bcmelton76
Hatching
- Apr 19, 2024
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Greetings all,
I'm brand new here, so please pardon any idiocy on my part! I have an established flock of six chickens that live mostly in a run and I wanted to bond a group of guineas to them to keep the guineas close to home. I bought nine guinea keets and raised them with three Americana hens. They're currently living in a small coop sharing a wall the large one. My plan was to put all the guineas and hens into the main coop, leave them to settle for a week or so, and then let them out to roam one per day leaving the chickens in the run until all the guineas were out.
Well, we've had a broody hen hatch four biddies, and now I'm worried that the guineas will run flat over them. I don't want to wait another month to let the guineas out (they're getting BIG). Given that they've been living in such close proximity to the chickens and that the hens they were raised with will be added to the run and kept local, do I have anything to gain by waiting? Can I just let them out from the smaller coop and run with it, or should they have time in the main? (I don't intend to coop train them--I just want them to stay close.)
Any advice is appreciated!
Best Regards,
Brian
I'm brand new here, so please pardon any idiocy on my part! I have an established flock of six chickens that live mostly in a run and I wanted to bond a group of guineas to them to keep the guineas close to home. I bought nine guinea keets and raised them with three Americana hens. They're currently living in a small coop sharing a wall the large one. My plan was to put all the guineas and hens into the main coop, leave them to settle for a week or so, and then let them out to roam one per day leaving the chickens in the run until all the guineas were out.
Well, we've had a broody hen hatch four biddies, and now I'm worried that the guineas will run flat over them. I don't want to wait another month to let the guineas out (they're getting BIG). Given that they've been living in such close proximity to the chickens and that the hens they were raised with will be added to the run and kept local, do I have anything to gain by waiting? Can I just let them out from the smaller coop and run with it, or should they have time in the main? (I don't intend to coop train them--I just want them to stay close.)
Any advice is appreciated!
Best Regards,
Brian