 29 acres that they'll have, we have a 13-acre field. I hope they don't wander into the road, that's my main worry, but I can't really fix that part. The coop is 6-ft tall according to the plans I have. Sorry for not including this information with my question.
I am certainly no expert on sq ft per guinea, so someone else would be better to answer that. I try to only keep 20 guineas or less at a time but have had more a few times. My coop is an old clay tile building that was on our property and built in the 1920's. It is probably around 15x20 or so with an outside run that I use occasionally. My main concern with space is if they have enough room to roost comfortably at night or on cold snowy winter days as they free range all day most of the year. As DR said, they do like to roost high, if possible. Mine roost in the rafters of their coop which is about 6 ft high or so. (Before I moved them to this coop, they had a much smaller one with lower roosting bars that they made due with,though, and did not complain about).
Darling littles! As I mentioned, the coop we have in mind to build is 6ft tall, but of course any roosts would have to be somewhat lower than that. We live in Southwest Mississippi and have zero snow, so the only time they will be in it is at night, we hope, and whenever else they might choose.
