Guinea Fowl gender

[Jdoug0987]

Is my Guinea a male or female?

 

[R2elk]

Is my Guinea a male or female?

Guinea fowl cannot be sexed from photos. Sexing by the call they make works well. Females make the two syllable "buckwheat" call, males don't.

 

[SmiYa0126]

Looks male to me! Does he sound like a machine gun?

 

[SamLockwood]

Even if I were to venture a guess by a photo it's still too young, and even then it'd MAYBE be 2 out of 3 for accuracy. I had a couple with wattles like that I thought were males until they started making female sounds and laying eggs. Around 8 weeks or so the females start making their distinctive two-tone call, and around 12 to 16 weeks they wont' shut up until they find a boyfriend.

 

[Jdoug0987]

Looks male to me! Does he sound like a machine gun?

Sounds like chichichichi. Lol

 

[Jdoug0987]

Guinea fowl cannot be sexed from photos. Sexing by the call they make works well. Females make the two syllable "buckwheat" call, males don't.

Thank you. I hope it’s female but if not that’s okay too. Can males live with chickens? Or would it be best to keep it separate from my hens?

 

[SmiYa0126]

Thank you. I hope it’s female but if not that’s okay too. Can males live with chickens? Or would it be best to keep it separate from my hens?

It would be better to keep guineas separate from hens, whether male or female. Chickens and guineas can't communicate.

 

[Jdoug0987]

It would be better to keep guineas separate from hens, whether male or female. Chickens and guineas can't communicate.

Thanks for letting me know. I may rehome the little fella.