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My setup for newcomers is a small coop with a mini run under it with a ramp that I can open or close. I typically move the chicks to the...

If he's full on attacking people, your only option is to get rid of him.

It depends on the injury, if they get infected, etc. it also depends on the bird. For wounds, I use either vetricyn or Neosporin...

So, an update for anyone interested. His foot swelled up worse after the last messaging, most likely due to the trauma from the lancing...

It is that time of year here where the Guinea Fowl group together in flocks. There is farmland about 5km (about 3 miles) from our house...

Chickens can hatch guinea keets. I've had some successful hatches with chickens brooding over guinea eggs. I haven't had any raise them...

Good for you. Other people have absolute horror stories about guineas injuring or killing their chickens, which is why I did a ton of...

Yup. Best case is you have enough space and a setup to where when the guineas start their chasing and feather pulling antics (in other...

Mine are very productive egg layers in season (April to October). I've gotten mine to use nesting boxes but it's tricky to do. Of they...

All of my roosters are friendlier to newcomers than any of the hens. A couple of them go out of their way to welcome younger birds I...

Preening is a sign they're relaxed. If you're around your chickens and they preen and sun or dust bathe that means they're comfortable...

Likely there's a hidden nest somewhere with all your missing eggs in it, unless the local wild-life finds it first. I had a couple...

Sun-bathing. It gets really fun when you walk out onto your back porch and a bunch of them are doing it as a group.

They're pretty territorial and will yell at anything that passes by. They also like to wander. I have 16 acres and mine still tried to...

Like Red Horse Ranch said, maybe at six weeks or so the females will start sounding off but usually it's a lot later than that (12 weeks+).