aggressive guineas??

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CalBickieMomma said:
I’m so glad I found this thread. I have a bunch of 10-11 week old chicks (at least one roo in the bunch) and a single Guinea fowl (showed up out of nowhere in our yard when the chicks were 2-3 wks old and the Guinea was about that age).

Just today he/she was showing slight aggression towards my smaller EE hen (but my two Silver Laced Polish are even smaller than her). The aggressive behavior was pecking on the back and chasing with wings slightly lowered and back feathers slightly fluffed (I’ve never had Guinea fowl so I don’t know their behavior the way I know chicken behavior, but this came off to me like ‘male bird trying to dominate female.’

I posted something here on BYC about it and the one reply I have so far suggests I get rid of my Guinea (which would break my heart). We’re all attached to him/her and she/he’s been raised with chickens, so they’re his flock. Really hoping this ‘aggression’ (if that’s what it really is) Is temporary or at the least, doesn’t grow worse. A little pecking amongst chickens is normal. I want him/her to live happily with her/his flock. He/she hasn’t been aggressive before and will even sit on my legs when I sit in the coop with everyone else.

Some of your posts have given me a little hope, so fingers crossed it all works out.
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The guinea is showing normal guinea behavior. Their chasing and attacking from behind while pulling and/or breaking off feathers is normal guinea behavior. Guineas are not chickens and do not have the same behavior patterns as do chickens. To expect a guinea to behave like a chicken is unrealistic.

Guineas are a flock bird and chickens will never satisfy their needs. Other guineas will understand them, the chickens never will understand them. They can cause a lot of stress to the chickens.

You were given excellent advice to rehome the guinea where it can be with others of its own kind.
 
me and my marans said:
I am thinking of getting some guinea fowl eggs and hatch them out.

the probllem is, can guinea fowl be aggressive like roosters??

since the guinea cant be kept enclosed they would have the freedom of the garden where the children play.....
so can guinea fowl be aggressive??

thanks in advance.
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Guineas can be EXTREMELY aggressive if they are not kept in the right amount of space. If you don't want any problems with your guineas, then free-range them. They have many different social patterns than chickens do, so I think that they will have a pretty big problem if you have an existing flock. If you introduce them when they are young, then I don't think that they'll fight. They get really mean on their first breeding season, but it dramatically calms down later.
 

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