Can baby chicks and keets be raised together?
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i'm pretty sure they could be raised together.. i have 7 ducklings and 2 chicks in the same brooder an there fine
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You can buy an all-purpose poultry feed that covers both chicks and keets. I personally am brooding them separately, with the chicks getting starter and the keets getting game bird food. You can house them in a coop together later, just make sure you have roosts. The guineas like to be up high. Doesn't matter the light color, but I choose red when I can. It is supposed to be less stressful for birds.
Edited to add: Be weary of the Guin-hen which is a cross between a guinea and a chicken (also called Guins). If they are housed together and you have males of either sex, hybridization can happen.
Edited to add: Be weary of the Guin-hen which is a cross between a guinea and a chicken (also called Guins). If they are housed together and you have males of either sex, hybridization can happen.
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i have raised guinea's and chick's together about 4 year's now, same food and all...they think they are the same...so don't tell em...lol
ive done it
I brood them together too, no problem.
Christie
Christie
I haven't put them together before. Do they fight it out at first? I think I'm throwing my new guinea flock in with the chooks over winter.
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