I don't know where they were at the time, probably down behind that big old bramble bush
They duck their heads under the electric fence, they obviously learnt the hard way ?Heck they look good big birds!
I’ve got a couple more guineas arriving in the next couple of weeks (when they’re big enough) so I’ve decided the should get a permanent coop, mostly to keep their food dry, but the babies will stay in there for a while when they arrive and it will give me somewhere to shut any of them in should I need to.
The decision I need help with, location; currently the birds are fed and roost by Hanks hut, which is next to one of the main haying areas and the gate, which means I disturb them a lot and they scream and run away but it’s good having them there because they pick through the poo and hay to eat bugs and roost above the gate which is a good thing to put off nosey people in the evenings. So do I leave them there or build the coop more out of the way?
Well done with the flappy one!!!They really are as dumb as a box of rocks! I managed to trap them all on the first try ? they went through into the run bit but I figured they’d go back into the coop and up onto the roosts when it got dark. Nope, just sat cowering. I shooed them towards the coop and they sat right next to the hatch in, but would not go in, normally you so much as look at them and they run for the hills. After 20 minutes of trying I had to dismantle the far end, crawl in and still they couldn’t figure it out, I shooed, guided and eventually shoved them through the hole one by one. The big male put up a fight though came at me all flapping, clawing and pecking ? I chose guineas because they didn’t need to be shut in and flapping birds scare me ? I think they can stay in the coop for a couple of days to settle down!