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Member Reviews: Pearl Guinea

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1876 Farm

Fun to have around

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Pros: eat ticks, lays eggs, fun to have around

Cons: loud at times.. sounding like a bunch of monkeys in a tree, hard to keep around

We have 15 keets coming in a few weeks.  This is our 3rd attemp at raising Guineas.. the 1st time was in 2001 and we really didn't know what we were doing.  The 1st time we let them out of the coop we gave them free range.  After the 1st day they were in our yard, the 2nd day they were in the field across the road, the 3rd day they were in the farm field and that was the last we ever saw of them.   So, we did much research and in May 2010 decided to try again.  This time we had a coop and fenced area all setup for them.  Late in the fall a racoon was getting into the coop and so we put up an electric wire around the top of the fence.  I think the...
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amberflea

Great birds

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Pros: Eat ticks, good watch birds, fun to watch, lay eggs

Cons: Dig holes for dusting, get kiiled on the road if you live next to one.

They are great tick eaters, and are good for alarming when danger is near. They do tend to dig holes for dusting in the lawn  Lay eggs spring, summer and fall. I suggest having them to free range during the day, coop at night to keep them safe. The eggs are the best!    
Pinky

Great watchers

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Pros: Alert, good foragers, eat many types of pest bugs

Cons: Noisy, can be aggressive to other fowl.

My Pearl Guineafowl are great. They are loud but I love the noise they make. They have saved my chickens more than one time with their calls.
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