LapisLazuli
Songster
Sorry if these questions are annoying but I just started learning about guineas.
Why can't I house them with the ducks?
Why do I need that many?
Why can't I house them with the ducks?
Why do I need that many?
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You can’t really count on them getting along with ducks. I brooded my original group with ducklings and chicks. That was fine until the guineas got a bit older and started attacking the other poultry. I had to rehome half of those guineas. My younger guineas that were brooded with only guineas are fine free ranging with the ducks. My original guinea cock that I kept still tries to attack the ducks.How many would you recommend getting I don't have room for more than +/- 10 because I will also have the ducks with them.
Guineas are a flock bird. To have good flock dynamics there needs to be enough of them for proper interaction and to help prevent a single one from constantly being picked on.Sorry if these questions are annoying but I just started learning about guineas.
Why can't I house them with the ducks?
Why do I need that many?
It is one loooonnng thread!!!I may or may not have read this thread in its entirety
Hopefully it was enough to fill all the gaps in my knowledge and cement everything. At the very least, it was quite entertaining.
With a few detours.It is one loooonnng thread!!!
Don't keep them with the chickens.New to guineas!!!
Today I sold some chickens at the local auction, and while I was there, saw something ugly. 45F and windy, and this person brought 30 keets, partially but not fully feathered, and left them in a wire cage in that cold wind. I was there two hours, and had to watch them shivering and dying. Awful! When the auctioneer got to that cage, he refused to sell them, so I offered to take them home immediately, so they wouldn't be out there any longer.
Now I have 27 live birds (so far) and hope most will survive. Game bird starter, 90F brooder, some are now eating.
True confessions: I've never wanted guineas! I'm in south Michigan, near Lansing, and hope to have at least some healthy young guineas available.
And advice! New birds here, have never raised them before!
mary