Test Nest Project - Vermont

by geoffrey, Wednesday, March 10, 2010, 13:01 @ Heritage Hens

Heritage Hens,

Undoubtedly many guinea fowl owners have attempted over the years to devise a nest spot so their guinea hens would nest in locations of the keepers choosing rather than out in the woods or away from the coop. This is just an effort to compare notes on what works and what doesn't. Perhaps if we put our heads together we can develop a portable (yet permanent) nest-site that works best for owners wanting guineas to nest inside a house/coop or outside but close to the guinea roost. Nobody likes finding an abandoned nest and to be missing a beloved guinea hen....forever. I've had it with dead guineas.

I'm constructing a wire topped rectangle with an 18" length X 13" width X 12" high thing. There's no bottom...just 2 small plywood boards with wire grid over the top and a couple strip of wood at the base to hold the 2 side boards straight up to meet the cage wire that is cut to size but with a slight overhang so to allow decorating the box with sticks and shrubbery...camouflage the box to make it fit in with the natural surroundings.

I'd like to see several incarnations of what guinea fowl owners create(d) that their birds used or will use.

It should be interesting and in the end...fairly educational and hopefully a success.

Geoffrey