how big do guinea fowl get???.......are they REALLY LOUD ???

[IwannaBEaMERMAID]

i only have bantam chickens so i can compare to a chicken but if you could compare the size to something else that would be GREAT:cd

but wat if i only get one or two .........

 

[Eastins Eggs]

Guinea fowl are around the same size as most standard hens. As far as noise imagine a car alarm going off all the time.

 

[al6517]

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All is true except I think they sound like 10 car alarms going off LOL

AL

 

[racuda]

How old are they when they get REALLY LOUD? Mine are 10 weeks old and they're not loud at all. My one Call duck female makes more noise than all 8 guineas.

 

[al6517]

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As they begin to mature and start to interact as a flock that is when all H3ll will break loose, some folks think that they don't make that much noise but then again I think they have their hearing aids turned down LOL.

AL

 

[SimplyForties]

Mine are just starting to get really noisy and they are about 17 weeks old. Yes, they are REALLY loud!

 

[Marlinchaser]

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All is true except I think they sound like 10 car alarms going off LOL

AL

So you have 10 guineas?

 

[kick'n chick'n]

as long as the neighbors don't complain you'll get used to the guinea noise & not really notice it until they get close to the house.the only time my guineas get loud is at roosting time & when something out of the ordinary is in the yard.

 

[SimplyForties]

kick'n chick :

& when something out of the ordinary is in the yard.

yeah, like a leaf blowing or a cloud or maybe someting really weird like, I don't know, the wind blowing. Other than that though, they're quiet as church mice.

 

[Soccer Mom]

I don't really notice it until feeding time, then it gets defeaning. I have 20 guineas in a pasture with 10 African geese and three male donkeys. When I say feeding time is loud, I mean end of the world, apocalypse has arrived kind of loud. Then a dead silence as everyone chows down.