Please help!

[HeritageGoose13]

Neighbors have been known to call the cops on a peacock. They scream "HELP!
and are often mistaken for humans in distress.

 

[casportpony]

How bad are the peafowl? Are they super loud? Also, are they free range or do they have their wings clipped?

Very loud... Can be heard five miles away.

-Kathy

 

[casportpony]

Stick with your quail...

-Kathy

 

[dekel18042]

I think that maybe if the guenias were free range they could just fly off and come back at night. That way they wouldn't be around to bother the neighbors and if they just flew around the homeowner's association couldn't say that they were ours and not let us have them.

I've had guineas in the past and while they made noise, I wouldn't say they were THAT noisy. But that said, If you start with babies, they need heat lamps and need to be broodered in a building. If you get young adults, they need to be locked up for a while till they know where home is. They hang around home during the day so they wouldn't fly off during the day then come home at night.
At one point we had some that wanted to roost on our roof...not a good idea. On the roof or in trees they could be picked off by owls.
A neighbor had 50 guineas. They could be seen all over during the day, but at night roosted in his barn. Right now foxes are the bane of our poultry's existence and in the past two weeks his flock has shrunk to just 2 birds.
His chickens have been locked at night in coops with covered runs and so far they have been safe.
As far as quail or pheasants go, I've never had any but from what I understand from talking with people is if they get loose, they're gone.

 

[casportpony]

My neighbor said that my five guineas were giving here anxiety attacks, lol. Way worse than roosters, IMO.

Kathy

 

[casportpony]

Neighbors have been known to call the cops on a peacock. They scream "HELP! and are often mistaken for humans in distress.

And they make noise 24/7 during breeding season. -Kathy

 

[needlessjunk]

I think the biggest issues is that you CANNOT have any livestock or poultry per your HOA so that means that you can't have any. I'm sorry but you could face some serious fines among other things. Just because they free range during the day doesn't mean anything they are still yours and it's against your HOA.

 

[HeritageGoose13]

Yes, the free-ranging would only make it worse in a HOA. The birds would be all over other people's property and end up getting eaten by predators, hit by cars, etc. If no one takes responsibility for them, Animal Control will just come in and kill them all, simple as that.

 

[LeafBlade12345]

Hahhahahha that peacock thing is hilarious! Well, they sure aren't coming here! Yes we have quite a bit more than an acre of land, so probably not enough. We have many trees, a few lawns of grass, lots of bushes, a pond, and a covered patio, so I think that any bird will have places to hide and roost.

 

[LeafBlade12345]

Oh, okay. Well people have some pet geese and ducks here that just free range, so I thought that maybe we could have guineas the same way.