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So sorry to hear that Susanne, I hope everyone else did okay while you were gone. I've never had any issues between guineas and chickens. The most I've ever seen is a guinea chase another bird for just a bit, not even very far. The only thing I can say is that guinea keets can be a little rough when left with smaller chickens. If something spooked them, they would have piled on top of each other and the little chickens probably got stuck on bottom of the pile. That's the only issue I've had with them. I try to make sure that the chickens are either bigger than the keets or they outnumber the keets - at least until they're adults. I haven't raised them with silkies, it's usually been large fowl. I did have some recently with bantam cochins and they did ok but the cochins outnumbered the keets 3 to 1. When they reached the same size I moved the keets to another pen before they outgrew the chicks.
So sorry to hear that Susanne, I hope everyone else did okay while you were gone. I've never had any issues between guineas and chickens. The most I've ever seen is a guinea chase another bird for just a bit, not even very far. The only thing I can say is that guinea keets can be a little rough when left with smaller chickens. If something spooked them, they would have piled on top of each other and the little chickens probably got stuck on bottom of the pile. That's the only issue I've had with them. I try to make sure that the chickens are either bigger than the keets or they outnumber the keets - at least until they're adults. I haven't raised them with silkies, it's usually been large fowl. I did have some recently with bantam cochins and they did ok but the cochins outnumbered the keets 3 to 1. When they reached the same size I moved the keets to another pen before they outgrew the chicks.