Today my guineas decided that all of my roosters must die.

[ColbyNTX]

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Tearing up their yard??? I think that sounds like an excuse. I don't know about others experiences with them, but they don't tear anything up here.

I have several very deep holes in my yard from my Guineas. They choose a good dusting spot so as a group they will make holes for themselves in close proximity. Then they use the holes over and over again and they keep getting deeper and deeper.

You should get turkeys!

 

[joedie]

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I have several very deep holes in my yard from my Guineas. They choose a good dusting spot so as a group they will make holes for themselves in close proximity. Then they use the holes over and over again and they keep getting deeper and deeper.

You should get turkeys!

I have 2 Bourbon Reds, the hens sitting now and I love them! I should have started out with fewer chickens and more turkeys!

 

[laturcotte1]

If you purchase guineas be prepared to purchase 10-20. They need the large family dynamics. If I've learned nothing else about them I've learned that. I'm so sad to see my guinea boys go

 

[siroiszoo]

I'm learning so much from this thread! ( and others.) I'm in serious need of a crash course in guineas.

Last Friday I rescued one guinea from two dachshunds. While I was trying to find it's owner, a kid came out of his garage with another one and handed it to me. I figured I'd put them in the larger hen house with my roo that was recovering from a brutal overtake by a younger roo. Next thing I know, there is another guinea that had found the two I had in the henhouse. So now I have three guineas which I know nothing about and cannot find the owners. I'm thinking they are all male.

I like them and figured once I got attached the owners would show up for them. So I called a friend who I thought might be raising some. Yep, but she wanted to get rid of all of hers so she can focus on her peacocks. So home I come with 6 or 7 more. I went out the next morning and was STUNNED at the sheer volume of my newly acquired birds. these new ones made the 3 old ones seem like mutes. Even the rooster & his two hens looked stunned by the noise. I do hope to be able to keep them all. After reading this thread, I'm seeing that it's a great idea that I got even more. I believe that out of 10 or 11 birds, I only have 2 females. I will have to sit out among them a bit longer to listen for the females.

Anyway, thanks for the education! I'm learning so much.

 

[Smiles-N-Sunshine]

I don't know if my experience is typical or unusual, but here goes. We had a medium sized guinea flock (24 birds) last year, until they kept insisting on flying over our 8' chain link fence to nest in the desert (and become coyote food).

We have two males left. Last year, when they were still youngsters, they would gang up on our then-solo rooster quite often. Now, with no female guineas to impress and being outnumbered 3:2 by the roos, plus a Midget White tom, they've been quite charming and docile.

 

[texascowboy1979]

Sad story, but love the way you worded it...