Older flock and younger female

[KirbyH]

I have five 5 1/2 month old Guineas. Four of these birds persecuted one female so I separated her out into a coop of her own. There is a flock of adult birds that resides part time at my place and part time at a neighbors. They come several times a day and collect around her coop. When I release her they follow her around her circuit of the front yard. Unlike how they react to her brothers and sisters, the adults seem attentive and only occasionally mildly aggressive. Has anyone seen this behavior?

I am unable to upload the images I have of this.

 

[Friendly_Lurker]

My guineas are always aggressive to everyone and everything. If it's only the one female that's having a problem, you may need to relocate her.

 

[KirbyH]

My guineas are always aggressive to everyone and everything. If it's only the one female that's having a problem, you may need to relocate her.

It is not the aggression of her brothers and sisters that I am interested in, it is the strange lack of aggression from the members of the communal flock—that they follow her around the yard in a kind of solicitous fashion. They have had time to get acquainted through the wire of her run is all I can think of.

 

[Mixed flock enthusiast]

It is not the aggression of her brothers and sisters that I am interested in, it is the strange lack of aggression from the members of the communal flock—that they follow her around the yard in a kind of solicitous fashion. They have had time to get acquainted through the wire of her run is all I can think of.

Interesting! Maybe the older flock wants to add a girl?

 

[Sydney65]

It is not the aggression of her brothers and sisters that I am interested in, it is the strange lack of aggression from the members of the communal flock—that they follow her around the yard in a kind of solicitous fashion. They have had time to get acquainted through the wire of her run is all I can think of.

It's my guess that they've claimed her as well. How donthey act toward the others?

 

[KirbyH]

It's my guess that they've claimed her as well. How donthey act toward the others?

They are hostile towards the others. Yesterday one of the males from the communal adult flock sat for an hour by her coop and when I noticed his determination, I let her out. They moseyed around a bit and then quietly went into her coop (which is small) together and shared her food with no evidence of any aggression. I’m trying to decide whether to simply release her to the adult flock. If I knew she would roost with them at night, I’d do it.

 

[Mixed flock enthusiast]

They are hostile towards the others. Yesterday one of the males from the communal adult flock sat for an hour by her coop and when I noticed his determination, I let her out. They moseyed around a bit and then quietly went into her coop (which is small) together and shared her food with no evidence of any aggression. I’m trying to decide whether to simply release her to the adult flock. If I knew she would roost with them at night, I’d do it.

Sounds like that’s the flock she’s picking for herself... It is likely she will stick with them at night if she’s accepted by them. If they are all roosting outdoor though, then losses to predators are likely.

 

[Sydney65]

That wld be my concern. I'm leary to even have mine out today bc we had an unexpected this a.m. - and I said it was boring here! Definitely not normal.

 

[Mixed flock enthusiast]

That wld be my concern. I'm leary to even have mine out today bc we had an unexpected this a.m. - and I said it was boring here! Definitely not normal.
View attachment 2437926

Geez! Is that a bald eagle??? Yeah I’d keep them in too! I’m amazed at how well mine can differentiate the different birds. They are a little wary and antagonistic of crows, which we like because they mob the hawks and chase them off. The guineas are also a little wary of our red shouldered hawks, which nest here and have not taken any of our birds. They do take snakes regularly, and we have those in excess. They ignore the vultures altogether. But they freak out at the red tailed hawks, which have taken one of our ducks. I hope your bald eagle moves on soon!

 

[Sydney65]

Yes, that is what that is. I know they exist in the state along rivers, esp near power plants for some reason. But not in the cornfields. But I think they claim a large radius from their nest and there are ponds w/i a mile of us.