Free ranging guinea fowl?

[R2elk]

@AGeese why not?

Flying is their only means of escape from predators.

 

[CoveyOf30]

Ok @R2elk

 

[mandyheider]

Hi, I recently got two 4 week old guinea fowl (they are now 6 weeks old). They were being raised alongside some bantams and latin hens but are now separated. I want them to free- range, but don't know if they will just run away and never come back or roost in trees? Any advice on free -ranging guinea fowl? Thank you

I have 2 guinea fowl they are 6 months old now but I just let them grow up with my chickens they sleep in the coop they don’t roost yet. The chicken coops doors stay open and they roam my little acre never leave.

 

[R2elk]

I have 2 guinea fowl they are 6 months old now but I just let them grow up with my chickens they sleep in the coop they don’t roost yet. The chicken coops doors stay open and they roam my little acre never leave.

Lots of people have no problem with guineas imprinted by chickens until the first breeding season starts.

 

[mandyheider]

Lots of people have no problem with guineas imprinted by chickens until the first breeding season starts.

Then what?

 

[R2elk]

Then what?

The guineas start their instinctive behavior which is unlike the behavior of any other poultry. They lost the ability to understand that chickens aren't guineas.

They treat the chickens like they would treat other guineas. This can cause great stress to the chickens who do not understand the races and chases along with the attacks from behind with the feather pulling and breaking.

Other poultry do not know how to show submission in a manner that the guineas understand so the guineas are relentless.

Guineas are a flock bird and need more than a pair of them to gain the benefit of flock dynamics. Chickens cannot fulfill the needs of guineas.