Henslaved Posted January 16, 2011 Share Posted January 16, 2011 (edited) 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henslaved Posted January 17, 2011 Author Share Posted January 17, 2011 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 . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowy Posted January 17, 2011 Share Posted January 17, 2011 Ahh, love guineas. They had some at a farm we camped at - they freeranged with the hens as well! We need pictures! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henslaved Posted January 18, 2011 Author Share Posted January 18, 2011 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
