As much as I can't stand guineas (I could stand them if they were mute and a little smarter) ......Guinea keets sure are some of the most adorable babies. Helga did a great job!
Last fall we decided to not keep our bantams through winter and water freezing every two hours and wanted to change over to full size chickens. Did the dreaded deed and filled the freezer...except for our beautiful rooster and a mate...they have been somewhat free range, but we still kept feed and water for them and put up with Roo doing his wake up routine under the bedroom window at 4 am...now the hen Goldie is sittling on 11 eggs and I want to keep her safe from some roaming dogs...if I put her and her eggs up in a cage she will be safe, but will she reject her eggs?
oh...and Goldie "talks" to us while sitting and likes to be pet and hand fed ... spoiled rotten