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Raising Guinea Fowl
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items I'm raising guinea fowl and while they are wild birds, I am trying to teach them to stay on the property, go to the coop at night and stay around. Here are some fun videos and the products I am using!
Here are my guinea keets that are a week old and in their brood box. I have white, lavender and just 2 pearl guineas.
Week Old Guinea Keets
Having baby chicks or keets in the brood box means you need a way for them to get water and you don't want a bowl that they could fall in and drown, so I use these Hen's Choise Drinkers with Cups.
Hens Choice Baby Chicks Waterer
No matter if you have baby chickens, quail or guineas, you need a way to keep them warm just like their mother would and while she would take them under her wing or sit on them, we have to use something like this heat lamp.
Heat Light for Baby Chickens - Watch
All baby birds need a soft place to lay and walk. You don't want a slick floor or all the poop, so I use the Tractor Supply Pine Flakes. I use the big flakes so they don't accidently eat them.
I also use these in the coop when they get bigger!
I also use these in the coop when they get bigger!
Tractor Supply Flake Premium Pine Shavings, 8 cu. ft. at Tractor Supply Co
The guinea keets finally get their coop and moved out of the brood box. It wasn't complete at the time of this video, but it was close. I guinea coop indide was mostly done, but I still had to finish up the run for them.
Getting the Guinea Coop Ready
This is the 10x12 Metal Shed that I am using to build the Guinea Fowl Coop. It was much faster and less expensive than building from scratch like I did my chicken coop.
My 10x12 Metal Storage Shed from Amazon is Coming Along
You not only need an enclosed coop for your birds, you also need a run for them, so they can go outside, but still be kept around. If you just let them out, they may not come back until they are older and have been trained as to where their safe spac...
HEYTOWN Large Metal Chicken Pen
You are going to need a feeder for your baby chickens or guineas and I have been using this feeder for the guines. My chickens just have a deep tray, but with the baby birds, I like to have a real feeder, so they aren't playing and pooping in it. You...
Flock Party 7 lb. 15-Bird Chicken Feeder at Tractor Supply Co
I don't want to run out every morning and night to open and shut the coop door to let the guineas out to their run, so here is a time saving automatic chicken coop door!
Tiflev Solar Auto Chicken Coop Door
As your guineas get older you need a large outside water bowl. I like these rubber bowls, so when they freeze up during the winter, they are easy to get the water out. These are also used for foor or dog water bowls.
Watch Rubber Bowls for My Chickens on Amazon Live
Something no guinea keeper wants to talk about is POOP! When you walk in the run or the coop, you are going to step in poop. You don't want to be carrying that poop all over your yard, to other coops or in your house, so I have a boot scraper outside...
Jobsite Boot Scraper for Chicken Coop
Just using chicken wire for your coop and run will not keep your birds safe. Chicken wire is flimsy and many pretators can rip right through and get to your guines. So I use this hardware cloth that has ½ inch squares and is 19 guage. I have tried ot...
Hardwire Cloth for Chicken Coop & Run
Guinea fowl tend to not stay in the coop once you let them out of the run. Many find roosting in the trees all night fine. I need mine to come back to the coop each night, so they are safe. So I have started trainging them with a cow bell to come bac...
Started Bell Training the Guinea Keets
Here is the cow bell I am using to train my guinea fowl to come for food when they hear it. I wasn't sure if it would be loud enough to be heard all over the property! (ad)
Watch Is This Cow Bell Loud on Amazon Live
Here is the big scoop I bought to use with the guinea fowl food bin. It is plastic and fits my hand really well. I have other scoops that are not as enclosed, I tend to spill food with them, so I really like this one better. (ad)
Tolco Scoop, Model 621, 3qt, Red, 8rh71
This is the 24" hardware cloth I used to go around the outside bottom of my guinea fowl run. I fold it in ½ and attach the top foot to the run and burry the other 1 foot. This will help prevent some predators from digging in. (ad)
HORCH Black Hardware Cloth 1/2in 24x100ft