Bullied female guinea... HELP

[Sarahjarts]

I have my first 4 birds, about 3 months old and doing well. My brother has 8 with one small female all the others chase and corner. She isolates herself in the coop and squawks constantly. I traded her out with one of mine to see if changing to a different flock would help her. My three are treating her with the same bullying behaviour even though I've never had a problem before. The one I traded her for was a male who integrated into my brothers flock with no problem. I now have three females and one Male, is there anything I can do to help them accept her and too keep her from squawking continuously all day?

 

[R2elk]

I have my first 4 birds, about 3 months old and doing well. My brother has 8 with one small female all the others chase and corner. She isolates herself in the coop and squawks constantly. I traded her out with one of mine to see if changing to a different flock would help her. My three are treating her with the same bullying behaviour even though I've never had a problem before. The one I traded her for was a male who integrated into my brothers flock with no problem. I now have three females and one Male, is there anything I can do to help them accept her and too keep her from squawking continuously all day?

Sometimes the flock will pick on and ostracize a member that has something wrong with it. Your brother's flock was probably picking on it for those reasons. Your flock is picking on it because it is new and because you have too many hens for just one male. Guineas are best kept in groups of equal sexes or slightly more hens than males for the case when a male is not satisfied with just one mate.

 

[Sarahjarts]

Sometimes the flock will pick on and ostracize a member that has something wrong with it. Your brother's flock was probably picking on it for those reasons. Your flock is picking on it because it is new and because you have too many hens for just one male. Guineas are best kept in groups of equal sexes or slightly more hens than males for the case when a male is not satisfied with just one mate.

 

[Sarahjarts]

Thank you, that is very helpful. You confirmed a few things I was thinking. I figured they picked because something was wrong with her I didn't realize that it was too many females, that makes sense.

 

[R2elk]

Thank you, that is very helpful. You confirmed a few things I was thinking. I figured they picked because something was wrong with her I didn't realize that it was too many females, that makes sense.

I am thinking the same situation occurred at your brother's place. The only time new males are readily accepted into an established flock is when there are too few males for the number of hens. If his flock was predominantly female, she being the runt would definitely have been picked on by the other hens.

 

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If you can find her a place where she is the only female.... she will be the belle of the ball!