We added a guinea couple a few months ago to our duck, chicken and turkey flocks. I find them quite useful and diligent. They'll suddenly dash one way as if they are busy on an important task. They won't cuddle like turkeys but they'll come near when you appear and squawk as if engaging in a conversation. We love our guineas.
Sometimes it's best to just do it you will never get bit by a tick in your yard again if you have enough guineas to clear it out and it only takes about 4 to set and clean out an acre to 2-acre lot. Brother has 10 and a half acres and he has seven and the neighbor has 4 and they take care of approximately 20 acres plus without a problem all we do is give them seed soaked in water for a treat soak it. It's better for their digestion and make sure they have grit
I've had guineas for years and the coyotes are their number one predator in my neck of the woods. The guineas work as a team and so it's very rare for the coyotes to catch them oh, the one caveat is that every year one of my guinea hens choose to make a nest somewhere out in the bushes and eventually the coyotes will find her and her eggs. I try to put all the guinea eggs under a Broody chicken hen because the chickens are calmer oh, better mothers and will raise the keets to bond with the chickens in my Coupe and will go up to roost just like the chickens. They are usually the last ones to go in the coop at night so if I want them to go in earlier I just entice them in with mealworms or chicken scratch and just close the door behind them. I found them to be very easy birds and very entertaining especially when they're following behind a group of grasshoppers, they just pick them right out of the air like popcorn. If they start making a bunch of noise I've trained them that when I holler change the channel guineas they will usually stop chattering and go on about their business. Just please please do not get guineas if you have close Neighbors or live in town. They are true blessing on a farm! Enjoy
Oh my goodness - why am i just seeing this message - THIS is exactly what just happened to us yesterday... i don't know if you follow us on Instagram but i just posted stories today about one of our females who made a nest and i couldn't find her two nights ago- but then last night she came out of hiding after dark so i got her back in the coop - this morning i found the nest and it looks like some animal has been in it - it must have been a coyote as i think a racoon would have eaten more of the eggs.
@@kiigingotho5214 if you study the top of the neck just below the head you will see that the male has a blueish neckerchief where the female does not… they also make different noises- females have 2 syllables where as males can only male a one syllable sound !
I have a Jack Russell a couple Australian Shepard’s and a yorkie, chihuahua all around my chickens and Guinea. Never had a problem with either actually, and the Guinea r easy to raise. Mine r also coop trained tht like urs the run area is completely enclosed and during the day they just roam the land. Yes they will eat many different kids of bugs and they also kill snakes. They also will kill small rodents like mice, moles, etc. And I love tht they don’t scratch like the dang chickens do, tht way they don’t mess up the grass everywhere they go. If eating a Guinea u would def wanna do it on day 70-72 if not they r not good to eat. However, I don’t use mine for food, I also use mine for bug, snake control because I live in Ky and we have so many ticks and snakes and all the things. I’ve never had a problem with them being aggressive, they have chased my rooster a few times but they don’t fight or anything. I also have a silky rooster and hen, they all get along fine. The bigger chickens doesn’t bother the little silky chickens nor do the Guinea. But they were all raised together. When they just hatch and ur gonna raise them in a brooder it’s best to add some apple cider vinegar to their water so they don’t get what is called pasty butt. But if ya don’t like a bunch of noise I def wouldn’t get them, LOL. I actually love mine and I’m gonna have a few more to add to the crew this yr.
Our guinea fowl put a 4-5 foot rattlesnake in a trance today by circling around it. Fascinating creatures! They do not kill snakes in South Central Texas but they will run them off.
yeah I read that via another homesteader who keeps bees - i gather if the bees can be protected coming in and out of their hive - i don't see the guineas chasing bees around the garden so it must just be when they are an easy meal !!
You both are an absolute joy to watch and listen to. I lived in Germany for 26 yrs and my husband is German☺️ he is the „more reserved“ of the 2 of us🤣, but if we had a video like this in German, then it would be similar dialogue☺️ So we started with chickens 10 weeks ago (2 @12 weeks & 3 @8 weeks that died a day later)! Then we bought 9 baby chicks @TSC. We added 2 mini piglets 2 weeks ago. Last week we received our Guinea keets and our ducklings that we ordered online from TSC (Hoover‘s Hatchery)! The keets „sang“ when I brought them home from the Post Office and throughout the day while my husband was building the pigpen. He said „they are loud now…😂“ We bought all of our poultry to reduce the CHIGGER population on our land, and also evtl. for food. All the info you provided was what I have researched as well. I also read that getting the keets in the fall will motivate them to stick around and not wander off, but we needed them now😉! Blessings from East Texas♥️🙏🏼
Ahhh, thankyou - we try to keep it real ! Don't want anyone thinking we are perfect 😂 thats so exciting, i hadn't heard that about getting them in the fall, but we got ours in August as thats when the hatchery had them !! I think they have made a difference with the tick population close to our house but Caleb says he doesn't see any difference... i'm determined to prove him wrong though ...i keep telling him its because we need MORE !!! - you can imagine how that went down !!!
@@TheLittlePalletFarmhouse th-cam.com/video/AmWMq97u7eM/w-d-xo.html This Lady, Delores raises them specifically to fight her wood tick problem. She‘s the one who encourages buying them in the fall. I‘m not real excited about how loud they will be, but my aunt‘s dog barks constantly so maybe the guineas will overpower her barking which drives my husband mad 🤣 Tell Caleb that we‘re interested to see if the male guineas will mate with our hens (Chickenae🤭). I did read that they do produce offspring and it’s not so bad… only they will be sterile. I‘m thinking that those would be good for food🤔 so if he‘s really interested in that aspect then the more the merrier ☺️
“why are they so much ugly?” Noooo! 🥺🥺🥺 they are so sweet. i was frustrated with shepherding them into a coop. Having a light 💡 on REALLY helped, they needed a guiding light home. Turkey Toms seem to take care of the guinea girls as well. a true joy of a bird….also a frustrating, stubborn little friend
I'm working with my first flock, now 20, and I absolutely love them. Started off with 5 Jumbo Pearl adult birds. Lost 4 to assumably raccoon, given the one pile of feathers I found. Then picked up 20 Lavender, 8 week old chicks. Lost one the day after bringing them home, reason unknown. My lone rooster has taken them under his wing and raised them up to now, about 10 weeks later, and they are total entertainment. I just let them out of their building, which I've learned to train them too, since encountering the raccoon issue. I'm a bit nervous about their first upcoming winter as predators get hungrier and cover is greatly reduced. I am considering creating a wire roof enclosure on my hillside over this winter, surrounding it with electric fence, to better ensure a safer environment for nesting, this spring. They do roam but tend to stay on roughly 5-7 acres around their coup. The neighbor has cattle and they visit his feed bunk every afternoon. 😆
I’m new owning Guinea fowl we bought 6 5 day old keets 9/21. We lost one it flew away scared by one of our cats. My birds are amazing spoiled and funny. I currently have eggs now from my Guinea’s that will be hatching soon lockdown starts today. They free range on 5 acres plus (neighbors land also) and are always home before sunset ready for their mealworm treat dinner then sleep. Also blessed not too noisy they do have their moments. So far all the neighbors enjoy them. To date I have birds, dogs and cats chilling together in our yard. Recently bought young chickens so working on integrating them.
I remember as a kid when I would visit my family on my mother's side of the family in Alabama my uncle Tom had a farm and on this farm amongst all the other barnyard animals he had Guineas me being young and full of zip would chase these Guineas man you talk about fast and being left in the dust what amazed me is Guinea fowl have a weird tear drop shape and are fast as Hell on their feet the only time they would fly was when it was getting dark and they would go up in the tree for the night they are truly odd and amazing birds
I love the masculine feminine outlook on the guinea fowls y'all are perfect I just love it very honest very open and very truthful I really appreciate it greatly thank you so much love mamak Z
I would be interested in raising these to see how they compare to chickens .. but we will see. I’m tracking as I have a few more years in DOD before I can move to the country
@@TheLittlePalletFarmhouse I’m glad typing played the sound of them.. I think it’s a no for me :-) even though chickens are noisy as well.. I grew up with them. So I’m used to them.
I plan on moving my 8 guineas into my 4x8 coup with my 9 chickens today. They all are 4-5 weeks old so still pretty small. When I left them alone in the run together one day, it seemed like the chickens would pick on the guineas but if they are only together at night (chickens will be in the run during the day), I'm hoping that it will be ok. Once the guineas get older (10 weeks or so) I plan to let them out into the yard and hope they can fend for themselves and roost in trees. I will still have food and water hanging under the coop so they always will have that available. Only thing I really worry about is how they will fare during the winter. I'm in West KY
yeah your chickens might pick on them until they get a little bigger ( then they can hold their own!!) but its better than the other way around!! If you raise them in the coop with your chickens they will likely keep returning to the coop at night with your hens. Thats what ours do. We have a lot of owls so because guineas are practically blind in the dark they get taken out by owls in the trees ( or so i've heard)- we are in NE MO. hope it goes well, they are great birds! They do settle down with their squaking after about a year !!!
I have chickens, and Guinea. No Rooster chicken, but Rooster Guinea. They live and free range with the chickens. They come back to the coop at night, unless they are sitting on a nest somewhere. Not noisy if hand raised, except when they call everyone to bed.
We eventually worked out we had 3 male guineas- and a lot of fighting!! We have only one rooster guinea and one rooster chicken now- they play tit for tat but also respect each other 😂 and they have definitely calmed down with their noisiness now.. someone else said that it also has to do with maturity!! Thanks for sharing 👍🏻
I need few of them in my hometown. Neighbour has a dog - who barks nearly 24/7 - and Guineas I think would be little bit more noisy 😂 neighbour control. Greetings from Latvia 🇱🇻
bahahaha !!! thats hilarious - its just the right pitch to really penetrate the walls too !! Ours have settled down now which is what other guinea owners have said happens when they get over their "teens" !! so maybe not a long term solution for competing with the dog !! lol
Would be interested in the process you went thru to get your guinea fowl from keet stage to 'free-range'. I understand the keets are temperature sensitive and need to be kept at a comfortable temperature for their first six weeks or so. We'd like to forgo a coop and are trying to figure out how to manage them once they are able to 'fly', but too small/young to let roam around on their own
We raised them just the same as baby chicks, you start at 90degrees F and reduce temp 5 deg each week, they can be outdoors full time once fully feathered however i will say that without a coop you are likely to loose them to predators at night - they are practically blind in the dark and so get picked off by anything that can land in or climb up a tree !
I just got 4 guinea hens and they are with my 14 chicks. Of course there's also 15 ducklings and 7 goslings. I have 5 chickens now and so it's all overwhelming but when the Mrs orders birds I suck it up. BTW we have the same chicken door and I also spent the extra $10 to get the flag!! 🇺🇲
Raccoons are a problem have lost several last few days, got one big male that I caught in the pen just killing and it lunged at me, thankful he missed but next night, there appears to be another
These birds breed for life as well if you have a female that does not have a mate she will call out for a male until breeding cycle ends from my understanding and watching the guineas that I've had for the last 6 + years
Our guineas roost in some trees close to the house. Their biggest predator is owls. At one point I lost 1 guinea per night for a number of days until I found how to keep the owls away.
I've heard some recommend clipping their wings. I'm in the process of acquiring a half acre which will be sandwiched between two half acre lots in a rural community. I'm thinking 5 guineas should be sufficient. Fingers crossed the 5 aren't too noisy. Is there a difference between their interaction with ducks vs chickens?
go for an even number if you can ( if they aren't all males !!) we have found that after they get past a year old they "pair off" and so males that don't have a mate tend to get picked on a lot ! We haven't found any need to clip the wings of ours - they stay on the ground mostly and the only time they fly up to the trees is when there is something that has scared them ( we live in the woods so i'm glad they have an escape route!) our chickens have been heavily picked off by a fox this summer. ... i never worry about the guineas because they can fly to safety !! Even at night if i'm late to put them in, they will wait on top of the coop and then i just turn the light on inside the coop and they fly back in. When they are young, train them to a coop either by raising them with chickens or by using a light inside the coop - it really works. I do find that the guineas are less dominant towards the ducks ( maybe since they are similar shapes ?!!) but our male guinea and lead rooster will pick on each other ( its a 50:50 as to who started it so....) let me know how you get on !!
I've inherited 6 guineas. Not sure where they came from but I have other free range chickens so I guess it looked kinda inviting for them. Initially I want to process them all as they eat all the chicken feed but now I'm thinking of breeding them for meat as they weight a lot more than any of the chickens. Just wondering how hardy they are to disease because I don't like to inoculate if I can help it but I do lose a lot of chickens in the rainy season (Thailand) by being organic. I have many quail without problems.
My wife brought home 3 of them things. We're on day 3. They are awfully annoying. We have lots of other animals, but these are by far the loudest. I should have said No instead of no
Where did you order your keets from? I'm having a hard time finding a place to order less than 10. I only have four acres and can't order 30 birds! lol
I don’t find them annoying. I had Guinea’s for several years, but predators killed my flock, and some flew away. They were great at keeping the insects down and they let you know when danger is around. I may try raising them with chickens and a rooster since it was successful for you.
The little knot on top of a guineas head is called a helmet, and it is a little bit larger on the male than the female in the waddles on the male neck is a little bit bigger than the females And I have found out that the way to tell a the mail from the female is that them female makes two noises pretty quick in the mail makes one, so that is what we were told with the one we have, and it just appeared on our land one day with our chickens running free range. They are fun to watch, so we just let it join the chickens on the farm. And yes, it is one of gods creatures and it looks different because it’s a guinea it’s not a chicken So have fun with wildlife and farm animals. They are so entertaining and we are in Washington state.
sorry for the late reply !! They say a minimum of 6 is best as they live in groups in the wild... we got 6 initially but one died... an odd number has not been good as they like to pair off and so it caused a lot of fighting over females when there was too many men
How can I get just a few guinea fowl? i've looked into getting a few but everyone has a limit of about 15. I'm a backyard homesteader so just a few is what I'd like to start out with
Try cackle hatchery in Lebanon Missouri- you can purchase in 5’s from them… we got 6 and have 3 left so you want to account for potential loss/death also
I have never ever in my life seen a guinea fowl attack a human at all or child. They do let you know when something interests or comes into view that does not belong. Which is very good for a watchdog / bird. I've had them for years and I love them they are very very awesome as long as they are paired up together. However they tend to be very voicetress because they are a wild animal that you cannot hold like a chicken. They called to each other to communicate kind of like the whale does or the dolphin or most other species like the monkey. Love Mama Z
The purpose and why they have a bald neck and head is to regulate their temperature because they are from Africa if they had feathers on their head they would overheat and died this allows them to regulate their temperature and also reading purpose when the males get ready to breed they will turn colors
I've seen a Gicken! Talk about UGLY! Our Tractor supply has Animal Swap the first Sunday of every month starting, usually April through October. Some woman brought some Gickens & sold them for 75$ ea
We have 12 golden Wyandotte (10 hens 2 roosters one is a spare) and 10 pearl Guinea they are about 8 wks old and I Have noticed that one of our roosters sticks with the guinea. They are in a chicken net with tractor. The Guinea fly out of the fence and immediately want back inside the net. I had wanted to let the Guinea feee range however the raccoon comments have changed my mind. A nuisance raccoon is the first animal we needs to remove from our property.
I've never met an ornery Guinea even with them not being around kids. It's not in their nature to be aggressive towards humans. Perceived threat birds are a different story though. I've seen a flock run off some crows that were just foraging in the yard.
I have 2 female pit bulls that guard/run the farm. They will bring in the herd of cows and horses from the back 40. Saves a 75 oy woman some step. I never trained them. They have learned from consistent daly ritualistic chores, and my body language of what is expected. They have constant eye contact looking for gestures from me, very little verbal cues.They are even an alarm clock. If I get absorbed in a project they come and give the stair. Time to bring everyone in. They control opossum, raccoons; woodchuck and rodents in the garden but not rabbit. I used to have rabbit. They also alarm when there are hawks. Fox, are the most devastating predator. All my loses have been attributed to them, yet not coyote, except for one sick lamb. I have one female that is friendly-ish that follows my tractor when I hay my fields. I love my chickens ducks and guineas. They are mostly care free. The guinea cocks can exhaust each other chasing around. I love the females call. It has a stable grounding background effect if you get past the judging. Kind of like morning rooster calls. I never stop appreciating what I am blessed with.
@@TheLittlePalletFarmhouse they are still very young but they love our turkeys too. Im worried because i hear they are aggressive and at times i do see that but ive never seen turkey on turkey violence since theyve gotten there. Cant believe a guinea can beat up a turkey.
@@roblena7977 we found that they settled down after a year- but it also meant our roosters were the most chill we ever saw- like they were all spent on energy to be mean to anyone because of the guineas 😆
Can’t hear the guy, so it’s like listening to half a conversation. Keeps cutting over to the guinea fowl, which are much louder, so can’t listen with volume turned up.
We added a guinea couple a few months ago to our duck, chicken and turkey flocks. I find them quite useful and diligent. They'll suddenly dash one way as if they are busy on an important task. They won't cuddle like turkeys but they'll come near when you appear and squawk as if engaging in a conversation. We love our guineas.
Sometimes it's best to just do it you will never get bit by a tick in your yard again if you have enough guineas to clear it out and it only takes about 4 to set and clean out an acre to 2-acre lot. Brother has 10 and a half acres and he has seven and the neighbor has 4 and they take care of approximately 20 acres plus without a problem all we do is give them seed soaked in water for a treat soak it. It's better for their digestion and make sure they have grit
When the hawk flies over the guineas screech and all the chickens run for the trees. Great guard birds
I've had guineas for years and the coyotes are their number one predator in my neck of the woods. The guineas work as a team and so it's very rare for the coyotes to catch them oh, the one caveat is that every year one of my guinea hens choose to make a nest somewhere out in the bushes and eventually the coyotes will find her and her eggs. I try to put all the guinea eggs under a Broody chicken hen because the chickens are calmer oh, better mothers and will raise the keets to bond with the chickens in my Coupe and will go up to roost just like the chickens. They are usually the last ones to go in the coop at night so if I want them to go in earlier I just entice them in with mealworms or chicken scratch and just close the door behind them. I found them to be very easy birds and very entertaining especially when they're following behind a group of grasshoppers, they just pick them right out of the air like popcorn. If they start making a bunch of noise I've trained them that when I holler change the channel guineas they will usually stop chattering and go on about their business. Just please please do not get guineas if you have close Neighbors or live in town. They are true blessing on a farm! Enjoy
Oh my goodness - why am i just seeing this message - THIS is exactly what just happened to us yesterday... i don't know if you follow us on Instagram but i just posted stories today about one of our females who made a nest and i couldn't find her two nights ago- but then last night she came out of hiding after dark so i got her back in the coop - this morning i found the nest and it looks like some animal has been in it - it must have been a coyote as i think a racoon would have eaten more of the eggs.
and thats too funny about the grasshopper !!
How do you differentiate between male and female
@@kiigingotho5214 if you study the top of the neck just below the head you will see that the male has a blueish neckerchief where the female does not… they also make different noises- females have 2 syllables where as males can only male a one syllable sound !
I have a Jack Russell a couple Australian Shepard’s and a yorkie, chihuahua all around my chickens and Guinea. Never had a problem with either actually, and the Guinea r easy to raise. Mine r also coop trained tht like urs the run area is completely enclosed and during the day they just roam the land. Yes they will eat many different kids of bugs and they also kill snakes. They also will kill small rodents like mice, moles, etc. And I love tht they don’t scratch like the dang chickens do, tht way they don’t mess up the grass everywhere they go. If eating a Guinea u would def wanna do it on day 70-72 if not they r not good to eat. However, I don’t use mine for food, I also use mine for bug, snake control because I live in Ky and we have so many ticks and snakes and all the things. I’ve never had a problem with them being aggressive, they have chased my rooster a few times but they don’t fight or anything. I also have a silky rooster and hen, they all get along fine. The bigger chickens doesn’t bother the little silky chickens nor do the Guinea. But they were all raised together. When they just hatch and ur gonna raise them in a brooder it’s best to add some apple cider vinegar to their water so they don’t get what is called pasty butt. But if ya don’t like a bunch of noise I def wouldn’t get them, LOL. I actually love mine and I’m gonna have a few more to add to the crew this yr.
Our guinea fowl put a 4-5 foot rattlesnake in a trance today by circling around it. Fascinating creatures! They do not kill snakes in South Central Texas but they will run them off.
This has been the MOST relevant information on guinea fowl so far.. Thank you guys. I am now considering getting some for my homeland now.💚😇
Awww thanks! So glad it was helpful! Let us know if you decide to jump in!!
@@TheLittlePalletFarmhouse hi there. So my land & water fowl breeder told me in maybe another 3 or 4 weeks I get my baby guinea keets🥰😇
Hello from Southern Missouri. I am watching this video before I officially place my guinea keet order. Thanks for the info!
They love cicadas and this year these thing will be 2 batches of them. Their eggs are awesome too. They're dark meat and taste like dove. 😊❤
I'm so glad to know they eat bees..... as beekeepers we need to rethink getting them.
yeah I read that via another homesteader who keeps bees - i gather if the bees can be protected coming in and out of their hive - i don't see the guineas chasing bees around the garden so it must just be when they are an easy meal !!
You both are an absolute joy to watch and listen to. I lived in Germany for 26 yrs and my husband is German☺️ he is the „more reserved“ of the 2 of us🤣, but if we had a video like this in German, then it would be similar dialogue☺️ So we started with chickens 10 weeks ago (2 @12 weeks & 3 @8 weeks that died a day later)! Then we bought 9 baby chicks @TSC. We added 2 mini piglets 2 weeks ago. Last week we received our Guinea keets and our ducklings that we ordered online from TSC (Hoover‘s Hatchery)! The keets „sang“ when I brought them home from the Post Office and throughout the day while my husband was building the pigpen. He said „they are loud now…😂“ We bought all of our poultry to reduce the CHIGGER population on our land, and also evtl. for food. All the info you provided was what I have researched as well. I also read that getting the keets in the fall will motivate them to stick around and not wander off, but we needed them now😉! Blessings from East Texas♥️🙏🏼
Ahhh, thankyou - we try to keep it real ! Don't want anyone thinking we are perfect 😂
thats so exciting, i hadn't heard that about getting them in the fall, but we got ours in August as thats when the hatchery had them !! I think they have made a difference with the tick population close to our house but Caleb says he doesn't see any difference... i'm determined to prove him wrong though ...i keep telling him its because we need MORE !!! - you can imagine how that went down !!!
@@TheLittlePalletFarmhouse th-cam.com/video/AmWMq97u7eM/w-d-xo.html This Lady, Delores raises them specifically to fight her wood tick problem. She‘s the one who encourages buying them in the fall. I‘m not real excited about how loud they will be, but my aunt‘s dog barks constantly so maybe the guineas will overpower her barking which drives my husband mad 🤣 Tell Caleb that we‘re interested to see if the male guineas will mate with our hens (Chickenae🤭). I did read that they do produce offspring and it’s not so bad… only they will be sterile. I‘m thinking that those would be good for food🤔 so if he‘s really interested in that aspect then the more the merrier ☺️
First time on video! I loved it we have Chickens and 5 guineas. Did have turkey like to have went crazy with the noise
yes the noise is something !!!
“why are they so much ugly?” Noooo! 🥺🥺🥺 they are so sweet. i was frustrated with shepherding them into a coop. Having a light 💡 on REALLY helped, they needed a guiding light home. Turkey Toms seem to take care of the guinea girls as well. a true joy of a bird….also a frustrating, stubborn little friend
Awesome description! Frustrating stubborn little friends 😂 i love ours! They are so entertaining!
I'm working with my first flock, now 20, and I absolutely love them.
Started off with 5 Jumbo Pearl adult birds. Lost 4 to assumably raccoon, given the one pile of feathers I found.
Then picked up 20 Lavender, 8 week old chicks. Lost one the day after bringing them home, reason unknown.
My lone rooster has taken them under his wing and raised them up to now, about 10 weeks later, and they are total entertainment.
I just let them out of their building, which I've learned to train them too, since encountering the raccoon issue.
I'm a bit nervous about their first upcoming winter as predators get hungrier and cover is greatly reduced.
I am considering creating a wire roof enclosure on my hillside over this winter, surrounding it with electric fence, to better ensure a safer environment for nesting, this spring. They do roam but tend to stay on roughly 5-7 acres around their coup. The neighbor has cattle and they visit his feed bunk every afternoon. 😆
i really love the chemistry between you too so awesome. God bless you for enlightening us
I’m new owning Guinea fowl we bought 6 5 day old keets 9/21. We lost one it flew away scared by one of our cats. My birds are amazing spoiled and funny. I currently have eggs now from my Guinea’s that will be hatching soon lockdown starts today. They free range on 5 acres plus (neighbors land also) and are always home before sunset ready for their mealworm treat dinner then sleep. Also blessed not too noisy they do have their moments. So far all the neighbors enjoy them. To date I have birds, dogs and cats chilling together in our yard. Recently bought young chickens so working on integrating them.
Thats awesome 🙌🏻🙌🏻 how did your hatch turn out ?
The Guinea Fowl are some very beatiful birds.
I remember as a kid when I would visit my family on my mother's side of the family in Alabama my uncle Tom had a farm and on this farm amongst all the other barnyard animals he had Guineas me being young and full of zip would chase these Guineas man you talk about fast and being left in the dust what amazed me is Guinea fowl have a weird tear drop shape and are fast as Hell on their feet the only time they would fly was when it was getting dark and they would go up in the tree for the night they are truly odd and amazing birds
I love the masculine feminine outlook on the guinea fowls y'all are perfect I just love it very honest very open and very truthful I really appreciate it greatly thank you so much love mamak Z
I would be interested in raising these to see how they compare to chickens .. but we will see. I’m tracking as I have a few more years in DOD before I can move to the country
We have enjoyed them ( well i have 😂) but yeah i think the proximity to neighbours is a big consideration !!!
@@TheLittlePalletFarmhouse I’m glad typing played the sound of them.. I think it’s a no for me :-) even though chickens are noisy as well.. I grew up with them. So I’m used to them.
We have them Right now got a one a nest with about 30 eggs. A friend of mine sells for twenty dollars.
$20 for a dozen eggs ? for hatching you mean ?!
Love your video, let’s keep the farm growing. Blessings!
Thank you! You too!
I plan on moving my 8 guineas into my 4x8 coup with my 9 chickens today. They all are 4-5 weeks old so still pretty small. When I left them alone in the run together one day, it seemed like the chickens would pick on the guineas but if they are only together at night (chickens will be in the run during the day), I'm hoping that it will be ok. Once the guineas get older (10 weeks or so) I plan to let them out into the yard and hope they can fend for themselves and roost in trees. I will still have food and water hanging under the coop so they always will have that available. Only thing I really worry about is how they will fare during the winter. I'm in West KY
yeah your chickens might pick on them until they get a little bigger ( then they can hold their own!!) but its better than the other way around!! If you raise them in the coop with your chickens they will likely keep returning to the coop at night with your hens. Thats what ours do. We have a lot of owls so because guineas are practically blind in the dark they get taken out by owls in the trees ( or so i've heard)- we are in NE MO. hope it goes well, they are great birds! They do settle down with their squaking after about a year !!!
Mine stay in the coop & roost in the coop
Country Girl Grit watching from Myrtle Beach S.C. Great information! Thank you for sharing.
I have chickens, and Guinea. No Rooster chicken, but Rooster Guinea. They live and free range with the chickens. They come back to the coop at night, unless they are sitting on a nest somewhere. Not noisy if hand raised, except when they call everyone to bed.
We eventually worked out we had 3 male guineas- and a lot of fighting!! We have only one rooster guinea and one rooster chicken now- they play tit for tat but also respect each other 😂 and they have definitely calmed down with their noisiness now.. someone else said that it also has to do with maturity!! Thanks for sharing 👍🏻
I need few of them in my hometown. Neighbour has a dog - who barks nearly 24/7 - and Guineas I think would be little bit more noisy 😂 neighbour control. Greetings from Latvia 🇱🇻
bahahaha !!! thats hilarious - its just the right pitch to really penetrate the walls too !! Ours have settled down now which is what other guinea owners have said happens when they get over their "teens" !! so maybe not a long term solution for competing with the dog !! lol
Would be interested in the process you went thru to get your guinea fowl from keet stage to 'free-range'. I understand the keets are temperature sensitive and need to be kept at a comfortable temperature for their first six weeks or so. We'd like to forgo a coop and are trying to figure out how to manage them once they are able to 'fly', but too small/young to let roam around on their own
We raised them just the same as baby chicks, you start at 90degrees F and reduce temp 5 deg each week, they can be outdoors full time once fully feathered however i will say that without a coop you are likely to loose them to predators at night - they are practically blind in the dark and so get picked off by anything that can land in or climb up a tree !
I just got 4 guinea hens and they are with my 14 chicks. Of course there's also 15 ducklings and 7 goslings. I have 5 chickens now and so it's all overwhelming but when the Mrs orders birds I suck it up. BTW we have the same chicken door and I also spent the extra $10 to get the flag!! 🇺🇲
Im getting 5 keets with my chicks this spring. First time for both ☺️🙏🏼🤪
I'm just seeing this message !! So sorry !! Did you get your keets ? So excited for you - its a journey !!! lol
They can eat the bug's off your plants and not hurt your plants.
The ones we had were covered in little hearts 🥰💖.
Raccoons are a problem have lost several last few days, got one big male that I caught in the pen just killing and it lunged at me, thankful he missed but next night, there appears to be another
These birds breed for life as well if you have a female that does not have a mate she will call out for a male until breeding cycle ends from my understanding and watching the guineas that I've had for the last 6 + years
Our guineas roost in some trees close to the house. Their biggest predator is owls. At one point I lost 1 guinea per night for a number of days until I found how to keep the owls away.
My mother has 17 Guinea's.
Do you wing clip them? cheers from Norway
How are they to eat? And the eggs?
I've heard some recommend clipping their wings. I'm in the process of acquiring a half acre which will be sandwiched between two half acre lots in a rural community.
I'm thinking 5 guineas should be sufficient. Fingers crossed the 5 aren't too noisy.
Is there a difference between their interaction with ducks vs chickens?
go for an even number if you can ( if they aren't all males !!) we have found that after they get past a year old they "pair off" and so males that don't have a mate tend to get picked on a lot ! We haven't found any need to clip the wings of ours - they stay on the ground mostly and the only time they fly up to the trees is when there is something that has scared them ( we live in the woods so i'm glad they have an escape route!) our chickens have been heavily picked off by a fox this summer. ... i never worry about the guineas because they can fly to safety !! Even at night if i'm late to put them in, they will wait on top of the coop and then i just turn the light on inside the coop and they fly back in. When they are young, train them to a coop either by raising them with chickens or by using a light inside the coop - it really works.
I do find that the guineas are less dominant towards the ducks ( maybe since they are similar shapes ?!!) but our male guinea and lead rooster will pick on each other ( its a 50:50 as to who started it so....) let me know how you get on !!
I hope your neighbors aren't too close. No boundaries for them. They will jump on and scratch cars.
I've inherited 6 guineas. Not sure where they came from but I have other free range chickens so I guess it looked kinda inviting for them. Initially I want to process them all as they eat all the chicken feed but now I'm thinking of breeding them for meat as they weight a lot more than any of the chickens. Just wondering how hardy they are to disease because I don't like to inoculate if I can help it but I do lose a lot of chickens in the rainy season (Thailand) by being organic. I have many quail without problems.
My wife brought home 3 of them things. We're on day 3. They are awfully annoying. We have lots of other animals, but these are by far the loudest. I should have said No instead of no
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Where did you order your keets from? I'm having a hard time finding a place to order less than 10. I only have four acres and can't order 30 birds! lol
Hey there! Sorry for this late reply- we got ours from cackle hatchery in Missouri- i believe the min order was 5
I don’t find them annoying. I had Guinea’s for several years, but predators killed my flock, and some flew away. They were great at keeping the insects down and they let you know when danger is around. I may try raising them with chickens and a rooster since it was successful for you.
The little knot on top of a guineas head is called a helmet, and it is a little bit larger on the male than the female in the waddles on the male neck is a little bit bigger than the females
And I have found out that the way to tell a the mail from the female is that them female makes two noises pretty quick in the mail makes one, so that is what we were told with the one we have, and it just appeared on our land one day with our chickens running free range.
They are fun to watch, so we just let it join the chickens on the farm.
And yes, it is one of gods creatures and it looks different because it’s a guinea it’s not a chicken
So have fun with wildlife and farm animals. They are so entertaining and we are in Washington state.
what do you think a good number of guinea fowl.
sorry for the late reply !! They say a minimum of 6 is best as they live in groups in the wild... we got 6 initially but one died... an odd number has not been good as they like to pair off and so it caused a lot of fighting over females when there was too many men
How can I get just a few guinea fowl? i've looked into getting a few but everyone has a limit of about 15. I'm a backyard homesteader so just a few is what I'd like to start out with
Try cackle hatchery in Lebanon Missouri- you can purchase in 5’s from them… we got 6 and have 3 left so you want to account for potential loss/death also
They will eat a lot of tick's.
I have never ever in my life seen a guinea fowl attack a human at all or child. They do let you know when something interests or comes into view that does not belong. Which is very good for a watchdog / bird. I've had them for years and I love them they are very very awesome as long as they are paired up together. However they tend to be very voicetress because they are a wild animal that you cannot hold like a chicken. They called to each other to communicate kind of like the whale does or the dolphin or most other species like the monkey. Love Mama Z
What kind of the white chicken that you have?
you might be seeing our rooster - he is an easter egger so he is not a purebred
oh sorry - i think you might be seeing our Egyptian Fayomis ?
Do the guineas go in the coop with the chickens at night?
Hi Carmen, yes they do, and we think its because of our rooster - we talk about this in the video 😊
I miss the rains down in Africa 🤦😂😂😂😂😂
@Melodee Plath my husband !!!!! 🙃😂
I watched on another yt vid that EACH guinea eats 4,000 ticks PER DAY.
I think its 400 per day… no?!
@@TheLittlePalletFarmhouse maybe it is 400, but the video said 4000.
@@chrisnedbalek2866 lol ha !!! I need to look it up again - i'd love to know who the person was who counted ;-)
@@TheLittlePalletFarmhouse here's the video: th-cam.com/video/LN3iWl01rd8/w-d-xo.html. It's at 3:40 into the video.
I love this bird
You grow to love them right?!🤩
I like to have them in usa my family have them in Asia
If you sell them or sell the eggs 🥚?
@@samhussain3999 we are not yet set up to sell the eggs but hopefully soon !!
Me too.
The purpose and why they have a bald neck and head is to regulate their temperature because they are from Africa if they had feathers on their head they would overheat and died this allows them to regulate their temperature and also reading purpose when the males get ready to breed they will turn colors
yes they do scratch my guinea's do
a Gicken!?!? lol!
I have seen my rooster mate with my guinea fowl
Ugly🤔 these are most beautiful birds ever-far from ugly
Right?! They’re amazing!! What a rude comment!
I was thinking of getting two guineas a male and female for breeding and sell the keets. Do you think that just having a pair would work?
yes absolutely - they seem to be monogamous and so pair off anyway, it will work great :-) ( apols for the later reply)
I've seen a Gicken! Talk about UGLY! Our Tractor supply has Animal Swap the first Sunday of every month starting, usually April through October. Some woman brought some Gickens & sold them for 75$ ea
They can be aggressive with chickens
They sound just like Turkeys I’m surprised nobody says this.
My Ducks are so much more annoying than my Guineas! And believe this or not I have a rooster that crows in the night.
Yes ducks are loud too !! More than people realise right 😂 - i believe you about your roo !! lol
@@TheLittlePalletFarmhouse I have finally trained my ducks to live on the pond! Thank goodness.
We have 12 golden Wyandotte (10 hens 2 roosters one is a spare) and 10 pearl Guinea they are about 8 wks old and I Have noticed that one of our roosters sticks with the guinea. They are in a chicken net with tractor. The Guinea fly out of the fence and immediately want back inside the net. I had wanted to let the Guinea feee range however the raccoon comments have changed my mind. A nuisance raccoon is the first animal we needs to remove from our property.
I've never met an ornery Guinea even with them not being around kids. It's not in their nature to be aggressive towards humans. Perceived threat birds are a different story though. I've seen a flock run off some crows that were just foraging in the yard.
I have 2 female pit bulls that guard/run the farm. They will bring in the herd of cows and horses from the back 40. Saves a 75 oy woman some step. I never trained them. They have learned from consistent daly ritualistic chores, and my body language of what is expected. They have constant eye contact looking for gestures from me, very little verbal cues.They are even an alarm clock. If I get absorbed in a project they come and give the stair. Time to bring everyone in. They control opossum, raccoons; woodchuck and rodents in the garden but not rabbit. I used to have rabbit. They also alarm when there are hawks. Fox, are the most devastating predator. All my loses have been attributed to them, yet not coyote, except for one sick lamb. I have one female that is friendly-ish that follows my tractor when I hay my fields. I love my chickens ducks and guineas. They are mostly care free. The guinea cocks can exhaust each other chasing around. I love the females call. It has a stable grounding background effect if you get past the judging. Kind of like morning rooster calls.
I never stop appreciating what I am blessed with.
Get a small mule or donkey. You won't have any problems with coyotes. FYI 😊
My partner calls them the mafia
I love my guineas, they greet me in the morning and scream when i go inside.
lol !! So you must be outside with them a lot !!! I love out Guineas - i think they have grown on Caleb a bit too !!
@@TheLittlePalletFarmhouse they are still very young but they love our turkeys too. Im worried because i hear they are aggressive and at times i do see that but ive never seen turkey on turkey violence since theyve gotten there. Cant believe a guinea can beat up a turkey.
@@roblena7977 we found that they settled down after a year- but it also meant our roosters were the most chill we ever saw- like they were all spent on energy to be mean to anyone because of the guineas 😆
Well I think they are pretty birds. Maybe I'm the only one lol but I think they are pretty birds
Im with you!! They are funny too!
What Is that man eating ? Can't we as the viewers also get taste what he is eating ?
Mr 's voice is too low I am struggling to hear him.
The chick's are not called chick's they're called keeps! 😅
Keets
I was trying to enjoy the information but the gulping of the drinking is abhorrent
Dude speak up. Can hear your wife but you be whispering.
Some men don't talk much.That's their nature.
Can’t hear the guy, so it’s like listening to half a conversation. Keeps cutting over to the guinea fowl, which are much louder, so can’t listen with volume turned up.
How uncouth to eat brownie on camera. I don't care what any one with such poor manners has to say