A woman down the street brooded a keet with 3 chicks. They were about 6 weeks old when the Tornado hit our area and she came to my house to ask if I could "foster" the birds until her house was fixed, yard cleaned up and coop delivered. (that was 2 months ago and she has never come back) So anyway, the keet and chicks were in a quarantine stall in my barn, on the same level as the 11 keets that I was brooding. The lone keet would talk to the others and I thought he would be happier with his own kind. After 6 weeks I moved him in with the other guineas. When I let them out to range, he would run off alone and seemed to be searching. I also had to net him to get him back in at night. I had moved the 3 chickens in with my big girls at this point and thought maybe he missed his brooder mates. So I moved him in with the chickens and ducks. (50x100 enclosed run). He was so happy when he saw his buddies. He was chirping and they were rubbing against him. When I say "chirping" it is a noise I have not heard from my other guineas. He must've learned it from the chicks. He does the CHI CHI when he sees and hears the Guineas free ranging. He is also much more laid back. I can get pretty close to him and he is not nearly as flighty. He thinks he's a chicken. So I say go for it and enjoy that adorable white keet.
