Wild Guineas

[bantyhen]

Does anyone have any ideas on taming guinea fowl? I have a male and a female named Ginny and Don.

 

[JulieOK]

How old are they? The easiest way to tame them is to start when they are babies. It requires handling them quite a bit, like a few hours a day. Then you need to keep it up as they get older. My son used to carry around one of ours as a baby, but then he got busy with school, and over time it lost some of its comfort with him. Once he catches him, he settles down, but catching is the hard part!

Older ones are much more difficult, if not impossible, to tame.

 

[bantyhen]

Do you know any treats they like or anything like that?

 

[bantyhen]

They hatched last August. Ginny is getting calmer around me, but Don is very wild.

 

[JulieOK]

They love white millet, but it is a bit hard to come by this year due to the drought. You might try to find it at a feed store in your area - make sure you ask for WHITE millet. They love it!

They also like greens, like lettuce, but if yours are free-ranging already, they might not respond to that as enthusiastically as they would the millet.

 

[bantyhen]

Thanks!

 

[bantyhen]

They are not free-ranging. When I annoy them, they hiss and try to bite me!!! Lol!!!