Can I see pictures of both Guinea sexes please?

[GldnValleyHens]

 

[R2elk]

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Just a guess and nothing more than a guess but I say you have a male.

 

[GldnValleyHens]

Just a guess and nothing more than a guess but I say you have a male.

You think so? If it was a girl, I believe I would have heard the buckwheat call by now, since he's ( haha) almost a year old. I guess I will have to change Nancy to Willie or something. Maybe Fitzgerald

 

[R2elk]

You think so? If it was a girl, I believe I would have heard the buckwheat call by now, since he's ( haha) almost a year old. I guess I will have to change Nancy to Willie or something. Maybe Fitzgerald

If a guinea reaches a year of age without making a "buckwheat" sound, it is a very strong likelihood that it is a male. Young hens can start "buckwheating" as early as 6 weeks old. I have not had a female guinea that did not "buckwheat" by the time she was 6 months old.

 

[Rocky Rhodes]

I have two guineas that I hatched last summer. I had a lot more but predators are thick where I live and these two are the only ones that made it to adulthood. I have been trying to figure out what I had. They are identical in size, size of wattles, size of the crest...etc. I was watching out my window and witnessed a breeding. That's the only way that I can tell for sure. The colors are different, one is a purple, the male. The female is a pearl.

 

[GldnValleyHens]

@R2elk, since we've determined my guinea is most likely a male, will he try to mate with the hens? A guinea cross would cool, but my poor hens have to deal with 3 roos already I don't think they need another male in their life. He adores the chickens he grew up with, they are always in a gang that I call Guinea and Friends, but he picked a fight with my huge rooster Ricky the other day. Dummy.

 

[red horse ranch]

I think @R2elk is right about it being male. If you haven't heard a buckwheat by now then you can rename him.
As far as him attacking your rooster I think you can attribute that to spring breeding time. All my males are acting aggressively right now. My male guineas have even been going after the peafowl and they weigh 3 or 4 times what the guineas do.
I've never had a male guinea breed a chicken hen but I have seen roosters trying to breed guinea hens. You really should try to find some females for him.

 

[R2elk]

@R2elk, since we've determined my guinea is most likely a male, will he try to mate with the hens? A guinea cross would cool, but my poor hens have to deal with 3 roos already I don't think they need another male in their life. He adores the chickens he grew up with, they are always in a gang that I call Guinea and Friends, but he picked a fight with my huge rooster Ricky the other day. Dummy.

Due to the way guineas mate, it is very rare for a guinea male to have a successful breeding with a chicken. Roosters on the other hand have been known to successfully breed with guinea hens.

It is breeding season for the guineas and your male is very likely to attack any and all of your roosters. He will be able to cause all kinds of stress in your flock. Guineas are persistent and like to attack from the rear and pull or break off feathers. It shouldn't take too long before your roosters are tailless.

 

[R2elk]

I think @R2elk is right about it being male. If you haven't heard a buckwheat by now then you can rename him.
As far as him attacking your rooster I think you can attribute that to spring breeding time. All my males are acting aggressively right now. My male guineas have even been going after the peafowl and they weigh 3 or 4 times what the guineas do.
I've never had a male guinea breed a chicken hen but I have seen roosters trying to breed guinea hens. You really should try to find some females for him.

If you want your peacock to keep his beautiful tail you will have to separate your pea fowl from your guineas. Guineas do not care about how big their target is which is why they can be so vulnerable to predators at times.

There have been guinea/peacock hybrids reported.

 

[red horse ranch]

If you want your peacock to keep his beautiful tail you will have to separate your pea fowl from your guineas. Guineas do not care about how big their target is which is why they can be so vulnerable to predators at times.

There have been guinea/peacock hybrids reported.

I have noticed the peacock's tail looking ragged but it didn't occur to me that the guineas were doing it
I hadn't heard that peafowl and guineas could produce hybrids. Peafowl breed like chickens do so it doesn't seem like it would work. The peacock was following a guinea hen around yesterday and maybe that's why the male guineas were so aggressive...
I'll have to do some searching about that subject.