How to raise poultry with neighbors?

[Mo_fawaazzz]

I live in a close-knit suburban neighborhood and I have 4 teenage turkey poults, quail, 4 ducks, and two guinea keets.

I had to get rid of my chickens once because my neighbors did not like them clucking at 5AM.

My turkeys are extremely quiet and they are a bronze heritage breed (so if my neighbors do not like the future gobbling and yelping, I could just say that they are wild turkeys ). My ducks are super quiet and my neighbors do not seem to mind them. My ducks stay within my fence. I have about an acre of fencing, and the turkeys do not care about the fence.

I bought two guineas and I plan on raising them with quail for a little while. I have heard that flocks of guineas are noisy, but will 2 guineas really disturb my neighbors? I am trying to tame them and get them used to their surroundings so that they do not become too flighty/loud later on. I have heard that they are mostly quiet but will only make noises when excited/scared.

My turkeys try to range about a 1/2 mile away from my yard, but they come back near their food source to roost every evening. I am wondering how to integrate these guineas into my flock. I want them to get out of my yard every morning and go into the forest near my neighborhoods (I do not care how loud they scream there, as long as they do not scream in my yard). Do guineas make sounds at night/early morning? My turkeys roost in trees and I would like my guineas to do the same thing. From my experience, coop birds are much louder, especially when they want to wake up in the morning.

How will my neighbors react to this? So far, they think that my ducks are cute and they come near my yard let their toddler look at the birds. If my guineas get too loud then I will probably have to cull them, but right now they are keets and I am trying to "silence" them, but I understand that it may not work since they are known to be really chatty. I am fine if they chat all they want in the forest near the neighborhood, but I do not want them chatting right at my house. Will they naturally free range long distances or will they stay right by my home, screaming?

I plan to gift my close neighbors with some fresh eggs to get them to like my birds..

 

[K0k0shka]

Why do you want guineas at all if you want them to spend the day as far away from your yard as possible? Seems pointless. Also it's your responsibility to keep your animals on your property and not let them wander in areas you don't own.

 

[21hens-incharge]

If the neighbors disliked the chickens they will despise the Guinea. Have your sound on when watching the video.

 

[Logar]

it doesn’t matter whether it is your neighbor’s property or public land, your animals don’t belong there. They only belong on your property.

And just because there are only 2 guineas doesn’t mean anything. 10 guineas can do a lot more damage that 100 Burmese pythons.

How will you feel when they go a bit too far and only one returns? what if one of your neighbors uses pesticides or some other chemical and they eat something with the chemicals on it? What happens if they go too far and a hunter sees them? What about if they come across a road? Heck, I wouldn’t even risk it with your turkeys.

While no one can stop you, it is your responsibility to keep your animals safe and contained from being a nuisance.

 

[LRH97]

My neighbors let their cats roam around in other peoples property..
Also, I have tried so hard to keep my turkeys in but they just want to get out. They do come back home to roost though.

Of all my birds, only my mallards stay in my property. So it is not that I just "let" them wander, but they choose to wander and I can't really do anything about it. I need to keep them flighted so that they can get away from the foxes.

Those guinea keets were somewhat of an impulse buy
But if anything goes wrong I can just give them to my cousin (his neighbors do not care about noise).

Guineas are like burglar alarms. Burglar alarms that you've lost the code to disarm so it's stuck sounding constantly. If those birds see one little thing they don't like, if the wind blows in the wrong direction, if clouds cover the sun in a way they don't care for--they will yell about it. It certainly won't matter if they're by your house or a mile away. If your neighbor didn't like chickens, I'd suggest finding a good home for the guineas as soon as possible.

Ultimately, it is your responsibility to keep your animals secure. You owe it to both your animals to keep them safe, and to your neighbors out of respect for their property. A friend of mine just got done dealing with a nasty dispute dealing with issues such as these, and let me tell you, it can get ugly if people get vindictive enough. Best not to tread down that road if you can help it.

 

[K0k0shka]

This isn't about your 2 guineas. This is about a mindset that a whole lot of people have, and who release a whole lot more than 2 guineas out onto land they don't own, but feel entitled to. One drop won't drown anybody, but you get enough drops and now you have an ocean. There are enough people out there who think this way that when you put them together, the damage that their collective actions lead to are quite significant. That's how collective problems work. Each one of us individually won't wreck the world, but there's a lot of us and when you add us all together, a lot of small individual actions add up to a lot of damage.

 

[NatJ]

It is not private property

If the forest is not private property, then who DOES it belong to?
The government of the country? The state? A local Homeowner's Association? A big corporation or company? It sounds like you are in the USA, where every piece of property belongs to someone, even if that someone is not a private individual.

Whoever actually does own that forest, it should be up to THEM whether your guineas or turkeys are on their land.




About the guineas, the answer seems obvious to me, from several things you have said:

I had to get rid of my chickens once because my neighbors did not like them clucking at 5AM.

I bought two guineas...I do not care how loud they scream there, as long as they do not scream in my yard

If my guineas get too loud then I will probably have to cull them

Those guinea keets were somewhat of an impulse buy
But if anything goes wrong I can just give them to my cousin (his neighbors do not care about noise).

Your neighbors object to noisy birds, and you do not want to have the guineas making noise in your yard. You already said you could cull them or give them to your cousin, so I suggest you do one of those things.

 

[JacinLarkwell]

My neighbors let their cats roam around in other peoples property..
Also, I have tried so hard to keep my turkeys in but they just want to get out. They do come back home to roost though.

Of all my birds, only my mallards stay in my property. So it is not that I just "let" them wander, but they choose to wander and I can't really do anything about it. I need to keep them flighted so that they can get away from the foxes.

Those guinea keets were somewhat of an impulse buy
But if anything goes wrong I can just give them to my cousin (his neighbors do not care about noise).

If you cannot keep your birds from wandering off your property, you need to pen them securely. Otherwise you're just as bad as the people who let their dogs and cats wander

 

[tripletfeb]

The whole point of this thread was to see how loud guineas are. You got rid of your chickens because your neighbors did not like the noise. You have been given evidence of how loud guineas are, much louder than chickens. Do what you want with that knowledge

 

[BigBlueHen53]

This thread got derailed. The OP asked how loud guineas are and if his neighbors are likely to complain. When answered in the affirmative, he then asked if the guineas were likely to disappear into the forest and take their noise there. I suggest we let him try it and see how his neighbors react. My personal opinion is that, IF the guineas are male and female and disappear into the forest, his neighbors are going to take up a new sport.