Unsecure chicken perches

[Henslaved]

3 wks ago my OH acquired a couple of guinea fowl, but they are now starting to make me feel really guilty about not letting them out to FR when I let the hens out.

 

I am going to try and let the female out with the hens and keep him indoors , as the info I have read on the net suggests that hate to be alone, so in theory I should be able to get her back in the hen house with the hens . As the hens come when called for bed (sometimes ).

 

Does anyone think my hair brained scheme will work?

Edited January 17, 2011 by Guest

[Henslaved]

My OH said it wouldn't be fair to just let one out , so out they both came .

 

OMG what a racket . I knew how noisy they could be, but they were both squawking at anything that moved, pigeon, leaf, robin, crow, people taking their dog for a walk.

 

My other two girls walked off in disgust at the noise .

 

After a bit of exploring and lots of squawking they tried a few perching spots and some of the plants and some bird seed.

 

Now to get them back in . I called my girls, mealworms in hand, and the female guinea must've thought "Ooooh, I'll have some of that" so down she flew (him following close behind). I had to use the Hansel and Gretel technique with the mealworms all the way back to the run , but hey it worked Where one of them goes the other follows, it's like they're attached with string .

All that happened in 40mins, my girls weren't too pleased at having their playtime cut short but I will increase it tomorrow. Hopefully it will work again .

[Snowy]

Ahh, love guineas. They had some at a farm we camped at - they freeranged with the hens as well! We need pictures!

[Henslaved]

There are some pictures of them in this thread viewtopic.php?f=28&t=73087

 

I will try to get some more when they're out FR, but at the moment they seem to be wary of everything that moves. Hopefully they will settle down a bit once they get used to their new surroundings