Hello, I have a male Guinea fowl that is housed with my flock of 15 hens. They have been living together in harmony since October but all of a sudden the Guinea is attacking one of my girls. Unfortunately I was unable to see how it all started but I noticed the Guinea pecking and jumping on top of my hen. The hen was bleeding in multiple spots and panting, so I took her out and isolated her overnight. She is doing very well today and we reintroduced her to the flock. The Guinea fowl keeps following her around, almost to the point of restricting her from joining the others. I have not seen aggressive behavior yet but I’m worried it will happen again. He only seems interested in this particular chicken, and he will not let up. Has anyone else experience this?
I also wanted to give some backstory as to why I have a Guinea housed with my chickens. We had a flock of 10 Guinea fowl which we kept mostly wild. Unfortunately we have too many predators and they gradually started getting picked off to the point only one Guinea fowl was left. We felt sorry for it and knew it would not survive alone for long, so we put it in with our hens. So far we have had absolutely no issues with him, and he’s actually protected my girls on multiple occasions.
I also wanted to give some backstory as to why I have a Guinea housed with my chickens. We had a flock of 10 Guinea fowl which we kept mostly wild. Unfortunately we have too many predators and they gradually started getting picked off to the point only one Guinea fowl was left. We felt sorry for it and knew it would not survive alone for long, so we put it in with our hens. So far we have had absolutely no issues with him, and he’s actually protected my girls on multiple occasions.