When to introduce Keets to Pullets?

[pontoosuc]

My chickens are 9 weeks old, handled a great deal, docile and in the big chicken house with an outdoor run.
(there are 14 mixed)

We also have 8 keets + 2 EE's that came together and are now 4 weeks old. In the brooder in the garage.

The plan is to have them all live together in the big chicken house and have the guineas free range
during the day and have the chickens in the outdoor run.
I've been ringing a bell each day when I deliver treats to the keets in an effort to train them to come. lol

Right now my chicken house is a converted storage shed with 1/2 of the inside modified for the birds.

I would love suggestions on how to integrate these birds. I know I need to have them living in the same
area, separated, for a while, but should I modify another area of the shed to accomplish this?
Am I over thinking this and just move the brooder to the chicken house for a couple of weeks?

Then, how do I get just the keets out in the am and not the chickens? Maybe I should have just stuck with the chickens.

Would love your input and recommendations. Thank you.

 

[cpegram]

I asked this same sort of ques so waiting to see if yours get answered

then i will have mine

 

[pontoosuc]

Hi Connie,
How many keets and chickens do you have? . oh, lol, never mind, just read your signature line.
Hope we get some good answers.

 

[cpegram]

Yeah funny I guess just you and me for awhile...hopefully someone will answer.....or some input anyway

 

[cpegram]

maybe no one knows

 

[pontoosuc]

Somebody surely knows, or has some great ideas..
722 peeps in the forum tonight ..
Anyone ?.

 

[SPRING CREEK FARM]

I just came along and I would like to know myself, because I am in a similar predicament! Numerous chickens and 7 guinea keets that are currently separated in an outdoor brooder/coop with run attached. I figured I might just have to let the guineas have the run of the farm when they get old enough; I am afraid that they may pick on the chickens, so I would love an answer myself!

 

[featherz]

I threw all mine in together, but this was right out of the shell so I can't be much help. My chicks and keets get along fine - but they are still very very young!

 

[pontoosuc]

Featherz, an old timer told me that was the way to do it for congeniality. Hope you have a happy/combo flock. Unfortunately I was
not able to get keets at the time I had to order my chickens and just hoping I can get them all to like each other, or at least to tolerate
each other in the yard, the pen, and the coop!

 

[MareeZoCool]

You have our attention..............

Please try to integrate your two groups & let us all know how everyone reacts.