Can you help me sex my Mature Guineas.

[guineaguy]

If it dont call like that one it probably is a rooster.

 

[Cowgirl71]

I know what the females sound like, i am unsure what a male sounds like.

Here's a clip of what a male guinea sounds like:

This is the sound the males make, however I've seen the females chime in and make this same sound too. So the only way to be sure is to listen for the "buck-wheat, buck-wheat" sound that only the females can make. I've found this to be 100% accurate. Here's a link for anyone who want's to know what a female guinea sounds like:

 

[JLeigh]

I love it when all of mine crank up and start their Guinea Emergency call. There is usually nothing going on that I can tell, but they see/hear something and go berserk. The female call sort of grates on my nerves after a while. I have one hen who loves to hear her own voice, and then she gets the others in a lather. But the universal guinea call pleases me. Maybe I was a guinea in a previous life. .

 

[Joe.G]

Yeah, I think I have a male and a female, Plus I think the one is trying to mount my Chicken Hens.

 

[funny chicken]

i cannt tell if mine is male and females they look the same in the face but two of them push the other away and wont let the one get near the food or them so i dont know if that is a sign in sex or not but i am worrryed that i need more i have only 3 so ido nt know what sex or what to do please help. i will post pics soon.

 

[JLeigh]

The most reliable way to tell is by listening to them. Female guineas make a two-syllable call that the males cannot make. You can hear it by typing in "female guinea fowl call" into Google and you'll get a ton of responses you can click on to hear it right away.

But I suspect you've already heard it in your own guineas (unless you have three males). It sounds like "buck-WHEAT" to some, "pot-RACK" (to me) and all spelling variations you can think of. ("Butt-CRACK" is one of them LOL).

I've had only three, and in that tiny flock, I had a bully male keep the second male away from the female (the third one) and food and water, so put two food and water dishes on opposite ends of the pen so the third guinea gets to eat and drink. It's very possible you have two males and one female. Of course, you could have two females, one male.....etc., etc.,

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You can rarely tell for sure by looking at them so don't bother with that. PeepsCA gave me the best way to tell males from females, and that is to separate them out one at a time. The female will make the two-syllable call if you give her a few minutes alone, away from the other two. You'll know it the instant you hear it, especially if you look it up on the internet first.

All guineas make the single syllable call, so you can't tell from just that. I KNOW you've heard that one! LOL.

Getting more guineas is a good idea. Three is a bad number IMHO. Six or seven is about the least number you can have and have them be happy (although I had two who did just fine, but that's a whole other story).

Good luck!

 

[Cowgirl71]

You can't accurately sex guineas by wattle development. I have one guinea that I know beyond a shadow of a doubt is a male. He has tiny little wattles. Many of the females have bigger wattles than he has.

Another thing you can watch for (that I have never read about but have discovered for myself) is that males like to hold their wings up. It makes them look more impressive. They'll chase other males, holding their wings high, and then come to a sudden stop, turn broadside, and then kinda pose their a few seconds with their wings up, all cocky like. Once you know what you're looking for, and can recognize it, I've found this to be 100% accurate as well.

 

[guineaguy]

I have a whole slew of hens that do that at each other and the males and they buck wheat all the time.

 

[PeepsCA]

I have Hens that run around chasing and charging at other birds acting like males too. I've even had Hens mounting Hens before

So going by posture or behavior is definitely not a 100% accurate method for determining sex in my flocks, especially early Spring when the hormones first kick in, or while integrating new birds into the flock.

If it buck-wheats or lays an egg in my flocks IT'S A HEN, anything else is only assumed to be male, lol.

 

[JLeigh]

My dominant hen does the same thing to the other females and the males. She chases, fluffs up, acts like she's all that...just like my oldest sister. I think it's just plain old dominance without much to do with gender. As for the wattles - even a man can grow some bo*bs.

I'm with Peeps and guineaguy. Listen for the 2 syllable call.