guinea aggression

Nearly 1 year old male Guinea keeps pinning the 3 month older hen up against a tree and violently bashing her head. Im 90% sure she's female, two tone call and when they were in the growout pen, her and the other older female were the only two laying eggs. We recently lost his bonded mate a...

Our flock stats: First time guinea owners Started with 13 keets last July, and are currently down to 10 adults due to predators Not sure how many males vs females but there’s at least a few of each I’d say Sleep in coop at night, ~9’x12’ with 16+ ft of roosting space between 2 beams. Free range...

My royal palm turkey hen is suddenly missing feathers JUST on her neck. It is currently winter time and we have NO Jake's. Is this normal or maybe my guinea fowl are bullying her??

Hello! Wondering if anyone else has had this issue We raised our 4 Keets with 4 Lavender Orp chicks. They are BFF most of the time. The guineas do not leave their sides. They will even cuddle together at times. So sweet. However, they sometimes turn into devils and chase them and pull out...

hello! I’m in Harpswell Maine, and my husband was given two chicks last year in which one we found was a Guinea. We have chickens, and as a single adult (possibly male) Guinea he is very unhappy equally as much as the chickens and roosters in the flock. I’m wondering if anyone in Maine having...

A few months ago a family friend gave us 4 of their birds that they couldn’t care for, 3 pullets and a young guinea fowl, after some research I found out about guinea mating practices and figured out that we had a male. I realized of course that since he had been raised with chickens he would...

We have 7 Guinea fowl, 3 males (about 6 month old) in with our chickens, over the last week or so the male Guineas are attacking the chicken hens. Came close to killing one hen, anyone have any experience with this?

I had 4 quinea, one is on a killing spree, it took up with my tom turkey and won't leave its side, killed my only white one I had, then killed a young chick that roamed around fine until I I released the Guinea out to free range. It almost killed one of my ducks but I saved it, but then as I...

I had 4 quinea, one is on a killing spree, it took up with my tom turkey and won't leave its side, killed my only white one I had, then killed a young chick that roamed around fine until I I released the Guinea out to free range. It almost killed one of my ducks but I saved it, but then as I...

For another bullying instance, I have a bullying male guinea who I have isolated from his two female, two male friends. He is cross as can be so today when the neighborhood flock came by, I let him out. He was promptly attacked by two lower echelon males. I let him stay out long enough for him...

Last year I purchased four guinea keets and six turkeys. They’re all full grown now, but recently I started to notice some behavioral issues. I raised the turkeys and guineas together, and then introduced them to my flock of ten chickens and one rooster. I am now down to two guineas ( 1 male, 1...

I let a broody Orpington hatch these guineas (she’s not the best forager but seriously the best mama). These guineas have been awesome (loud, but awesome). Our chickens and these new guineas have gotten along well (they free range). They seem friendly but not too invasive (like chickens)...

We have two female guineas and 6 hens that have been raised together from chicks. Today we noticed that both guinea girls were missing feathers on their lower backs. Tonight when I shut the coop they were missing way more and had open wounds on their backs. I’ve noticed them fighting a little...

I have 4 guinea hens I received when they were around 3-4 weeks old. The 4 grew up together but, of course, one was always a little at the bottom of the pecking order; that said, no one was really pecking or bothering each other at that time. Much to my surprise, I ended up with 3 roosters and...

I have 15 chickens and 3 guineas (was four.) when I let them out in the morning, the gunieas chase and peck my chickens. This morning my rooster hopped out of the coop and ran to hide from them. One of them charged me the other day, but I kicked it away and they haven’t tried again. Why are they...

hi, Long story short, I live in rural PA where ticks are a HUGE problem. We have free range chickens (9 after recent predators), and two broody hens. So I had the maybe not so bright idea to get my hands on some guinea hatching eggs and separated the girls into their own coops and placed...