How do you sexed guineas???

[shelleyd2008]

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You could find several suggestions such as yours by doing a search, but basically that is an old wives' tale. If you try that with your chicks, there is a 50/50 chance that you are right, that doesn't mean it is accurate.

 

[damselfish]

Finn's Mom, for the half and half thing, as Robin said doesn't have to be perfect & probably almost never is in the wild either. I'm down to 2 girls, 5 boys and four keets right now, and they do fine together. Well, except for the one who sits on our pipe fence out front for half an hour first thing each day, mournfully calling. I think he's trying to attract females from elsewhere. Here's hoping the keets will be all girls.

I just didn't want the OP to have the idea that he needed to butcher or rehome all but one male.

 

[Guinea Goonie]

Please do not rehome or butcher your male Guinea Fowl. The flock dynamics are very much different for Guinea Fowl than it is for Chiickens.

TOO many males will cause the "chase" during mating season, but i have never seen death from this unless the bird gets over heated.

Secretly, I think the dumb things like it.

I have seen males finally have had enough and they take to flight and land on a tall building. This usually stops the "chase".

BTW, the reason I band my hens is simple. I know how many I have and in the spring they tend to "dissapear" for 26 days.

This way I do not get TOO unset when I see a few missing at roost time.

 

[Mrs. Fluffy Puffy]

How old does a guinea have to be before you can sex it? I have 10 guineas that are about a month old. Thanks!