I know what I have now!!

[MrsTush]

I have figured out the genders of my guineas based on what I found on here! There are some real smarties here!!

The "come back" yell that I here is obvious but mine are always stuck so close together I couldn't tell who was doing it!! So I read about the wattle shapes and also about the "side eye" the males give.
Luckily my guineas do or don't do everything that gives you the clues.

I have an even split of 4 males and 4 females. I thought I only had 2 females but now I've got some starting to nest.
I'm so excited!

 

[austrianalps13]

 

[Sydney65]

Bubble burster- waddles -nope.
Meet PJ and Rosie.
Side eye..if you mean when they cock their head to look w/one eye-that's how they see up, esp if they hear a predator above.
But- PJ and Rosie are great representations of male/female helmets. His is upright- like a triangle, where as hers slants back as if she's aerodynamic. It's hard to tell from the distance but the front one in the back of your 1st pic is def aerodynamic.

 

[Sydney65]

Their sounds..even when I separated them, there were some I struggled with. The rule is females are 2 syllable but can mock the male but the male supposedly only has one syllable.
Some shes sound like comeback, buckwheat, pick-quee. I had one thar sounded like thank you, and I'd automatically say you're welcome (good upbringing, I guess). But nothing else indicated it was a female, picked on the males, gave chase- she/he/it died unsexed (flew into a moving vehicle).
But- I have 3 males, 1 female in the coop right now that I swear mimic me. When I walk out I singy song "good morning" and they do the tone back. I don't know how "for REAL" got going, but all 3 males do that randomly. Phhtt..we ALL do it now.
-and to make my head spin a little more, the gran insists that one in the brooder must be named Bella II - and she/he/it says "thank you" just like the unsexed, deceased Bella I.
My defense in all of this insanity is that littlecresearch has been done on goonies, and for me, they're ...lol..that quiet place I go. So I spend a lot of time with them. Apparently that annoying bird that we chase from our feeders is a pet in Europe (Sterlings) - and they talk supposedly better than parrots. So who knows?

 

[MrsTush]

Bubble burster- waddles -nope.
Meet PJ and Rosie.View attachment 2308515
Side eye..if you mean when they cock their head to look w/one eye-that's how they see up, esp if they hear a predator above.
But- PJ and Rosie are great representations of male/female helmets. His is upright- like a triangle, where as hers slants back as if she's aerodynamic. It's hard to tell from the distance but the front one in the back of your 1st pic is def aerodynamic.

So pretty!! I have a Rosie too! She's the loudest one I have. The name just kind of fits her. Lol
I can't get a good picture of them because they run everytime I try to get one!

 

[MrsTush]

Their sounds..even when I separated them, there were some I struggled with. The rule is females are 2 syllable but can mock the male but the male supposedly only has one syllable.
Some shes sound like comeback, buckwheat, pick-quee. I had one thar sounded like thank you, and I'd automatically say you're welcome (good upbringing, I guess). But nothing else indicated it was a female, picked on the males, gave chase- she/he/it died unsexed (flew into a moving vehicle).
But- I have 3 males, 1 female in the coop right now that I swear mimic me. When I walk out I singy song "good morning" and they do the tone back. I don't know how "for REAL" got going, but all 3 males do that randomly. Phhtt..we ALL do it now.
-and to make my head spin a little more, the gran insists that one in the brooder must be named Bella II - and she/he/it says "thank you" just like the unsexed, deceased Bella I.
My defense in all of this insanity is that littlecresearch has been done on goonies, and for me, they're ...lol..that quiet place I go. So I spend a lot of time with them. Apparently that annoying bird that we chase from our feeders is a pet in Europe (Sterlings) - and they talk supposedly better than parrots. So who knows?

I've only named one because she's the only one I can tell apart. Rosie is the biggest and loudest female. She likes to stand at the gate and yell at us. As soon as we go in their yard she shuts up.
Right now I've got a female that's been nesting for two weeks. Two of the boys have decided to test each other over her. I have to keep separating them as they're swinging their necks at each other. They look ridiculous

 

[Sydney65]

I've only named one because she's the only one I can tell apart. Rosie is the biggest and loudest female. She likes to stand at the gate and yell at us. As soon as we go in their yard she shuts up.
Right now I've got a female that's been nesting for two weeks. Two of the boys have decided to test each other over her. I have to keep separating them as they're swinging their necks at each other. They look ridiculous

My Rosie was also the big mouth. She actually had a different name to start with..suffice it to say relative of the hubs who butted into everyone's business. But I decided that was unfair-to the bird. Not sure if it's bc she's currently the only female left or bc its egg laying season, but she's become much quieter over the summer.

 

[R2elk]

My Rosie was also the big mouth. She actually had a different name to start with..suffice it to say relative of the hubs who butted into everyone's business. But I decided that was unfair-to the bird. Not sure if it's bc she's currently the only female left or bc its egg laying season, but she's become much quieter over the summer.

Guinea hens tend to be noisy from the time they start "buckwheating" up through their first breeding season. Once they have a mate, they pretty much stay quiet until the start of the next breeding season.

 

[Mixed flock enthusiast]

Guinea hens tend to be noisy from the time they start "buckwheating" up through their first breeding season. Once they have a mate, they pretty much stay quiet until the start of the next breeding season.

Mine are pretty darn noisy still. I think that the group splits up then wants to know where everyone is so they are constantly “checking in”. They are also easily alarmed (who can blame them with all of our predators), so they get alarmed easily and then all make all sorts of noise.

 

[R2elk]

Mine are pretty darn noisy still. I think that the group splits up then wants to know where everyone is so they are constantly “checking in”. They are also easily alarmed (who can blame them with all of our predators), so they get alarmed easily and then all make all sorts of noise.

My only hens that are buckwheating right now are the ones that do not have mates.