guinea fowl

The keet is constantly communicating with me through chirping - from the moment I say good morning to it, till the time the sun goes down. I have come to recognise some of its keet language and here are a few sounds I think I have managed to translate: 1. The sound it makes most often of all is...

I am wanting to compare my keet's development (size) to the average keet to be reassured that it is growing as it should. I understand that there are a few factors that could influence a keet's development, but maybe there is a standard scale one can go on? I have been searching on this website...

Hello friends. We moved to an 18 acre hobby farm in the past year. I have three chickens (hens) for eggs. We have noticed a few mice in the garage, and have been considering introducing a barn cat to manage that situation. However, in the summer we have tons of crickets ( I mean tons! ) and...

The keet (26 days old) showed me in person this morning, just what little savages fowls can be. It caught a gecko and, after knocking it about a bit, swallowed it whole. I already knew fowls to be so, but to witness it just a few inches from my eyes is a little... well... I can't think of the...

We have wild indigenous Guinea Fowl in our residential area, Cape Town, South Africa, and, along with occasionally having to help them out of tricky situations that they get themselves into in our neighbourhood yards, I recently rescued a day old keet which was distress calling from the next...

My partner and I have our first set of Guinea fowl keets! Mom had one egg left after the others hatched but kept coming off her nest and it was quite cold. Could hear it pipping and see the cracking so we put it under the heat lamp. My partner saw him struggling once hatched to disconnect fully...

"One Eyed Agnus" lost her eye (Grayish/Foggy eye) about 5 years ago and has still been thriving. She is about 15 years old and alert with her good eye always on the lookout. She eats well. One Eyed Agnus gets along with the other 6 guineas. Today I noticed the bad eye was swelling, but no blood...

hello i need some answers my guinea fowl are mating but i can’t seem to find any eggs and they have been in there run recently so im not sure why they aren’t laying they are 7 months old so that may have something to do with it also my male guinea( who dont have a mate) go up to my female guinea...

Hello, I have been concerned with feed lately since it feels like my Chickens, Chicks, Quail, and Guineas are eating it too fast or being messy with it. I mainly want to know how much feed they are supposed to eat (each poultry type) and how conserve it. I have 12, 8 month old chickens, 11 6...

I've seen threads here and there on BYC like this, just not with guinea fowl. I figure that this will be a fun opportunity for us guinea owners to share our guineas antics! And for those who want guineas, come see how fun they are! I really hope that you all will enjoy this thread, and...

So While incubating my batch of Chicks. I incubated a family members eggs. Long story short. Two of those eggs were Guinea Fowl eggs. Well she completely backed out and only took her Rhode island reds, and left my family with the fowls. There has been no problem up to this point. They started to...

Hello! I have one 8 week old Guinea Fowl that I hatched (their name is Charle), sadly Charles siblings didn’t make it. I am raising Charle to go to one of my relatives and i would like for Charle to have some friends. Is anyone in the area selling Guinea Fowls? Thanks!!

Hello, I have a male Guinea fowl that is housed with my flock of 15 hens. They have been living together in harmony since October but all of a sudden the Guinea is attacking one of my girls. Unfortunately I was unable to see how it all started but I noticed the Guinea pecking and jumping on top...

Somehow my Guinea Fowl broke it's toenail a day or so ago. It's foot was only a tiny bit inflamed, so I hoped I would recover seamlessly. Today while I was spending time with my flock, I noticed the Guinea Fowl's foot was 5x too large. Is there anything I can do? Does it need put down? I am...

Our guinea hens are starting to lay now, and I would really like to get their eggs and incubate them. Where and how can I find them? Is there a way I can get them to lay in a nest box? If not, where do they usually nest? Thank you!

Hello all! Earlier this month, one of my guinea hens got hurt in her back and under her wing and died from sepsis at the vet. Now a second one is hurt, she's staying at the vet with a good chance of recovery. But the wounds are so deep! The vet thinks the male Guinea did it, but we owned one...

I am looking to increase my flock once again, We restructured our housing/coop and run after a bear family had destroyed our other one. If anyone wants to rehome their chickens, ducks and guinea fowl please contact me. Roosters and drakes are welcome I will consider others as well 😊. We have 24...

One of my two guinea fowl who we got on the thirteenth of April 2022 has frostbite on her right foot. She got it a few days ago not more than a week now I believe it happened from her getting her foot wet outside or something. I haven't done much with it besides look at it whenever I can Doodle...