Rescued guinea set free

[Mixed flock enthusiast]

I have a fenced area where she could live if I clipped her wings. Have you ever done such a thing? Her guinea friends could come and go but she would be grounded. I’ve clipped chicken wings ( one wing only) and as long as I keep the wing clipped the chicken is grounded. Guineas fly a lot better than chickens but I would think this would work. I am looking into a farm animal rescue also.

I’ve seen posts from someone on here about clipping their guineas’ wings so I think it’s possible. Is she doing no better with the flock?

 

[R2elk]

I have a fenced area where she could live if I clipped her wings. Have you ever done such a thing? Her guinea friends could come and go but she would be grounded. I’ve clipped chicken wings ( one wing only) and as long as I keep the wing clipped the chicken is grounded. Guineas fly a lot better than chickens but I would think this would work. I am looking into a farm animal rescue also.

I don't clip a guinea's wings. I just chase mine back in. If she refuses to fly, I see no reason to clip a wing.

 

[KirbyH]

I don't clip a guinea's wings. I just chase mine back in. If she refuses to fly, I see no reason to clip a wing.

She has flown, just not over the various fences and not following her boyfriends or the flock that goes over the fences when they head next door to roost or when they come over here in the morning. She just acts confused. However her guinea boyfriends do fly and at some point she’d follow them out of this enclosure and then she’d find herself in the yard of the dog trained to chase the guineas and that day she’d be dead. The lowest part of this fence is five feet and I’m wondering if she’d be able with clipped wings to get out, but you probably can’t answer that since you’ve never clipped their wings.

 

[Mixed flock enthusiast]

She has flown, just not over the various fences and not following her boyfriends or the flock that goes over the fences when they head next door to roost or when they come over here in the morning. She just acts confused. However her guinea boyfriends do fly and at some point she’d follow them out of this enclosure and then she’d find herself in the yard of the dog trained to chase the guineas and that day she’d be dead. The lowest part of this fence is five feet and I’m wondering if she’d be able with clipped wings to get out, but you probably can’t answer that since you’ve never clipped their wings.

It’s a tough life being a free-range bird, but if she can survive long enough, she will probably figure all of this out.

 

[KirbyH]

It’s a tough life being a free-range bird, but if she can survive long enough, she will probably figure all of this out.

That was exactly my thought until my neighbor said she’d trained her dogs to attack the guineas. This is the part I can’t get past.

 

[R2elk]

That was exactly my thought until my neighbor said she’d trained her dogs to attack the guineas. This is the part I can’t get past.

I doubt that any training was required to get her dogs to attack the guineas. She probably said it because she wants you to know that she does not want your guineas on her property.

 

[KirbyH]

It’s a tough life being a free-range bird, but if she can survive long enough, she will probably figure all of this out.

Oh, I was thinking of suggesting to the neighbor with the attack dog that she spray the birds with the garden hose when they enter her yard. I did it with my neighbor’s turkeys and after about the sixth time they don’t come over. What do you think?

 

[R2elk]

Oh, I was thinking of suggesting to the neighbor with the attack dog that she spray the birds with the garden hose when they enter her yard. I did it with my neighbor’s turkeys and after about the sixth time they don’t come over. What do you think?

I think that your neighbor, like me, expects people to keep their animals on their own property. It is not her responsibility to teach your guineas. She already has a solution that works for her. If her dogs kill the guineas, they won't be coming back ever.

 

[KirbyH]

I doubt that any training was required to get her dogs to attack the guineas. She probably said it because she wants you to know that she does not want your guineas on her property.

All of my dogs have wanted to chase the birds and you can encourage it or not. I never encouraged it and I was always able to stop them. I presently have a dog with a serious prey drive and I have trained her not to chase them. Yes. She doesn’t want the birds in her yard, I know that. I think there are other ways than encouraging your dog to attack. One complication is there is bad blood between her and the neighbor where these birds roost and it involves the huge number of birds he has kept over the years, his not caring about smells, coop placement right up next to the boundaries of their properties. We all live on about 5 acres so placement of coops, yards and so forth requires consideration. He thinks he has a right and smells be damned, so there is that. The guineas were on his property before he moved in. The previous property owner and I raised them.

 

[Sapphire Sebright]

For scaring guineas... I've found that my birds hate the broom. All of my birds. They're terrified of it. Maybe that'll help your guinea into the air?
They also hate umbrellas, in my experience....