Most evil chicken, turkey, goose and Guinea fowl contest..

[perchie.girl]

Geez Deb you are making me think I need a flock of guineas to protect my chickens from foxes!

I love my Evil Guinea fowl. Bwhaahahaahah..... Even when they lined up on the roof ridge of the house to Scream at me because I was wearing a pink bathrobe.

Here close to the border I welcome that Trigger happy mentality....

deb

 

[duluthralphie]

I love my Evil Guinea fowl. Bwhaahahaahah..... Even when they lined up on the roof ridge of the house to Scream at me because I was wearing a pink bathrobe.

Here close to the border I welcome that Trigger happy mentality....

deb

PLEASE TURN YOUR VOLUME AS LOUD A IT GOES TO GET THE ENTIRE GUINEA EXPERIENCE ...


You mean on the house like this??

 

[Winter1]

This is Elanor, a bantam Wyandotte. She is a food hog, sassy, and mean. She will bite you really hard(and it hurts too!) when you have treats and if you so much as look at her while she is laying an egg she gives you the death stare!

 

[perchie.girl]

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YEP that would be the noise. in the Decibal range where you cant have a conversation.

They would be flying down from the rocks to land on the ridge of the house.

The white vertical glass is the old green house. The sliding glass door is my bedroom door. Every morning I would go out that door to feed. All I had to do is hollar Chick Chick Chick... And everyone would come running or flying... Even the quail

HE would sit up there or they would line up along the fence and give me he double hockey sticks If i slept in....

deb

 

[bruceha2000]

Um, so is there any way to convince the guineas to NOT scream from the house roof? The barn roofs would be better but not by much. The little barn is right behind the house maybe 20' from the most used bedrooms. Even the big barn is only 15' north of the little one. Not sure I could stand the racket.

I am going to one up you on the noise Ralphie. I would advise you to NOT turn the volume up all the way

 

[perchie.girl]

@bruceha2000

You could keep them in the coop and a free range area with netting on it. Or keep all males. its the females that Buckweat CONSTANTLY.

I had Twenty in my last flock. about 50-50. The only way I could hear the chcikens was to walk into the next partition and do a soft whistle.... the kind you do with your tongue up against the roof of your mouth. They will all stop and start looking up. Chickens too.

I learned that trick hanging around aviarys. Just about all Birds are hard wired to that noise. But it dont work when they are on top of the house.

deb

 

[N F C]

Um, so is there any way to convince the guineas to NOT scream from the house roof? The barn roofs would be better but not by much. The little barn is right behind the house maybe 20' from the most used bedrooms. Even the big barn is only 15' north of the little one. Not sure I could stand the racket.

I am going to one up you on the noise Ralphie. I would advise you to NOT turn the volume up all the way

Wow, I only lasted about 30 seconds of that at half volume. Crazy.

 

[alyssaallycat]

These birds are possessed, obviously

 

[bruceha2000]

@bruceha2000

You could keep them in the coop and a free range area with netting on it. Or keep all males. its the females that Buckweat CONSTANTLY.

I had Twenty in my last flock. about 50-50. The only way I could hear the chcikens was to walk into the next partition and do a soft whistle.... the kind you do with your tongue up against the roof of your mouth. They will all stop and start looking up. Chickens too.

I learned that trick hanging around aviarys. Just about all Birds are hard wired to that noise. But it dont work when they are on top of the house.

deb

Hmmm. If I had all males they would have to be very good chicken protectors against foxes, avians and potentially neighbor dogs (only came by the one time but still) since they wouldn't be giving me any eggs. But then, being fairly wild, do you actually GET eggs from guineas or do they hide their nests out in the weeds?

I don't guess guineas would chase woodchucks away?

 

[perchie.girl]

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Their laying season is short from spring to fall.... Here I started getting eggs in February.... then they stop in about October. But our temps are higher more like their native habitat. best strategy for eggs is Dont let them free range till they have done with laying. By about 2 pm

they scatter their egs in the coop very rarely will they lay in a nest.... Then they kick them around a bit during the course of the day... Not to worry though those eggs are tough. You have to use the back of a knife to crack em....

They make AWESOME Deviled eggs though. Though If you have a mixed flock they would be fertile.....

I know your family is vegetarian so about the only way to do it would be having an all female flock.

deb