Raising Guinea Fowl 101

[harley587]

I figured climate would have a big factor in it. Here its similar to the part of Africa they are indigenous to. But Here is the caveat to it. Unless the Guinea hen goes broody here in confinement those eggs will be either hatched by me or under a broody. Especially my breeding stock. There are just too many predators out there to let a hen go Commando...

deb

Guineas are too evil to go broody!!! Don't worry, I love mine to death, but they are definitively not good mamas!! In fact, I believe that the only way they have lasted through the centuries is that other animals unknowingly have hatched them! (Jk)

 

[guineapeeps]

   from the San Diego High desert.  

I have done research on Guinea Behavior.   In the wild the whole flock will raise and protect the keets.   Even the bachelors will do babysitting duties.  

deb

My male Guineas let the keets climb all over them and will quite often lay down with them. A lot of times, I will find keets climbing on the male's head and back. They look thoroughly humiliated but don't make any move to stop it!

 

[Starseed]

I'm in California... it's already 100 degrees out, lol

And I do understand the risk involved. I was originally referring to a post where the lady was amazed at how good of a mother her guinea was being and wondering whether it was unusual. I wanted to put in my 2 cents and agree that my guineas so far seem to be great mothers, and actually both parents dote on the keets, raising, protecting and even sheltering them.

 

[harley587]

I'm in California... it's already 100 degrees out, lol

And I do understand the risk involved. I was originally referring to a post where the lady was amazed at how good of a mother her guinea was being and wondering whether it was unusual. I wanted to put in my 2 cents and agree that my guineas so far seem to be great mothers, and actually both parents dote on the keets, raising, protecting and even sheltering them.

Not guinea topic, but 100 degrees out already

it's not even 9am there yet!! I'm melting thinking about it.

 

[duluthralphie]

Harley,, it is obvious we have "ghetto Guineas". They only want to run in gangs, kill, maim and assault others. Maybe we should engage in some kind of social engineering to change the behavior of ours. I am wondering if we could offer them free stuff and if that would help. Maybe scholarships to Chicken U???

Maybe we need to break the cycle with ours somehow. I just wish I knew the way to do it!

 

[harley587]

Harley,, it is obvious we have "ghetto Guineas". They only want to run in gangs, kill, maim and assault others. Maybe we should engage in some kind of social engineering to change the behavior of ours. I am wondering if we could offer them free stuff and if that would help. Maybe scholarships to Chicken U???

Maybe we need to break the cycle with ours somehow. I just wish I knew the way to do it!

Hey duluthralphie, I was thinking that everyone else had strange guineas, but I'm beginning to wonder!! I don't think Chicken U would work too well with mine. I'm too close to NYC and you know about the mafia there, my guineas would become roadkill if they didn't follow the rules!

 

[duluthralphie]

Hey duluthralphie, I was thinking that everyone else had strange guineas, but I'm beginning to wonder!! I don't think Chicken U would work too well with mine. I'm too close to NYC and you know about the mafia there, my guineas would become roadkill if they didn't follow the rules!

I never thought about that.. The Mafia would be a bad influence on yours.

I have to worry about ISIL or ISIS with mine, I am only 20 ish miles from where those three just were found guilty of terrorism and given life for joining ISIS.

It is hard being a Guinea Guardian with all the evil types in the world. Guineas are so easily lead astray...IMHO

 

[guineapeeps]

Guineas are too evil to go broody!!!  Don't worry, I love mine to death, but they are definitively not good mamas!!  In fact, I believe that the only way they have lasted through the centuries is that other animals unknowingly have hatched them!  (Jk)  :yiipchick  

I must have somehow ended up with the reformed (non-evil/non-criminal) strain of Guinea! As I said in a previous post, I think I got lucky because I've never really had a bad mother that didn't take care of her keets. In fact, one of my hens will even steal the other hen's keets and care for them! She is the mother of most of my hens so maybe her motherly ways rubbed off on the others.

 

[Starseed]

Not guinea topic, but 100 degrees out already

it's not even 9am there yet!! I'm melting thinking about it.

Not quite 100 degrees YET... but give it a few hours!

Harley,, it is obvious we have "ghetto Guineas". They only want to run in gangs, kill, maim and assault others. Maybe we should engage in some kind of social engineering to change the behavior of ours. I am wondering if we could offer them free stuff and if that would help. Maybe scholarships to Chicken U???

Maybe we need to break the cycle with ours somehow. I just wish I knew the way to do it!

LOL! dang... my guineas aren't aggressive against anything but occasionally each other (unless they have babies!)

 

[harley587]

Not quite 100 degrees YET... but give it a few hours!

LOL! dang... my guineas aren't aggressive against anything but occasionally each other (unless they have babies!)

And I was thinking how hot it was already and it was only 70 degrees when I left my home this morning to go to work!!

I must have somehow ended up with the reformed (non-evil/non-criminal) strain of Guinea! As I said in a previous post, I think I got lucky because I've never really had a bad mother that didn't take care of her keets. In fact, one of my hens will even steal the other hen's keets and care for them! She is the mother of most of my hens so maybe her motherly ways rubbed off on the others.

My guineas can't be kept around the chickens. They abuse them and then the chickens run and hide! They're chicken!!

I never thought about the ISIL/ISIS effect!! I'm too focused on the Mafia effect!! We are still finding guinea rock eggs floating around my property - no idea how old they are!!