How much do guinea fowl eat?

[godisgood]

in lb per month

 

[mississippifarmboy]

It depends on how you raise them. Ours free range and eat almost no feed during the summer, eat about the same as our chickens in the winter. I can't tell you how many pounds they eat a month as I only keep up with how many pounds a month all our flocks eat.

 

[leonphelps]

I feed my 6 guineas about 50 pounds a month. I am told I way over feed them.

 

[PeepsCA]

It's pretty common for most of us to free feed our Guineas and let them eat what they want/need... but adults Guineas will do fine on 1/2 cup of 16% layer feed per bird, per day, plus some free range time for bugs and greens. I don't know how much feed that equates to per bird per month, since I have 125+ birds... but 1/2 cup of layer feed weighs about 3 oz, give or take a little, so you can do the math if you want and get a better "guesstimate".

Some Guinea keepers/breeders feed a little higher protein game bird feed or higher protein layer feed in the winter months and also add some scratch, rolled or cracked corn to bump up the fat and calories to help keep them warm in the winter (I personally use sweet feed/wet cob as a supplement/treat, and switch to a 50/50 mix of 24% game bird and 16% layer pellets thru the coldest wettest months). I also feed them fine stem, leafy alfalfa hay free choice year round for them to pick thru, and keep them occupied.

It's best not to overfeed them corn, scratch or sweet feed and try to to keep their protein intake at no less than 16%. You want healthy birds that can stay warm, but not overly fat birds that can develop fatty organs, health issues and fertility/reproductive problems.

 

[douglashappyfarm]

we use 4 cups 21% dog food, 4 cups scratch, several loaves of bread once a day for all our animals that free range which is a flock of about 50 chickens, 2 ducks, 5 geese, 22 guineas, 14 peafowl and 3 turkeys.

 

[Chikn-Chik]

I have 5 adult Guineas, and 3 younger ones. But before a acquired the 3 young, and one of the older hens, I fed out about 50lbs of feed (Purina flock raiser) every 1 1/2 months. But since I've gotten 4 more that will probably go up a bit.

 

[Cowgirl75446]

My guineas probably eat more than my chickens. I have about 50 and they eat about 100 lbs. + of feed each week. I keep my in pens, I do not free range my breeder guineas.