Help with sex of guinea...

[wolfinator]

This guinea is a little was found outside my mixed flock pen several days ago. I have an adult male and 3 juveniles (2 males, 1 female). At first I thought one of mine got out, but it wasn't any of them. Where it came from, I have no clue but it's made itself at home with my juveniles. None of my neighbors with poultry are missing anyone and didn't have guineas. The horn is more pronounced than my younger 3 which are about 4 months old, but more petite than my female so I'm not sure on age either. I named our guest Stowaway and am hoping they're a female but either way, she or he can stay.

My older guinea did fight with it, but just once, after that he accepted it being around.

Oh,yeah we house our juvenile guineas with our (4) 5 month old Silkies, 2 roosters, 2 pullets. The 7 have been together since the Silkies were a month old and the guineas were 3 days old.

Stowaway

Thanks in advance for your input!

 

[MysteryChicken]

That's a Male.
Pointy wattles, & flatter back.

Does it make a 1 syllable noise? Just to confirm.

 

[R2elk]

That's a Male.
Pointy wattles, & flatter back.

Does it make a 1 syllable noise? Just to confirm.

You can't sex guineas from photos. I have had known males with the same wattles as known hens. I have seen photos of known hens with big cupped wattles that are thought of as belonging to males.

 

[R2elk]

Oh,yeah we house our juvenile guineas with our (4) 5 month old Silkies, 2 roosters, 2 pullets.

I would not house guineas with Silkies. The vaulted skulls of Silkies make them highly susceptible to a hard peck to the head.

In the spring when the guineas have their first breeding season it can get ugly for chickens when the guineas don't understand there is a difference between guiineas and chickens. Their instinctive behaviors will kick in and the chickens will not understand the races and chases along with the attacks from behind with feather pulling and breaking. The chickens also do not know how to submit in a manner the guineas understand making the attacks continue long after the chicken is willing to give in.

 

[MysteryChicken]

You can't sex guineas from photos. I have had known males with the same wattles as known hens. I have seen photos of known hens with big cupped wattles that are thought of as belonging to males.

All my females have big cupped wattles, & my only Guinea Cock has pointy wattles.

I was talking shape, not size.

 

[MysteryChicken]

Pics taken from back for show of shape.

Male

Female

If they can get a video of it's call, it would be handy, though.

 

[R2elk]

All my females have big cupped wattles, & my only Guinea Cock has pointy wattles.

I was talking shape, not size.

Yours is exactly backward of what is thought of as normal. All my hens had tight, flat, small wattles. Some of my males had similar wattles but most had cupped wattles and one male had one big cupped wattle and one flat tight to the face wattle.

 

[R2elk]

Pics taken from back for show of shape.

MaleView attachment 3916984Female View attachment 3916985
If they can get a video of it's call, it would be handy, though.

The two syllable "buckwheat" call will be a female. If only a one syllable call, it may or may not be a male since the hens can also make the single syllable call.

 

[MysteryChicken]

The two syllable "buckwheat" call will be a female. If only a one syllable call, it may or may not be a male since the hens can also make the single syllable call.

Yes, I know their noises.

 

[wolfinator]

This one is much lighter than the other 3. No sounds made while around them other than whistles. The known female does the 2 syllable sounds on occasion. I may have to wait til next spring as my past females usually quit laying in August/September. The 3 are about 4-5 months old so I doubt I'll see eggs this year.

I also noticed, it really didn't fight me too much when I picked it up from the roosting bar, my other 3 males are same way. The female puts up a bit of a fuss at first, hissing and striking at me.