Umm I'm new here and am in need of advice

[MorgieAndAuggie]

I was given one single guinea keet fresh from the incubator and I am so in this blind. I've read a lot of everything online and its only 3 or so days old. Man it chirps a lot and is only quiet while sleeping. I can't put him outside because I have a really mean duck(he's a pekin). When he saw the keet he puffed up his cheeks and started shaking. It's really hot where I live so I don't think I need a heat lamp and every time I hold it in the sun, it instantly falls asleep. Its always trying to climb on me and stuff and chirps at me really loudly if I don't. I have no idea what to do.

 

[sourland]

Provide it with a mirror for company if you can't get more keets. It has imprinted on you as 'Mom'/

 

[007Sean]

Howdy, and Welcome to Backyard Chickens.

Happy to have you here with us. Enjoy your time here at BYC!

Thanks for joining our community!

 

[MorgieAndAuggie]

Provide it with a mirror for company if you can't get more keets. It has imprinted on you as 'Mom'/

Thank you so much. I keep forgetting the bird is only a few days old and I just wanna give it to my hen to see if she can raise it better. Is that possible?

 

[SilverBirds]

Thank you so much. I keep forgetting the bird is only a few days old and I just wanna give it to my hen to see if she can raise it better. Is that possible?

Welcome to BYC! Is your hen broody? If she is not broody she's not going to adopt the chick. Is it possible to get one more keet or get some other kind of chick?

 

[MorgieAndAuggie]

Welcome to BYC! Is your hen broody? If she is not broody she's not going to adopt the chick. Is it possible to get one more keet or get some other kind of chick?

Umm my hen only lays eggs when she feels like it.. I don't have a coop or anything. Just a free roaming chicken, duck, and this muscovy looking duck that's really chill. No coops or anything fancy. I'm thinking about returning the keet, a friend of my family owns all of the keets and I do NOT want more

 

[MorgieAndAuggie]

Welcome to BYC! Is your hen broody? If she is not broody she's not going to adopt the chick. Is it possible to get one more keet or get some other kind of chick?

I'm having my bird returned

 

[pennyJo1960]

Welcome to BYC Hard choices are made sometimes ..
This is great place to explore any and all places ....

 

[janiedoe]

Welcome to BYC. Do you have a safe place, secure from predators, outdoors? If so, you can create a small, protected brooder inside your coop.
Put a heating pad cave (set to low temp. This is more for comfort, as your outdoor temperature is warm.) Inside a cage with small enough wire to keep the chick inside. Make sure the keet can see and be seen by the hen. After a few (4 to 6) weeks, you can let them interact.

 

[janiedoe]

I'm having my bird returned

Oh. Well it's probably best for the keet. I hope you'll be able to have more someday soon.