Do you name your guineas

[Lacy Duckwing]

A few years ago I had a trio Lavender guineas. Not all of them were named, even though I did get a couple to eat out of my hand. Then I got a rescue. Someone gave him to me because all his friends were carried off by eagles. So, I named him Eagle. He was a Lavender Guinea, too. Then, sometime later, I got some Pearls. One of the male Pearls was evil. On one side, he had half of a waddle. So, I named him Half-Waddle. Sadly one of my neighbors wasn't too happy about the guineas coming into their yard, and another wasn't too happy about them surrounding the little dog that she was walking. So the guineas had to go. Eagle didn't leave with them, though. A couple of months before I had to re-home the guineas, Eagle somehow broke his wing. My Mom tried to fix it, but he never could fly again. After all the other guineas left, Eagle befriended a voiceless Blue Wheaton Ameracana rooster named Simon. But, to everyone's sadness, Simon passed away. Then, sometime later, Eagle passed away with a broken heart. I remember finding him in the nesting box. After Simon passed, that's where Eagle always was. Sorry if this story makes anybody sad.

 

[BantammChick]

It helps a lot if the guineas are different colors. For pied birds, I look at their pattern and any shapes I see. Telling apart Pearl greys is particularly hard for me! I currently have five and can still find my older girls, but the new girls and boys are tough. They are young yet, so I’m hoping casque size and shape will eventually help there.

After color, I look at their casque size and shape. Some of mine look like a sharks fin (Welsh, Pearl, Victor), some more like an upright triangle (Viceroy), a pointy thorn (Ghost), or a cartoon bump on the head (Bruiser).

I have mostly pearl grays, with 2 lavenders and a purple guinea.

 

[Sydney65]

How do you guys know your guineas apart? I can only tell my lavender guineas from the pearl grays. I used to name them when I only had like 5 but now with 15+ I can't keep track of them lol.

Originally I had 6 keets, 2 royal purple, 1 lav, 3 grays. I used the different colored leg rings to identify them once the grandson finished naming everyone. The rings are long gone now. I' d find them snapped apart in the yard. But by then I was able to tell them apart by a combination of sound, appearance, & personality. Now I recognize "voices" w/o even looking. Nugget sounds like a duck quacking, PJ has a deeper tone, etc. One of my female keets sounds like she has a horrible head cold. Lol

 

[Mixed flock enthusiast]

Originally I had 6 keets, 2 royal purple, 1 lav, 3 grays. I used the different colored leg rings to identify them once the grandson finished naming everyone. The rings are long gone now. I' d find them snapped apart in the yard. But by then I was able to tell them apart by a combination of sound, appearance, & personality. Now I recognize "voices" w/o even looking. Nugget sounds like a duck quacking, PJ has a deeper tone, etc. One of my female keets sounds like she has a horrible head cold. Lol

Wow Sydney, you are awesome! I can’t distinguish my guineas by voice at all. I can just barely tell the roosters apart by their crow...

 

[Sydney65]

Wow Sydney, you are awesome! I can’t distinguish my guineas by voice at all. I can just barely tell the roosters apart by their crow...

I think you have a lot more birds than I, and a job outside of home, and kids... eventually the grans go home,then I go out and commiserate w/my 6.

 

[Lovem all]

We were only going to name one... but then a fox ate her so we were like no never agin. Who were we kidding they had names in the end.

Kiwi, Crazy haired girl, the flightless girl, Crazy Boi, Sassy Girl, Chill Boy, and the only one alive and the daughter of Sas and Chill.... Chance May
rest in peacefully my babies.

 

[Hartmann Homestead]

We started out with 14 guineas, but are down to 6 because of foxes, hawks, and owls.
Males
1. Mr. P
2. Dubs
Females
1. Pearl
2. Tipper
3. Babs
4. Ugly Betty
Something got ahold of Betty one night, probably a Barred Owl. She got away somehow, but she is missing some feathers under her butt and some where her neck meets her back. She actually got grabbed again, probably by a hawk, because she disappeared one afternoon and didn't roost in the guinea tree (a cedar where they all roosted) that night. Then, miraculously, she showed up again the next morning, but has a few puncture wounds in the same place on her back where she was already missing feathers.
I feel sorry for her because since the first attack, the others kinda shun her and chase her away, especially when we feed them.
They are all now living in a big coop with a protected side yard and a 50' x 50' grass run covered with netting.

 

[Fowlingalong]

yes,waited for 8 weeks.Lucy,Ricky,Fred,Ethel.second set.many,mo,and Jack.Jack went through a hawk grab.gone for three days he walked home,beat up but still going.how do they know there way.Manny used to hang and swing from my big paints tail.very funny.he was a real sh#$.but very loved had him through a move.8yrs.others didn’t make it.the new ones are good so far.

 

[wkyongae]

We have a nice we think female named Dang it. She came from a not so could hatch. But my wife has made a very could friend from her. She even has a Youtube show called Dang it's Adventures. She is 6 weeks old.

 

[Isadora]

White guinea - Snowy? 2. Starlight. 3. Male - II Premiere ii, Miss It Er, Miss Lovely, Miss Wooly, Lana (italian for wool), Miss Feathery, 9. Sequin 10. Shiny 11. Unnamed. White guineas. And Jennifer and Cutie are grey guineas. Brown as babies. They change feathers. . Naturally. What process is this called... Not exactly molting is it? Pictures in 4 days from now. Sorry. They don't live with me right now. I'm not living with the flock.

I would if I could tell them apart! I have 14, all the French Guinea, pearl color I think? The only one I've named is one that has an injured leg and limps, hence the name Gimpy.