Why do people raise guineas?

[Wildsky]

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I bet its because they don't want the NOISE, can you imagine a bunch of guinea's at a fair?

 

[jvls1942]

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I bet its because they don't want the NOISE, can you imagine a bunch of guinea's at a fair?

sure would liven things up a bit, huh??

It sure would get a lot of people to come in just to see what all the commotion was all about..

 

[cackleberries]

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LMBO this is hilarious
My guineas seem to harass my bantam hen poor thing However my guineas are REALLY STUPID they tend to pick on the neighbors PIT BULL more then anything running back in fourth screaming in front of him just out of reach kinda like nena nena nena u cant get me sort a thing I pitty the poor suckers if the leash ever breaks.

 

[cackleberries]

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sounds like a scarey place !! things going round scarin the puddin outta other things,, making them faint..................... i'd be a nervous wreck !!!

Errrr.. that's not puddin that gets scared outta most critters!

LMAO im hurtin here folks......

 

[joebryant]

Thanks, all, I really learned a lot from this thread. If I ever own two 100-acre farms, I'll get lots of guineas and keep them on the farm that doesn't have my house on it.

 

[Dill]

Pets. I wouldn't get them for any other reason, I only get animals as pets and bug control, etc is just a added bonus, if that. I actually like bug in my yard. Like grasshoppers, roaches and such. Getting an animal for an alarm system, bug control, eggs.... well that's like someone asking why you got a dog "Oh, I thought so that way we won't have to install a alarm system."

Did I mention one of our goats is a fainting goat? She faints easily too.

Uhh.. it's funny when she faints? I'd be worried... what if she fell and hit her head when she faints? I don't know much about goats though..​

 

[hollyk]

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Uhh.. it's funny when she faints? I'd be worried... what if she fell and hit her head when she faints? I don't know much about goats though..

Obvioulsy, you have never seen a goat faint. Yes, despite my better raising- I laugh my head off.

No, she doesn't hit her head she just kinda stiffens up and rolls over. These are not very tall goats so they don't have far to go. They are also very muscular and have a lot of padding. This is what my kids wanted for Christmas this year. Should I be concerned? Because it is a genetic trait that anytime anything startles them all of their muscles tense up and they fall over. They don't actually pass out. After a minute, it all relaxes and they get up.
As you can see, Guineass would fit in well at my funny farm.

 

[jvls1942]

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LMBO this is hilarious
My guineas seem to harass my bantam hen poor thing However my guineas are REALLY STUPID they tend to pick on the neighbors PIT BULL more then anything running back in fourth screaming in front of him just out of reach kinda like nena nena nena u cant get me sort a thing I pitty the poor suckers if the leash ever breaks.

I have posted this on different threads, but I watched my guineas make a semicircle around a fox and laugh at him.too. they got way too close for my comfort, but I was way across the field from them.. finally the fox made a move on the guineas and they all flew back to the yard scared out of their wits, and laughing all the way, like a bunch of little boys..

 

[the1much]

ive watched my gang run off dogs,, cats,,, BIG dogs,, and even a few cars

 

[Sunny Side Up]

I have 3 lavender hens. Used to have a lavender cock, but had to give him the death sentence after he pecked my boy in the face. Hadn't yet learned to process, or I would have brought him to the table. Instead, I buried his carcass deep, along with the dozen guinea eggs I'd been having a hen incubate. I wanted both him & all his DNA gone for good.

But a neighbor did hatch at least one keet from our guinea eggs, so it seems the lavenders can reproduce on their own. That cock bird kept himself & his hens busy while he lived.

Now the hens roam the yard during the day & put themselves to roost in the pole barn at night. They lay for several months each year in a communal nest, and then one of them decides to go broody on them. We are alert for the special sound they make on the nest, find their hiding place, and steal out the new eggs daily (I leave a few marked eggs there to hold their place). They are hard to crack, but their taste is worth the effort. When a hen starts to brood I'll take her off the nest each night in hopes she'll give up. But often I'll have to cover up that nest site, and then they all decide on a new one.

We find them endearing & amusing, but LOUD. Once we saw a nature program on TV showing a herd of huge hippopotomus who dominated a river bank in Africa. They wouldn't move for crocodiles, hyenas, or even lions. But when a flock of guineas came for water, making their familiar call, all the hippos sprang to their feet and ran into the river.

Some folks say that guineas call "buck-WHEAT buck-WHEAT" but my boys claim that our guineas are saying "butt-CRAAK! butt-CRAACK!"