Sexing Guinea Fowl & Benefits

[@Dreamydazefarm]

This was a great informational video we look forward to getting Guinea fowl 🤙🏻

[@RenewedHomestead]

Thank you! I hope it helps. If you were closer we could give you some. 🙂

[@Dreamydazefarm]

Rewatched this video turns out we have a lot of boys lol they are definitely good for pest control and predator control bin loving and enjoying every minute they definitely get loud but I love nature sounds

[@RenewedHomestead]

lol, they will probably start chasing each other soon. 😂 We enjoy the guineas. Ours have been up in our woods and we know they are eating the ticks that are trying to hide under the leaf litter. We don’t mind the sound either. 🙏

[@AlbertoGarciaJr-we4ix]

Loved the video! Great info details without the extra ! I’m checking my raptors now of 7 months old. Looks like I bought 6 females. It’s ok coz they were bought for a job;) Eggs not daily now but it works for me. Soon I’ll split them among my three hen enclosures.

[@RenewedHomestead]

Thank you so much! Good luck with the guineas! 😊

[@kwhite7344]

Thank you! We ordered guineas this spring by mail. We received 17 but only 8 have survived. We lost many when they first arrived -- I had a heat lamp on them but it seemed like they weren't smart enough to go under the lamp and were on the other side of the box when found so I guessed they got cold. I ended up moving them into a smaller box and no casualties after that. Then when they got bigger and I started to let them free range we lost one. Anyway, I was curious about their sex and found your video. Blessings!

[@RenewedHomestead]

Hi kwhite, sorry you lost that many. That is difficult. Guineas are stupid and good at getting themselves killed, like turkeys, unfortunately. We have had luck putting them in with a chick. The chick teaches them what to do. Then you have the issue that they always want to be around chickens. 😂 Silly birds. 😂 Good luck with your guineas!

[@LeaC816]

We had a pair of guineas when I was little. I don’t remember a whole lot about them besides them being really loud and not very smart. The female actually got hit by a car. It wasn’t like we lived on a busy street either, it was very sad because after that, the male sat up in a tree and just cried until the poor thing mourned himself to death. We were told that they bond for life and he wouldn’t take another mate. I guess that bad experience had blinded me to the idea they could be useful. I actually never knew they were good for much other than noise so I have learned a lot here!!

[@RenewedHomestead]

Hi Lea, thank you! I have heard they mate for life as well. Our William is always besides his mate Kee. He always looks out for her. That is heartbreaking that he mourned himself to death. How sad. They are very loud and very stupid. Lol

[@curiouslass4280]

That is heartbreaking. 💔

[@barbaramooney685]

Very good information and wonderful pictures.

[@RenewedHomestead]

Thank you Barbara!

[@BackwoodsInsanity]

Just joined your channel we have a farm and it’s in the work of being renovated and plus our house it’s a working progress but a slow with the economy money the way it is your channel great

[@RenewedHomestead]

Hi BackwoodsInsanity. Welcome! Thanks for joining, Good look with the farm. Ours is still a work in progress. I guess that is the case with all farms. 😂 Everything is so expensive, it has slowed us down a bit as well. I pray you are able to get it all done. 😊🙏

[@curiouslass4280]

Thank you for the advice and tips!! Learned something new today!!👍

[@RenewedHomestead]

Thank you! I was hoping it would help. 🙂

[@AnnabelReece-vu3xe]

Thank you for explanation about the male and the females of a Guunea Fowls.Your So Sweet 🤣

[@RenewedHomestead]

Thanks AnnabelReece! They can be loud but we love the bug control!

[@twooldcrowshomestead]

Ok, we have 3 Guineas. I am fairly certain, based on your video, that our white one is a female. She has a two syllable call. She is the most vocal one. I haven’t heard the other two make noises recently. All three have the same physical characteristics though…helmet pointed backwards. Their waddles are very red though, which is kind of confusing me. But I’m sure I’ll hear the other ones soon. Thanks for sharing this!

[@RenewedHomestead]

The males can't make 2 syllables, so I would say a girl. The girls are far more vocal. If they are still young that helmet may not be fully developed yet, so that might be why their helmets still look similar. If the others are not doing a lot of vocalization, I would probably guess they’re boys, but if they are still young you might still need a couple of weeks to tell for sure.

[@darrellernst5493]

I just bought two of of them to use as my intruder alarms. Guineas make excellent burglar alarms. Anything strange in the area and they will sound off. That's why I pulled up your video to learn a little more about sexing them.

[@darrellernst5493]

I just made this comment right before you said basically what I said. 😂🤣

[@RenewedHomestead]

Hi Darrell Ernst! Guineas have saved our chickens a few times! They are a great alarm system. You are so right!

[@RenewedHomestead]

😂

[@darrellernst5493]

@@RenewedHomestead this might be a tip for you. I looked up When animals attack on KZbin. To my surprise I seen a video about donkeys and people trading their guns in for a donkey as far as protecting their livestock. I said donkeys have a disdain for Foxes ,coyotes and dogs. If it's not a large pack according to that video the donkeys will drive them off or kill them.😂

[@RenewedHomestead]

Hi Darrell, thank you! We have been trying to decide between a Livestock Guardian Dog or a donkey. I have heard we can’t bring our dogs into the pasture if we have a donkey. Lol The one advantage to a donkey is they don’t need to eat dog food, but they won’t necessarily protect you and the livestock. 😂

[@kristinebeedle657]

Lots of great information. Thank you so much. Blessings

[@RenewedHomestead]

Thank you so much Kristine!

[@ronny8383able]

Great video! You helped me alot.

[@RenewedHomestead]

Wonderful, we are so glad! Thank you. 🙂

[@thomasjohnfisher]

I’m getting my own hopefully this summer, but I have heard that they are much better eaten younger than older ones. Looking forward to it

[@RenewedHomestead]

Hi Thomas! We are going to process a few of our males soon. We have too many. We have heard they are good eating but we have never had them. It will be interesting. Good luck getting some. They are wonderful bug control,

[@coolboy5428]

Ummmm, let them live and eat the eggs, that way you get food and you let your guineas live.

[@RenewedHomestead]

Hi coolboy, have you ever had a lot of male guineas at once? They fight all the time and tear each other apart. That is why we had to process a few. We tried to give some males away but were not able to. It is no life to fight all the time and get beat up. Regarding the eggs, yes you can eat them, they are creamier than chicken eggs and good, but they only lay clutches a couple of times a year. They don’t lay like chickens. And last I checked male guineas don’t lay eggs. 😂 God’s blessings.

[@coolboy5428]

What about keeping males separate with little cages during mating season? I have 12 chickens and 1 guinea.@@RenewedHomestead

[@RenewedHomestead]

@coolboy5428 hi coolboy, they actually fight all year long, they tear each other up, and if you know anything about guineas being caged up like that would be awful for them. They like to wander. They cover a lot of ground in a short period of time. It is better for the flock to have less males when you have a lot of guineas. We currently have 10. Two are males and it is very calm and 0 fighting now, thankfully.

[@ssalazar888]

Excelente and very educational video

[@RenewedHomestead]

Thank you so much! 😊

[@twooldcrowshomestead]

Thanks! I'm going to try to figure out what mine are.

[@RenewedHomestead]

Let me know if you need any help. 🙂

[@davidlegette1278]

Not a white meat like chicken. Absolutely wrong. Dark meat like liver.

[@RenewedHomestead]

Hi David, a lot of the meat looks purple. Thanks

[@Palios33]

Taste wise?

[@spielekasten353]

Though they were like pheasants.

[@RenewedHomestead]

Hi @Palios, it tastes like chicken but a bit tougher. Thanks!

[@RenewedHomestead]

Hi! I don’t know much about pheasants. Thanks.

[@Strandy33]

Are you thinking of selling any this spring?! We loved Meeting them when we were out there for the butcher class!

[@RenewedHomestead]

Absolutely! Our older female should be laying eggs soon. 🙂

[@juliewilborn-barth7]

Thank you😊

[@RenewedHomestead]

Thank you!

[@GunClingingPalin]

how about tomato worms/horn worms... do they pick those off the tomato plants as well?

[@RenewedHomestead]

I have seen them do it, though not all the time. They just go pick off any bugs they see on the plants. Parasitic wasps tend to get to any hornworms we get fairly early, if we get them. I hope that helps.

[@onitatin7372]

Thanks

[@RenewedHomestead]

You are welcome. Thank you. 🙂

[@mrs.tammyk9509]

My guineas are 4 1/2 weeks old. I bought straight run. And yesterday, one was stuck in a separate pen in our barn, definitely a female. 😅 I always thought the female call resembled them saying buckwheat.

[@RenewedHomestead]

Hi Mrs.Tammy. 😂 it does sound like buckwheat. 😂 😂

[@honeycaffena4897]

Nice video, were you planning on letting them mate & raise little chicks?

[@RenewedHomestead]

Hi Honey, thank you! We will let them mate and then sell a lot of the keets. We sell for $5 a piece, so not a lot of money but every little bit helps. 🙂

[@Remy-dl6nc]

Is it wise to raise ducks with guineas because that’s what we are doing now. They are more scared now that the ducks are inside where I keep the guineas. They were not scared before but the guineas run away like the ducks. They use to come in my hand now they don’t come to me like before. Thanks for the video it was very informative I have baby ones for now.

[@RenewedHomestead]

Hi Remy. We typically keep the birds separated. They all free range together, but in confined spaces the guineas tend to bully the other birds. They will chase them off and just be jerks to the others. We have had luck running our guineas in the barn at night, but one skittish Guinea can cause all of them to be that way, so just watch for really skittish and nervous ones if you want to keep your guineas up at night. I know many people just let them go wild so they decimate the ticks and chiggers. Guineas will always be a bit skittish. They are not typically a friendly bird. I hope that helps. Good luck!

[@hilalahmadqurishi6622]

bundle of thank

[@RenewedHomestead]

Thank you!

[@BornAgainFarmGirl]

We have 7 guineas coming up on 1 year old , we hear both of the sounds so looking forward to some eggs 🥚!

[@RenewedHomestead]

Woot! They lay a lot of eggs lol. Make sure to keep mama and babies in for the first couple of weeks. The babies get cold and die. We still lost several because guineas get distracted. They also like to lay their eggs in weird places. 😂

[@BornAgainFarmGirl]

I have found they make a ton more sounds though, some are much more vocal then others but I'm comforted to know we at least got some girls! I subscribed to your channel !@@RenewedHomestead

[@RenewedHomestead]

Thank you so much! Yay for girls. The female we bought last year laid a bunch of eggs. I hope yours does the same. 🙏 🙏 We had a chicken raise a guinea last year. It went well but he is male and a jerk to the chickens. We are going to process him soon.

[@BornAgainFarmGirl]

LOL he may just want them to play their special game of tag, chickens just keep running@@RenewedHomestead .

[@RenewedHomestead]

😂 Have you seen your males chase each other off when they get food? He will chase them and then bite their feathers. He is so mean to them.

[@belindagray3005]

Interesting thank you :)

[@RenewedHomestead]

Thanks Belinda

[@duncanchomba4418]

I need to know the stater for the guinea fowl

[@RenewedHomestead]

Hi, we just use turkey starter or wild game starter. Hope that helps.

[@johngreene6534]

Hi, thank you for your video, ive had guineas for some years, a couple people have told me the females sound like they are saying buckwheat, though it doesnt sound like that to me LOL, i think ive finally figured it out, one question i have, will a male only breed with one female or multiple? i was told the other day they w ere manogamas, any help would be appreciated i liked your video, thanks again

[@RenewedHomestead]

Hi John, thank you! I have heard the buckwheat thing myself but it doesn’t sound like that to me either. Lol What I have learned and also witnessed is if there enough males and females they will mate with one, but if there are several males and only a few females or vice versa they will partner up with multiples. Does that make sense? We have more males than females right now (need to process some) and I have 1 female to two males. I can tell you when you have a lot of males they are louder and fight more. Lol I hope that helps!

[@tarnyashaw]

Girls are saying "Watch out, watch out"

[@RenewedHomestead]

Love it! 😂

[@briankleinschmidt3664]

How do you ask someone if they're a boy or a girl? (What if it's neither?)

[@RenewedHomestead]

We are not of the thought process that they would be neither. If you wonder about male vs female in nature try to milk a bull. 😂 It won’t go well! I don’t recommend it.

[@masivamfinanga3779]

How can I know that this geanea fowl lay egg.

[@RenewedHomestead]

Hi, I am not sure I understand the question. They lay in clutches and they can lay just about anywhere. Typically they will find tall grass to lay in, but we have one sitting on eggs in the middle of the pasture. 😂 A lot of times you have to hunt for the clutch of eggs when they start laying.

[@xscoobyyx]

You can also tell the sex by looking at their neck. Females tend to have a slimmer neck than males

[@RenewedHomestead]

Thank you! That is a great point. 😊

[@marshacoleman4192]

I had 4 of them years ago Guineas .just recently got 2 .and now they fight each other, is this normal ? never had this problem before .when I had Guineas years ago.can you tell if it is because one is a female don't know about the other one

[@RenewedHomestead]

Hi Marsha, are they from the same clutch? The only ones we have seen fighting are the males, but it may be just them figuring out the pecking order so to speak. Do they get really violent or just picking on each other? If they are getting bad you could always try to separate them, if possible, by a see through barrier for a week or two and then see if it helps when you combine them. If it isn’t bad they will probably work it out. Some of our males are fighting right now because the hens have started to lay eggs. It is that time of year.

[@yesiamathinker1580]

Ours dig huge dust bowls aka craters. Scratching? Never heard of that! Well, chickens do, I guess.

[@RenewedHomestead]

Yes Iamathinker, our guineas will create dust bath areas but only in a few select places, and they are not that big. They don’t scratch much, so we let them in the garden while it is growing. Hopefully, the holes are not too big for y’all. Thanks for the comment!

[@evelynsouzaferreira4593]

I did not protect my seedling trays and buckets with starter plants. The Guineas thought these all made wonderful dust baths.

[@brendaharmon7918]

I put guineas in my chicken coop to keep bugs out of the coop And they can be put together with the chicken s if raised together

[@RenewedHomestead]

Hi Brenda, we have put guineas in with our chickens as well. 🙂 How do you stop the males from being jerks to the chickens? Our female guineas are always fine. Thank you!

[@brendaharmon7918]

@@RenewedHomestead They haft to be raised together as babys

[@brendaharmon7918]

Mine all eat together fine no problems

[@brendaharmon7918]

But I don't let them free range Because of the fox's and cote s

[@RenewedHomestead]

Hi Brenda, we have done that. One was even hatched by one of our chickens and was still a jerk when he grew up. Maybe he was just special. 😂

[@donnawilson2543]

I just got 4 baby guineas. What advise you have for a newbie at guineas

[@RenewedHomestead]

Hi Donna, how old are they? They are pretty stupid I am sorry to say so watch them with water. If the water dish is large they may drown. Scatter the food on the ground. Paper towels, though I hate the waste, is typically your go to when they are young. Also, make sure they are not on slick ground as it will cause leg issues. As they get older I would keep them in their permanent home for at least a couple of weeks. When you are ready to let them out, let one out at a time and then switch everyday for at least a week. That way they all return and know where home is. We keep them coming back to the barn by feeding them just a little bit at night. Do not overfeed them or they will not go eat bugs, and they will try to hang around their home to get more food. LOL I guess they’re not stupid when it comes to food. 😂 If you are planning on releasing them to just kind of do their thing, which a lot of people do, a lot of people feel that they are a expendable resource on the Homestead. Just plan on them probably dying fairly quickly because Kenny’s are not very smart, and they have a lot of enemies, unfortunately. That’s why we keep ours in the barn at night in their coop. I hope that all made sense. 🙂 I hope that helps.

[@donnawilson2543]

@@RenewedHomestead they are about 2 weeks old now. i have them in a cage right now for they r so small yet. I will be putting them in there own coop when they get bigger. I like to know as much as i can about them before i get to many of them. Will i like them when they get older.

[@RenewedHomestead]

Hi Donna, you will like the fact they are good guards for the homestead and they eat a lot of bugs, including ticks. They are not the tamest, and they are scared of everything. You can tame them some with food. Ours will come to us when we have food and they going to the barn at night because they get fed when they go in at night, but they are a really stupid bird. Our friend calls them our feathered idiots, lol, but we do appreciate the fact that they alert us to strangers on the property or predators. We actually had them warn us when a hawk flew into the barn, and they also protected our turkey from wild turkeys. We appreciate them for that, but they are still scared of us even though we have raised them. The males can get a little aggressive with each other, they just chase each other off from food. We haven’t had any of them really get into any kind of fight but they can be jerks to each other, they seem to be a little better if they grow up together though. They will kill their babies, so if you have a guinea that has babies you will want to keep them in together for a few weeks. They are from Africa, so they are not necessarily used to our humidity or climate. So what happens is the mama takes the babies out, they get wet, they get cold and they die, or they wander off and somebody gets them. So, if you do have keets from the mama you will want to keep them in with her until they are a few weeks old.

[@HeatherNaturaly]

I knew about the wattles, and the helmets, but not the bar across the nose. I have a TERRIBLE hen to rooster ratio on my farm. Out of the 9 guineas I started last Spring with, only 3 were hens. I currently have 22 of the 42 I went into Winter with (no idea where the rest went) but I have not yet, sexed them . I still have my one Silver hen.

[@RenewedHomestead]

Guineas seem very prone to dying, unfortunately. William at Perma Pastures hates them because of how stupid they are. Lol If they get rid of ticks I will keep them.

[@HeatherNaturaly]

@@RenewedHomestead They certainly do appear to have a penchant for getting themselves killed. I'm contemplating sexing mine and processing some extra roos to try them. My brother raised them for years and he says they are 'tasty'.

[@RenewedHomestead]

We are going to process some soon. We will let you know how they are. I have heard good things about the meat. It is good to have other meat options with what is going on right now.

[@jonathanechols9985]

Wouldn't it be easier to ask them?

[@RenewedHomestead]

😂 😆 If you have a talking guinea we need to talk. 😂

[@evelynsouzaferreira4593]

@@RenewedHomestead I talk to my Guineas all the time 😆 They are locked up at night and make a racket in the mornings till I go to let them out. They then bee line for the back door to get their meal worm treats, followed by their food. If I have gone back into the house without doing this they get very vocal, which in turn my jack russell pup then alerts me that the birds are making a racket. They also hop over the wall and go onto the road, with some remaining on the wall making a racket. The little dog knows and will come running into the house to tell me. We also get flocks of crows raiding the magpie nests and the guinea food. The guineas really go off when the crows are around and I need to go out and get rid of the crows before they will settle down again.

[@RenewedHomestead]

They are something! Ours compete with the crows for food as well. 😂

[@natureForHumanity]

also i have 3 Guinea fowl , and you can say my video about this

[@RenewedHomestead]

Hi NatureForHumanity, thanks for the comment. I am not sure I understand.

[@nicholas3866]

Can get your contacts... I just bought my guinea fowl

[@RenewedHomestead]

Hi Nicholas, very cool. Good luck! They are good little bug eaters. 🙂

[@Reformed.freedom]

To-ga And Chi chi chi

[@RenewedHomestead]

Hi Anna, it is hard to mimic. 😂

[@rednecklife1367]

stop saying 'foul' they're just guineas.

[@RenewedHomestead]

Hi redneck life. I use fowl because when you search guinea on the internet it brings up the country, so this way people know to look for fowl when they are searching. Thanks for the comment.

[@rednecklife1367]

@RenewedHomestead crap.....I ddn.t think of that. thx, dude. i.m still just saying 'guineas'

[@RenewedHomestead]

I get it. 😂 Have a good day.

[@rednecklife1367]

@@RenewedHomestead u, too, bro

[@duncanchomba4418]

Feeders

[@RenewedHomestead]

Hi, not sure I understand.

[@petsCareKashmir]

Can a female despise.....

[@RenewedHomestead]

Hi, Pets care Kashmir, I am not sure I understand your question. Thanks.

[@petsCareKashmir]

@@RenewedHomestead I mean one of my guineas sits in front of males as if wants them to mount on. But she doesn't make two syllable sound🔊. What is her gender?

[@RenewedHomestead]

Hi Pets Care Kashmir, do the males chase her? You have never heard her make the two syllable sound? Is she young?

[@RenewedHomestead]

BTW, I rarely see the guineas mating. They roam so much.

[@petsCareKashmir]

@@RenewedHomestead yes she is young

[@itsame3379]

Bu ckqueat

[@RenewedHomestead]

It does sound like that. 🙂

[@rodneyb7918]

Nar ra gas it. The way to pronounce your turkey breed

[@RenewedHomestead]

Thank you Rodney. I appreciate it. I finally figured it out about a week ago. I keep saying it so I get it right. 😂

[@TheFrogfeeder]

The male sounds like a angry duck with a lisp, and the females sound like a rusty squeaky old wheel

[@RenewedHomestead]

😂 love that!

[@TheFrogfeeder]

@@RenewedHomestead I got a dozen in the brooder right now :)

[@RenewedHomestead]

Very cool! Prayers they all hatch. We have always had very good luck brooding guinea eggs.

[@jjlepepe5875]

You lost me at "gender identity."

[@RenewedHomestead]

Hi, it was a joke.

[@williamwoody7607]

Insert transgender gag here. Wait, no- here.

[@RenewedHomestead]

😂