yak yak yak, how do I get them to be quiet at night?

[Fields Mountain Farm]

Nah you're fine, they can be little bastards. lol..Some people I know love them around, some prefer they'd vanish.

They're here for sure...but they stay away. It's kind of a 'they leave me and mine alone, I'll leave them and theirs alone" situation. They have a purpose, eating my chickens isn't it..lol

Like that farm name though, really good.

Thank you...Fields is my last name...lol

 

[Kiki]

Are guineas ever quiet?
I didn't think they were capable of being quiet.

 

[Fields Mountain Farm]

Are guineas ever quiet?
I didn't think they were capable of being quiet.

Mine would quiet down once settled in the trees at night...but never completely quiet. But then my chickens will cluck or roos crow during the night too....

 

[sourland]

Are guineas ever quiet?
I didn't think they were capable of being quiet.

This rhetorical question is your answer. Guinea fowl are vocal, and more vocal as breeding season approaches. Opossums are long term survivors who are omnivorous and will eat whatever they can find/catch including fowl. I am not certain how one 'directs' them.

 

[R2elk]

Are guineas ever quiet?
I didn't think they were capable of being quiet.

Guineas when undisturbed have a quiet vocalization that is low and quite melodic as they chatter among themselves without any of the warning cries or buckwheats. It does go on almost non-stop with the only time that guineas are truly quiet being when they are actually asleep.

 

[Fields Mountain Farm]

Guineas when undisturbed have a quiet vocalization that is low and quite melodic as they chatter among themselves without any of the warning cries or buckwheats. It does go on almost non-stop with the only time that guineas are truly quiet being when they are actually asleep.

I do love those guinea sounds...even the loud ones..

 

[Boonie Stomper]

Are guineas ever quiet?
I didn't think they were capable of being quiet.

X2. Suggest noise canceling headphones or earplugs or who knows... Invent an anti squawk collar for guineas

 

[Chullicken]

they free range so not sure how to stimulate them more ...

Have you tried singing them show toons??

 

[bobbi-j]

Then you are not 'directing' them if you are having these issues. And are you sure you don't have a wild man causing that issue? You described a human perfectly. =)

How does one 'direct' an opossum? We have had a few here - they were disposed of immediately. Not only do they eat chickens, eggs and feed, they carry a disease that can cause serious illness in horses. My chickens are good tick control.

 

[red horse ranch]

Have you tried singing them show toons??

I don't sing to my guineas but some times the Lionel Richie song from long ago gets in my head after hearing them for hours

'All night long
all night
all night.......