how noisy are guineas?

[midwife mama]

Do they keep you up all night, if they are close to the house? Do they make alert calls at every little thing? We visited a neighbor recently who had guineas, and I thought they were just the coolest birds, but they made a heck of a lot of noise--in large part I am sure because we were there on their turf.I'm curious to hear from others how noisy they are. We only have about an acre here, so they would likely be close by much of the time.

 

[rkhyland]

The answer is...depends.

I have them and my hubby did not want them as grandpa had tehm when he was a kid and they roosted in the trees and were loud!

We coop trained ours and I find they loudest at sundown but if coop trained they are heading in anyway. They squawk when something is just not right around the place or someone who doessn't belong there is wandering around. They get excited at feeding time (mine are cooped with the hens for winter and are fed with them. Most of the year they fend for themselves and do not even eat feed!)

But, they eat tons of bugs, are good watchdogs (mine have run off adult male deer) and very entertaining to watch! What's not to love?

 

[feathersgalore]

They also tend to get quieter as they age. That first year they are loud - everything is new and scary. I never hear my at night, unless there is something wrong in the coop. They are alerted us when we had a mink in the yard and probably saved a lot of chickens! They eat tons of ticks and japanese beetles.

 

[seedcorn]

How noisy? How large is the Atlantic ocean? How tall is giraffe compared to an ant?

 

[monarc23]

I heard the neighbors the other night at around 2 am, they were cooped up but i could still hear them plain as day (i was outside). It's too much racket for me to own them but the neighbor is about an acre away and theres trees and 2 hills to baffle the noise so it's not TOO too bad. I've learned to tone them out....they dont care where their property line is though they come in our yard all the time and they beter watch it next time...LOL

 

[Boggy Bottom Bantams]

simply put, VERY.very very very , DID i SAY veRY Loud

 

[pascopol]

Quote:
Yes Guineas are looooooooooud .

Unfortunately that's why my wife will not let me to keep them.

 

[midwife mama]

Oh, I was afraid of this! I'd really love to have them, but our property is not very large, and I am afraid they'd be running by the house all day squawking (or however you call their noisesmaking) driving everyone mad!

 

[Poulets De Cajun]

Guineas are just plumb obnoxious...

 

[only one lay]

I have one that came with batch of pullets. It is loud but works very well as a precursor to the dogs.At the gunies yell the dogs go on full alert. Then they tell me how much involvement I need. You get to the point where you can tell what the different tones to the yell mean