GuiNeAs ArE sO dUmB! oH sO veRy DuMb! ***UPDATE***UPDATE***UPDATE***

[rooster0209]

My Guinea's and chickens were raised together and seem to get along......so far at least. I figure if they could make it being locked in the coop for a few weeks because of the cold, they can get along.

In the spring and summer the Guinea's always roost high in the trees...and hardly ever use the coop

 

[speckledhen]

They are not stupid...it's just that their intelligence is, well, subtle.

 

[jvls1942]

guineas, as with any animal ,,,

in order to train them the trainer has to be smarter..

If you cannot train them, who is the dumb one????

 

[speckledhen]

Mine were very tame. They aren't here anymore because they began attacking every RIR I had and my rooster. They have their own way of doing things, that's for sure. I miss the goonie-birds.

 

[chickenboy95]

well i think there stupid. i mean they never once roosted in the tree in the summer when we had warm nights. they roost in the trees in the winter when it is 2 degrees out.

and jvls1492 i am smarter than the guineas so i think

and my guineas are mean to my chickens.

like take today for instence about 2 hours ago they where running after my rooster and grabbing a hold of his tail and he was flapping his wings and squaking trying to get the guineas off. so now he has no tail feathers.

very mean if i do say so myself.

 

[chickenboy95]

***UPDATE***UPDATE***UPDATE***UPDATE***UPDATE***

i guess my guineas knew we where supposed to get 1" of snow tonight so they decided they where going to go inside.
HORRAY FOR THE GUINEAS...
ill try to get more pics of all 6 of them tomarrow morning.

guess there not so stupid after all...

 

[damselfish]

If you want tamer guineas, try feeding them millet seed (the small seeds in cheap birdfeed mixes). We have ours at the point now where many will eat from our hands, and one brave one will fly up onto my husband's arm to try to eat from the container. Some will let us pet them.

They free range and coop at night (except one who won't go in until the light turns off because the others are mean to her). They were brooded indoors for about 10 days and then in the coop, so they know it's home.

We spent quite a bit of time hanging out with them when they were younger, and now they like hanging out with us. They were gardening with me today. I picked rocks, and they supervised and ate grubs. Yesterday, they supervised my husband who was tilling with the tractor by running right in front of the tractor as it was moving.

I have also gotten them to follow me home about an eighth of a mile from a bridge they weren't supposed to be on, just by walking home in front of them and calling them. They haven't gone back, either.

They are afraid of our chickens (the chickens were here first).

Catching them though...good luck with that. We don't try because it freaks them out too badly.

They are a hive mind. For you Star Trek fans, they are like the Borg, and yes, we have been assimilated.

I can't believe I just wrote a multi-paragraph defense of guineas when I'm always telling my husband that I like the chickens better. Must be part of my assimilation, I guess.

In any case, good luck with your guineas. Try millet and only ever speak in a kind and happy tone even when you are explaining to them exactly what you think of their IQ, personal habits and immediate likelihood of ending up on your dinnerplate.

 

[crtrlovr]

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Good description of guineas & the way they think! *says a MAJOR StarTrek fan...* And concerning the urge to acquire even more guineas and chickens: "resistance is futile"

 

[damselfish]

Yes, you know you have been truly assimilated when resistance is something you no longer even consider...sigh...

 

[luvanimals3]

We have guineas and I love them. And yes they roost in trees no matter the temperature out! They are pretty good at keeping the neighbors rooster and hens out of our yard. I guess they kind of help keep order and are better watch dogs then our dogs!