male or female guineas

[dadsgirl]

i have some small guineas about one month old, does anyone know how i can tell the males from the females they are what you call (pearls)--thanks

 

[ChickyPooh]

You can't tell until they start laying. If you can tell you can consider your self a millionaire.

 

[Jaybr]

Once they starting making their normal call sounds, you can tell by that. Males have a single sylable call, females two sylable.

Check this sight for sample sounds http://www.guineafowl.com/fritsfarm/guineas/sexing/

I've got some that are around 12 weeks and all I can tell is that I have both cocks and hens, their always so close together I haven't pinpointed which are which yet.

I also hatched 8 keets yesterday

 

[mylittlehof]

I found the girls have a "buckwheat" call and the boys a "chi, chi chi" call - beware the girls are LOUD and alarm ALOT for the first year. They settle down after about a year and still alarm, but not so much at daybreak anymore (my neighbors are happier)!

 

[Chirpy]

I have my first five Guineas this year. They are now just over 2 months old and I know I have three girls and think the other two are boys as I haven't heard them sound off yet. The girls are very obvious with their 'buck-wheat' type call.

 

[speckledhen]

One clue, if you can get what I'm saying, is that the females tend to cruise around in a horizontal stance whereas the males usually are more upright. You may have to wait awhile till they aren't exactly babies. Males sometimes have much longer wattles and a taller helmet, but not always.

 

[Chirpy]

Hey thanks Speckledhen - now I have to run outside and watch to see who's horizontal and who's upright.

By the way - did you realize that that is the exact opposite of humans? Men are usually horizontal as they lay on the couch watching TV or taking a nap and we women are upright while we are busy taking care of them!

Edited to add my incredibly brilliant thoughts on the human race. ha, ha,ha!