Trying to determine male/female guineas

[Sydney65]

Females can also make any sound that the males make. Normally only females make the "buckwheat" sound.

But they do kinda "waddle." it seems like males.

You & I had had this conversation years ago. No longer convinced they mimic me (or subsequent broods just aren't as clever as the 1st). But, I still hear my boys trill or whistle in a way the girls don't do. Not saying the hens CAN'T whistle, but when I hear a "fir REal" whistle, it's the boys chatting abt something not drastic.
Not to fly in the face of conventional wisdom, maybe easier to identify in a smaller flock, but regardless of the brood, I still hear this. It's a content sound, not overly loud.

 

[R2elk]

But they do kinda "waddle." it seems like males.

You & I had had this conversation years ago. No longer convinced they mimic me (or subsequent broods just aren't as clever as the 1st). But, I still hear my boys trill or whistle in a way the girls don't do. Not saying the hens CAN'T whistle, but when I hear a "fir REal" whistle, it's the boys chatting abt something not drastic.
Not to fly in the face of conventional wisdom, maybe easier to identify in a smaller flock, but regardless of the brood, I still hear this. It's a content sound, not overly loud.

My guineas were never completely quiet. Their normal conversations were a quiet pleasant sound that was pretty much non stop.

 

[Sydney65]

My guineas were never completely quiet. Their normal conversations were a quiet pleasant sound that was pretty much non stop.

Unless there's an eagle roosting near by...amazing how quiet thet get then.

 

[R2elk]

Unless there's an eagle roosting near by...amazing how quiet thet get then.

No eagle but frequently a Great Horned owl was roosted nearby. Mine just ignored the owl.