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Q I’ve just been gifted keets (baby guinea fowl) and would like (after quarantine) for them to roost with my chickens. I have bought some high protein crumble to start but really know nothing else. Any tips, big or small, would be appreciated.

Guinea fowl keets are generally fed turkey starter crumbles, which is high protein whilst they are young. At five to six weeks you can change over to a chick starter feed and at 12 weeks of age move on to a high protein chicken feed. Once they are big enough to live with your existing

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