Would this work for a guinea coop?

[Moonbeam Guineas]

Like I have said before, everybody does guineas a little differently and it is really about the effort you put in as to what you get out of them. Older guineas are way more laid back and set in their ways. My guineas, now it is fall hang more by my coops and go in and out probably 10 times a day. They do fly up on the enclosed run and hang out there but when it is time to go in they go ground level. As a matter of fact I built an entrance high like you guys did with the thinking that my birds , (because of all the pictures on the internet I saw of guineas going in coops that are raised off of the ground) would use it 'big time'. I even put an electric actuator on it with a remote control so I could open and close it. When they were young, yea they used it some but the older they got the less they used it for going in. They even started going in ground level and going in their coop flying up and exiting back out as I was trying to get the others in from the ground. It was an abject failure by the second year and it has not been open since then. No matter how much you what them to fly up, you will never be able to get them to consistently. They are ground birds who fly to hang out, to escape danger or each other. You can see the picture of the door here. View attachment 3297230

You can want guineas to act a certain way but their instincts dictate their behavior.

You are correct. They seriously do what ever they want.. Tonight my 5 adult guineas are with my young guineas in the coop and no one sleeping on the barn rafters.

 

[Sydney65]

Wait...if hatching eggs and brooding keets..if she can brood the keets..is there a landing or stairs or-? I was just thinking, if you can brood the keets up there, that's home. If there's a way for you to access and care for them until they're ready to go outside, you wouldnt even have to go through coop training. The only thing is leaving a window open all the time means other stuff can get in, too.