My2butterflies
Crowing
How common is it for males to kill other males?
I really wouldn’t have believed it if I hadn’t seen it, even though I’m sure it happens.
My husband saw two guineas down by the tall grass flapping their wings and making noise. One guinea has jumping on the back of the guinea laying down. All I could see was the tail of the guinea laying down and the other guinea pecking and hopping on it.
I thought it was a male trying to mate with a female. I figured he was just having a hard time getting it right, so I told my husband it was just mating and we should leave them alone.
We kept watching and said he doesn’t think it’s mating and that the guinea on the ground wasn’t moving.
I ran down to investigate and sure enough the guinea laying down was my male #13 and he was dead! The male that killed him was boss man, the alpha male of the flock. I’m still in shock and can’t believe he killed him right in front of us
My flock is female heavy. 7 females and now 5 males. How likely is it that he will continue to attack other males? #13 had been a fringe male for many months and most nights slept outside the coop, refusing to go inside. I’m sure it’s because he was picked on a lot. My husband said boss man will have to go if he kills again
I really wouldn’t have believed it if I hadn’t seen it, even though I’m sure it happens.
My husband saw two guineas down by the tall grass flapping their wings and making noise. One guinea has jumping on the back of the guinea laying down. All I could see was the tail of the guinea laying down and the other guinea pecking and hopping on it.
I thought it was a male trying to mate with a female. I figured he was just having a hard time getting it right, so I told my husband it was just mating and we should leave them alone.
We kept watching and said he doesn’t think it’s mating and that the guinea on the ground wasn’t moving.
I ran down to investigate and sure enough the guinea laying down was my male #13 and he was dead! The male that killed him was boss man, the alpha male of the flock. I’m still in shock and can’t believe he killed him right in front of us

My flock is female heavy. 7 females and now 5 males. How likely is it that he will continue to attack other males? #13 had been a fringe male for many months and most nights slept outside the coop, refusing to go inside. I’m sure it’s because he was picked on a lot. My husband said boss man will have to go if he kills again
