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I have heard that guinea fowl are very loud, but just how loud is loud? I have a bantam rooster. Would you say a guinea fowl is louder than a rooster crowing?
Thanks in advance.
Thanks in advance.
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I have heard that guinea fowl are very loud, but just how loud is loud? I have a bantam rooster. Would you say a guinea fowl is louder than a rooster crowing?
Thanks in advance.
Wow!Guineas are loud. Do an internet search "What do guineas sound like" and then turn your sound up all the way and put your ears close to the speakers, then multiply that by 10, and then multiply that by how many guineas you'd like to have.LOL.
I do have chickens (7 hens and an itty bitty bantam rooster). My neighbors have tolerated my bantam rooster so far. They have commented on his crow, but never complained (yet anyway). My plan was to keep the guineas in a chicken tractor with a run. That way I could move them around my property to help control the tick and insect population. This way the guineas couldn't get to my neighbors yard (I know that wouldn't be tolerated too long by the neighbors. Not to mention I don't know what the neighbors might use on their lawns as far as fertilizer goes.) Maybe I could lure them over with the guineas great insect eating qualities. But since people are often moving in and out of our neighborhood, its hard to say how long that would last.If your neighbors wouldn't like roosters, they'll hate guineas. Mine did (they objected to the poop, not the noise) and it now means I have to keep my guineas penned 24/7, although I do take them out for "walks" around the property as often as I can. It's not much, but it's better than nothing.
Guineas don't suit everyone, and generally they aren't good with close neighbors unless you can enlist their support from the beginning. If they aren't "guinea people" then they will make life miserable for you.
Do you have chickens? Chicken hens are generally acceptable to just about everyone - especially when they get some free fresh eggs! (Although my neighbors wouldn't get a fresh egg outta my flock now! LOL)