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

[sfgwife]

Up to 95% if the population is genetically UNsusceptible to contracting leprosy and only the nine-banded armadillo is known to carry the disease. Scientist believe that WE actually transmitted the disease to each other about 400 - 500 years ago. And it is cured by antibiotics now.

I do understand that... but if a person with a compromised immune system is around that would be scary indeed right? Rabies bein the big thing here. Most people don’t know that about either in armadillos.

 

[Chickiemom25]

Guineas sleep at night... If they are not sleeping then something is keeping them awake... I Know you have probably gotten good information... but I am unable to read it...
It could be a predator messin around... Mine would go off at the sound of a car on my eighteen acres... Easement goes through pretty far away too.

Roosts should be high Mine were in a dog kennel and I was able to make a hat over the kennel to raise i up another four feet. I put the roosts up at six and eight feet... Then a tarp over the top of it all.

Regularly visiting predators should be investigated and trapped or eliminated... or both. They put your other livestock at risk. One of the reasons I got guinea fowl in the first place is that Burglar alarm quality.... People cross my land ... I live within two miles of the Mexican border.

deb

there is NOTHING in the yard. I can sit out there and watch.. they just jabber all night for no reason.. Usually one of the 11 talking but sometimes the whole flock.

 

[CapricornFarm]

Yes, my guineas , never. Shut. Up! Day, night it doesn't matter. Some people say they are great watch dogs but they make the same amount of racket if a bear is out there or its a chicken. Idk how much longer i will put up with them. I love keets! So cute, so quiet! What happens when they grow up and turn into motor mouths!? I have to keep reminding myself they are eating bugs so we will have less ticks this year. It would be perfect if their vocal chords fell out.

 

[CapricornFarm]

Maybe try making them their own condo in the back 40? Away from the house and all that. They're such amazing little things, just very noisy.

It does not matter where their coop is. I built them a tall (10') hoop coop, but they run all over the farm during the day. No escaping them. They do finally return to their new coop at dark. Of course they keep making noise even after i shut the door and it is totally dark in there!

 

[wyoDreamer]

My guineas are actually fairly quiet when in their coop. I only lock them in when it is snowing or frigid temps w/ wind chill. The place we bought came with 8 guineas; 4 years later I am down to only four of them left. I will be getting more this spring/summer, I hope. They have their own coop, with roosts about 7-8 feet up.

I think the problem the OP is having is due to the "coop" for the guineas. My guineas would sleep in the old pine trees sometimes in the summer, about 1/2 of the way up. That tree was 80 feet tall - we measured after we cut it down - so they were close to 40 feet up.

 

[Chullicken]

It does not matter where their coop is. I built them a tall (10') hoop coop, but they run all over the farm during the day. No escaping them. They do finally return to their new coop at dark. Of course, they keep making noise even after I shut the door and it is totally dark in there!

Mine are actually very quiet, even my rooster who is about two now only really crows twice a day unless he's annoyed at something or out of water. Then again, I don't let them just run around the place anymore. I did notice when I free ranged, they made a tone of noise.

 

[CapricornFarm]

The whole reason i bought them was to eat ticks so they need to free range. Hoping once they settle who is paired with the hens maybe they will simmer down.
They were so noisy tonight i went to see if a T Rex got into their coop! Not a thing unusual going on.

 

[wyoDreamer]

Mine are so quiet when they are on the roost at night, that I have to turn on the light to make sure they are in there before I shut the door. During the winter, I close the coop door to keep the wind out so they can stay warmer. I open the door in the morning and drop some feed in the feeder; I don't leave feed out for them because it gets eaten by mice, rabbits, wild birds, etc. They free-range all day. During the summer, I only feed about once a week or possibly more if it is really rainy. The neighbor likes to see them so she "spills" sunflower seeds at her feeder for them. Otherwise, they get all their food from free-ranging and they are doing a great job of keeping down the bugs.

How do I train them not to dust-bathe in the veggie garden? They dug up 1/2 a row of peas and all my lettuce last year.