guinea fowl, are they actually that loud

[fungi13]

same as the title. i want guinea fowl, are they actually as loud as i have heard they are

 

[R2elk]

same as the title. i want guinea fowl, are they actually as loud as i have heard they are

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/how-loud-are-guinea-fowl.800940/#post-11568230
https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...chick-could-be-so-loud.1125909/#post-17367388
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/thinking-about-getting-guineas.1015026/#post-15728606

 

[Gray Farms]

Yes they are. If you have close neighbors that don't care for the noise then guineas aren't a good idea.

 

[fungi13]

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[perchie.girl]

Yep Yep and Yep.... I tried to have a conversation with a friend and they went off. We had to move in the house. A high pitched whisle the whispery kid will shut them all up for a while chickens too. all will look up for a hawk. Doesnt last long.

deb

 

[mkeawsh]

same as the title. i want guinea fowl, are they actually as loud as i have heard they are

Oh my goodness, YES! I just left out last week my 8 month old youngins from their large enclosure to run with the others. So now they are around the house, barn etc closer to us. They are constantly excited right now and it makes for a deafening time. The chickens have moved further into the woods to free-range and my GP dog that protects all has chosen to keep a bigger distance away but still can see all and protect all. One of them is blind, so I believe they are doing some of it to keep her close. She has learned to follow them.

 

[pasdechat73]

Oh goodness yes. But, it serves a purpose. Especially if you live in a rural area with creatures who have a thing for chickens!!

 

[Brahmachicken240]

YES! They make great alarms against predators though.

 

[MGG]

I have one female, she lives with the chickens. She was kinda an accident, lol. Anyway, she is the loudest thing ever. Even in the middle of the night. If a weird lead blows by, she goes off. If a car drives by a mile away, she alerts everything within a 5 mile radius. I could hear her almost a mile away in the summer when we were at a friend's house. It is SO loud, and it can be caused by anything.

 

[MGG]

YES! They make great alarms against predators though.

And everything else too lol