Help !
I took on 4 guinea fowl for a friend who was moving (they're gorgeous and I love 'em
) and after a week of being kept in - in a huge enclosure in our pig shed - we let them out to free range along with the chickens
My next door neighbour has complained that they are going on to his land (same neighbour who threated our 9 year old daughter with his car
just to give you his measure
) and told us to keep them off..... or else ! (or else he's going to phone someone apparently
)
We like to keep all our animals in a high welfare system, mimicking their natural environments as closely as possible and while the chickens happilly scratch about in the fields and come back in to roost in their part of the shed (where we can drop the pop hole to contain them) the guinea fowl seem to be much more independant, they patrol the whole area and they haven't come back in to the shed - not even for feed
Obviously I don't want upset him further, but am struggling to figure out 1) How to catch them and 2) Whether it's fair to keep them permanently penned ?
Does anyone keep guinea fowl ? Do you keep them penned ?
Any suggestions would be much appreciated
Thanks folks