Are guinea fowl good watch dogs??

[jackrooster]

Are guinea fowl good birds that let the flock know when something is wrong or a predator is around??

 

[bockbock2008]

oh yes! The best. Mine tell everybody when there is a hawk or even someone they don't know.

 

[Guinea Goonie]

Depends on HOW MANY you have. The more the merrier. The chickens DO learn to take a hint from the Guineas. If a hawk is about the Guineas absolutely loose their "Little" collective minds.

 

[toejam]

VERY GOOD!!!!!!!!!!!! If I bring someone down to the coop they dont know the squack for a while until they learn you mean no harm.

 

[newchickengirl]

Id say that they are excellent alarmers!

I got 6 of them in September at about 2 months so there almost full grown now body wise anyways. I love them. They alert at anything and sometimes just alert cause they want to. They ran off a few stray cats that tried to eat My chickens.

 

[Rosecomb-Ryan]

My grandma has 46 guineas I dont know how to tell if they are alarming or not they never shut up. lol

 

[allanimals21]

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I've got about 60. It gets quieter...never absolute quiet. But if you are any where near when they are upset you literally can not hear yourself think. I've seriously gotten confused while try to do things while they are all going off in my face. lmao