Guinea Keet Photo - 4 months 2 weeks

[SterlingAcres]

Getting big... and weirder...

 

[sara]

Weird is correct...

 

[SterlingAcres]

For real. They're nutty. They sit in the maple by the house and oogle me until I feed them...

 

[sweetshoplady]

I love their eyelashes! Is that a pair, male and female? Gorgeous guineas.

 

[SterlingAcres]

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It is hard to distinguish between male and female based on looks alone. You need to hear them. Females make a distinct 'buckwheat' call. I have 3 females, 3 males. I believe both pictured are males, as my females have smaller horns on their heads.

 

[crtrlovr]

A friend of mine ( an artist, which I guess explains a little bit

says guineas remind her of Victorian ladies running across the yard holding up their skirts...

 

[monarc23]

 

[sara]

I don't know if you can answer this, but are they mean? My DH says they are nasty little critters that attack people..

 

[citalk2much]

It looks like today is going to be a slow person questions day for me but here it goes do the males crow?
Ohh and they are to cute I would love to have some thou I live in the city where I don't think they would be safe

 

[SterlingAcres]

I will until I'm told not too.
They aren't mean to people, they rip feathers from my chickens though. They're spooky and flighty. I can catch mine, but they don't like to be held.