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What is an OEGB? I’m guessing OE is an olive egger, but don’t know the GB part?

Thanks for the link! I’d prefer it if the boy guinea wouldn‘t mate with any of the hens, but obviously that is out of my control. One reason I don’t have a roo is that I didn’t want to have to find good homes for the chicks. The link only referred to roosters mating idea hens. Do you know if...

Yes he is, and it’s not because of anything I’ve done. His first night here I was worried about letting into the coop because I didn’t know how that would go down with the girls. I figured he would just go roost in one of the many available trees. But no, he frantically ran around the coop until...

So far I have not had any luck rehoming Hi Tracy, Thank you for your reply and advice! Right now everyone is eating Purina chick starter b/c I adopted a now 10-week old chick from my neighbor who was a lone survivor of two predatory attacks. I do have a bag of Purina Flock raiser on hand for...

Do you only have one boy guinea that lives with your female hens?

We do have hawk and fox problems here, so an alert cock would be most welcome. I’m just worried because from what I’ve read, and been advised on BYC, that Guineas need to be with their own kind. However, this Boy seems to have made himself right at home, despite being an outlier. If he’s OK and...

I forgot to add this to my post above. The Boy makes these sweet whistling sounds, nothing like y‘day. It’s beautiful! I don’t think the hens get it, but it seems like they are tolerating/adjusting to this situation at this point. Truly a lovely bird, I just wish I knew how he wound up here...

OK, so the Boy made his way into the coop, before the pole light came on; that’s the hen’s trigger that it’s time to roost. Somebody loved this boy. From what I’ve read (and I’m no expert on Guineas at all!) it’s hard to coop train Guineas. I stayed outside as a mosquito buffet to be sure that...

Yep, hes a boy, he definitely doesn’t make that sound, lol! I wish he did, it’s a lovely voice the ladies have. He must have belonged to someone b/c he is coming closer to me now, and he‘s making himself right at home with chickens, like he is used to them already. I gave the girls some...

Well, he made it through the night. He seems to be a lot calmer today, even had some breakfast at the feeding station with one of my oldest hens. He has spent some time foraging with the girls, and the two that were spooked yesterday were in his general vicinity but didn’t get too close. He was...

So I was just outside checking on him. He can fly, he flew over the fence into the hen yard. We have several large trees nearby, plus a giant willow tree that has suckered and looks like a willow tree shrub. He chose to roost on the gate to the hen yard instead of one of the trees. There is even...

Thank you for the replies. I have already posted on NextDoor, so hopefully someone will look there. I’ll post a sign in our front yard too.

Hi y’all, I’m in need of some quick advice. Sometime this afternoon a Helmeted Guinea Fowl made its way onto our property; I have a feeling he was dumped here. Anyway, the poor thing is spazzing out. We think it’s a male based on his vocals and he looks to be an adult. I’m not sure if he can fly...