The Truth of Raising Guinea Fowls

[@annetteolivier721]

Im Zimbabwean and Guinea fowl are indigenous, someteros keep in mind is they bond permanently. They prefer whole mixed grain. The flock keeps tabs on the fowl in the neighbourhood and will raise the alarm if any neighbourhood flocks are in danger.

[@splitarrowfarm]

Awesome tips! Thank you!

[@valerieshealy741]

And they LOVE watermelon

[@rickthorp8363]

I raise small sets of guineas with an equal or more amount of chickens. We keep them together for three months, and the chickens and guineas bond. So when we finally let them free range, they stay with the chickens who dont go so far, and we normally only have 5-10 guineas per group so they dont just run off and do their own thing. Also, the different groups of guineas dont really mix together either. They all stay seperate when raised seperate, but will stick with their chicken siblings.

[@splitarrowfarm]

Love itp

[@randysixt1479]

Thank you for the pro tip. 🙏🏻

[@1337farm]

Thanks for sharing your experience. I am looking to get Guinea fowl to help with ticks on our 14 acres.

[@splitarrowfarm]

Happy this was helpful! We have been a fan of ours and you can definitely tell a good difference in the amount of bugs. Best of luck!

[@christiebetts-fi7qj]

I recently got 4 guineas and I love them, but it is being a challenge to get my guardian dogs to except them. The dogs are used to chickens, but with the noises the guineas make the dogs act like aliens have landed

[@splitarrowfarm]

Interesting! I’m sure in time they will get to know them

[@amyalexahub]

do you have any tips of how to train a guardian dog to accept chickens ducks and guineas? my dog is 8 months and does well until they run or fly - then he chases and im struggling to break this

[@christiebetts-fi7qj]

@@amyalexahub When they were puppies I put them on a leash and would tell them no when they started to chase, say leave it

[@jmrcowboy]

@@amyalexahubOur Kangals are raised with the chickens. Coop is in the fenced yard with the dogs. Our chickens free range and leave the dogs yard during the day. All pups will try to play with the chickens and possibly hurt them. You just have to correct that behavior. We’ve only lost two chickens to our dogs. One was licked to death and one was accidentally run over while standing in the dog path along the fence. We just got 4 guineas. No idea how they will act with them. LGD’s are constantly on the lookout for unusual behavior, in animals and humans, that they feel they need to correct. Will be interesting.

[@erikm8372]

César Milan (the dog whisperer) has some good techniques for training… and correcting unwanted behaviors. Just look up any of his videos… he does some cool things, such as instead of saying “no”-because that’s a common human word that dogs could hear literally ANYWHERE, and become confused (might explain society and some of our ‘bad’ dogs, lol), he does this “shhh!” noise. Like, a loud shhhh. And if they still don’t get it, don’t yank the lead, don’t tug or pull, etc, but tap the dog on the shoulder while you make the “shhh!” César says that’s what wolves basically do to check each other’s rank in the pack. They “hiss” in a way, while they nip one another on the shoulder, without escalating to violence hopefully. And the hiss sounds like “shhh” or “pssshh” but louder. So César believes it’s more effective to use wolf pack-derived techniques, because it’s in their nature.

[@MrJBrehaut]

It gets down to -30C where I live and our birds do fine, they just hate the snow.

[@splitarrowfarm]

Oh wow, that is wild. Thank you for the info here!

[@alexbeatty318]

Good to know, I'm in MN and was thinking of raising some. I'd definitely set up a warm coop for them but I didn't know if they could survive our winters. This last winter was the most brutal in years, constant negative 20s n 30s(f not Celsius thankfully) but we had up to negative 50f and with windchill constant negative 30 to 60. Couldn't even leave the house a lot of days because the snow got so high.

[@gunnarsederstrom2839]

We ❤our Guineas more than we expected , they are great at guarding our property ours make different sounds depending on the type of threat. They eat any types of insects, snakes, voles, mice and I’ve heard they go after rats as well. Our head Guinea and our rooster both beat the crap out of a hawk that tried to get one of our hens. It was very impressive and the hawks think twice about our flock.

[@splitarrowfarm]

Amazing! Love to hear all of this! Guineas are truly amazing :)

[@stephanie1860]

I came just for this. I have screech owls, hawks and great horned.

[@soxfan]

@@stephanie1860 when leaving a nite lite on for the guineas, does that bother the chickens?

[@animashaunololade5507]

I love you pls help me to your country to raise up these business

[@TheUnfluencer]

My husband and I just got 4 keets and I've found your videos extremely helpful. So nervous, but excited! 😅

[@KimalatHoldings]

Great article to learn from. We started with less than 10 almost 2 years ago and now we are having 250 and hoping to ramp up to 1000 in order to go commercial. It might be a game changer, disease resistant and good for security.

[@splitarrowfarm]

WOW, best of luck!

[@sandramcleod9619]

Thanks. I'm thinking about getting. This will help me make a more informed decision

[@splitarrowfarm]

Best of luck Sandra!

[@fullybakedgromlet5462]

We are growing out 4 right now, and I’m so excited! I think they’re going to be so fun.

[@splitarrowfarm]

Love this! Best of luck :)

[@stacymessier2266]

We just got 4 keets from a neighbor and 12 eggs in the incubator! So we are excited to get rid of ticks!! And all of the other pests!

[@davidbennett5601]

I will be getting some of those great African birds. I have Alpha Gal tick bite allergy. I saw some in Kenya Africa last year. THANK YOU

[@joelneva6266]

💖 We love our Guineas. Every summer, since they were keets, I use a walking stick to herd them around in acres of grassy fields full of grass-hoppers. During winter we keep them in a large semi out door coop my husband made for them, an addition to the side of the barn. At night we herd them in to an adjacent indoor barn room to keep them safe and warm. I read some where in a guinea book, don't grab guineas by the feet or legs, the way you grab chicken feet or legs, as grabbing Guineas by the legs or feet will easily break the Guinea legs. I do not grab my Guineas by the feet or legs because of this. Could this be true about breaking Guineas legs if you grab them by the feet?

[@splitarrowfarm]

Oh wow, love to hear this all! I have not heard about guineas and grabbing their feet but something good to think about

[@rickthorp8363]

I've never had any issues. They do try and push and break free with their legs more than chickens do, so maybe that's why they could break easier, because they are kicking and squirming more. But we do try and hold their feet together when we do hold them because they scratch so much and hate being caught/held. They are truly the closest to wild animal you can get kept on a farm, other than maybe pheasant and quail, etc.

[@surendersingal2192]

Thank you for teaching us how to keep guinea fowl?

[@splitarrowfarm]

Glad this was helpful

[@rdtramp1122]

A very good video. I'm back home in the Ozarks after being gone for many years, out of state building data centers. Married now and she is a northern girl. I have land and no neighbors that are close at all. This is going yo be an adventure as I say to my wife. " The sky is the limit. Chickens, dogs, pea fowl, guineas, deer, ect ect. This is not city life here. If you want something. Look into it. Have fun....

[@splitarrowfarm]

Nice

[@martyw5721]

I've never noticed winter issues. Have had them 50 years, they still sleep in barns and trees

[@kellyoconnor9773]

I would hear a male quail… sounded like coturnix quail.

[@splitarrowfarm]

Haha yes Kelly, it was a Coturnix Quail. Great ears!

[@BreannHooper]

Hi there, how have they faired in your winter? Can I ask where you're located?

[@splitarrowfarm]

We are in the North East of the USA and they actually have faired really well this winter. They are always outside free ranging with our chickens

[@LadySagitar]

One of our Guineas was killed by a hawk and the other guineas just screamed and ran back and forth along the fenceline instead of chasing off the hawk or going in the coop. But now I have a problem that when the guineas see my ducks outside, they chase them back into the coop. They aren't working out for us

[@splitarrowfarm]

Oh no! Yeah sounds like they are not working in your favor right now. Sorry to hear that!

[@kezzaobee1462]

We got 3 this year, have put them in with my 2 hens eventually. At first they wanted to roam next door, I didn’t want that. We are on 5 acres. So I have trained them to stay home. They know when I call them now, I love them so much. I have one male and 2 females. I hope to get babies one day, hopefully. The male is dark other two are the lavender ones. So pretty. They love to fly, but do stay close to the home. I am so loving them. We lock them up every night. Only had a few sleep overs thus far up in our high trees. But that’s ok. Won’t cut wings so they can fly high to escape any predators if around.

[@splitarrowfarm]

Best of luck!

[@srb-hr1ru]

I had them, I raised both white and black with white spots, but I simply never want them anymore, at the moment I only raise Bso brama chickens and I am very satisfied

[@splitarrowfarm]

:)

[@johngibson2026]

You said you got them for tick control but didn't really mention how effective they are. I have the same problem at my house with ticks and was interested in some guinea fowl. Do you get less ticks on you from having guinea fowl?

[@splitarrowfarm]

Good point, I do think that they have helped we have noticed a lot less ticks on our dogs. We do keep the guinea in a section of our yard so they don't go around everywhere but I have seen a good decrease in that area.

[@victornowlin9092]

Thank you very informative

[@christinehelmus8461]

Have you noticed a decrease in ticks getting into the house?

[@splitarrowfarm]

We haven’t have you seen this with Guinea hens?

[@christinehelmus8461]

@@splitarrowfarm this is the only reason that I am getting the guinea fowl, for ticks.

[@tyrannusspissamentum4423]

I've read there are different types and certain ones tend to be aggressive. Thanks for the upload.

[@gmmcollects124]

We only have 1.1 acre, but it's like 75% woods. We have a lot of wood/dog ticks. I kind of want these. Do you think the woods make it too dangerous for them? I also wonder if they'd annoy my neighbors too much! Lol!

[@splitarrowfarm]

They can get loud. Even with 10 acres our neighbors hear them so I would just take a judge on your neighborhood and if they would call on you. Otherwise as long as you don’t clip their wings Guinea can fly. They are not the smartest though so take that into account haha

[@gmmcollects124]

@@splitarrowfarm Thank you for this! I love my neighbors, but I don't want them to hate me! Lol!

[@circlez]

​​@@splitarrowfarm Wow‼️ 🤔It will probably work on my 40 acres but my nearest neighbor who is a mile away still hears our chickens. 🐔🐔🐔🐔🐓🐔🐔🐔

[@francisdanielek2258]

We noticed those flytraps in the background of the Guinea video. How well do that work and would you recommend them?

[@splitarrowfarm]

We like them and have used them for a few years now!

[@circlez]

@Urban_Homestead_Mama I wonder if the guinea fowls deter rattleanakes.🤔What do you think❓️ Do guineas eat scorpions & spiders❓️🤔 I am grateful to have found your YT channel. 😊I am your newest subscriber❣️🤩

[@danwinter3042]

cons, the noise pros, bow and arrow practice.

[@mikedavis7733]

Great info. Having Chickens and Guinea for everything you said is true!,

[@splitarrowfarm]

Thanks for watching!

[@TheFrogfeeder]

I just added 6 French guineas to a chicken order, tick and bug control, I got lotsa ticks and some nasty crawlies around here- namely camel spiders, and I know there’s rattlers around here, so hopefully between guineas and buckeye chickens the rattlers won’t be on my property…

[@splitarrowfarm]

Best of luck!

[@aloo_ka_paratha]

My guinea fowl don't warm her egg what to do please guide

[@splitarrowfarm]

You will hopefully have a broody guinea but we sadly have not had any

[@country_zone6b]

French guineas or Jumbo guineas from Winters Guineas are not as noisy and they lay more eggs!❤❤❤❤

[@moorereviews]

Do they eat Japanese beetles?

[@derrickmoses3320]

We had a few that was really mean running after us

[@splitarrowfarm]

Oh wow!

[@sleepersix]

Don't chicken also eat it ticks?

[@splitarrowfarm]

Yes chickens do as well!

[@dandeleona4760]

If your guineas are excessively noisy, it's because they're mostly monogamous, tho they'll live in groups. The girls without mates will squawk endlessly calling for a roo to be her prince charming. We noticed it here when a third was pushed away, and spent all her days calling, calling, calling. He would answer but not go to her so it was constant cacophony all day long. One day the yard went silent, and she was gone. The remaining pair were remarkably quiet compared to the year there were three and he didn't want one of them. Listening to her all by herself in the yard was heartbreaking. Without a roo to protect her, she probably got snatched by a predator. But here's hoping she 'flew the coop' and is living her best life with her new man who appreciates her. QUOTE (from Akron Zoo) Guineafowl form strong, monogamous mating relationships, which often give way to behaviors such as courtship feeding, where the male will run several yards to give his mate a delicious snack he found. When guineafowl mate, they hide their nests in brush or tall grasses to protect them from predators. Guineafowl: The Underdogs of Pride of Africa - Akron Zoo

[@1848revolt]

Chickens eat snakes also. Believe it or not. I have guineas and chickens and ducks. Our guineas are trained. And guard dogs.

[@danamartin8286]

I love guineas, but they are too noisy. I had one girl. I raised her froma baby, so she thought I was her mom. If she could not see me she would scream!

[@splitarrowfarm]

They do get very protective

[@cykablyat8513]

lol how did this go? They attack the chickens? make noise all day long? Cocks killing the roosters and hens?

[@splitarrowfarm]

We have now had Guineas for a few years and I can’t imagine life without them on the homestead!

[@syamkumar3968]

Sister Praise the Lord I am pastor from india I had 2 hens chills and 1 guinea fowl out of 6 one died another 2 dog eaten I am poor pastor from india I need your suggestions

[@splitarrowfarm]

Oh no!

[@MissChievousRN]

Will they roost in the evening like chickens?

[@splitarrowfarm]

Yes they do!

[@erwinbrubacker7488]

Do I hear quail ?

[@donaldrussell4218]

My mother has 17 Guinea's and a bunch of chicken's and One goat.

[@splitarrowfarm]

Love it!

[@lisaapthorp2729]

Goats need other goats, it’s not kind to only keep one. Hopefully she’s getting more soon.

[@HelenEk7]

To skip the intro: 1:35

[@splitarrowfarm]

Thanks for highlighting

[@blacksmithtv5069]

@ "Brain 🧠 Power" 🤣 I bought a hen and her six kids yesterday

[@splitarrowfarm]

Congrats!

[@blacksmithtv5069]

@@splitarrowfarm Thank you 🙂

[@agussetiawan8192]

Good

[@splitarrowfarm]

Thanks

[@sulamanijalloh6609]

Hi I started with 3 tow females and one ☝️ man so far

[@splitarrowfarm]

Best of luck!

[@LocustIvy]

Those were not Guinea eggs ……

[@splitarrowfarm]

They were chicken eggs

[@pauliexcluded1]

Love my birds…. No down side. They are loud. Be aware.

[@themysteriousmoomoo3116]

They are cool pets except for the noise.. as someone who lives in a busier neighborhood, they make a noise Everytime a stick even moves and can be quite annoying.. we are actually slaughtering ours here soon for this reason because we can not stand the noise

[@splitarrowfarm]

Oh wow, I could see them being pretty wild in a city. In the woods, they are much quieter and more of a security system which is nice

[@infiniterecycler]

We live in the country and raised four guineas. Hasn’t been a year yet and they’ve got to go. They holler at anything. Even me and I spend a lot and i mean a lot of time around them. They were raised with my chickens and they can be bullies to them. They are much stronger and faster than my chickens. Down to my last straw and they got to go

[@markstamm272]

Ditto. Mine were super loud! And seemed to think I was a threat! I liked everything else about them. But the noise was annoying. My chickens are nice.

[@dalecampbell147]

Fowl ... both singular AND plural (not fowls)

[@astalander6061]

They mate for life...they love their flock...yet you say you will eat them. Most people seem to keep them together. .and note grief if they lose members. You speak so fondly of how they are together.

[@TRspeaksTRUTH]

Ricky Bobby hands. 😅

[@splitarrowfarm]

Haha

[@moorereviews]

Flock? Not pack.

[@donaldrussell4218]

They will eat the bug's off your plants and not hurt your plants.

[@splitarrowfarm]

Great!

[@chikken_soup]

So.... don't get guinea fowls to do your taxes?

[@splitarrowfarm]

Depends on how you feel about each

[@princed47130]

Herd, pack, flock? ALL birds are FLOCKS!!!!

[@ADIYHD]

A group of crows is called a Murder, Mob, or Horde.

[@discutiibiblice]

literally the entire 15 minutes and 7 seconds has her in front frame I'm sorry, I can't watch this, I just want to see the dam guinee

[@splitarrowfarm]

Sorry you feel this way!

[@valerieshealy741]

I couldn’t take the voice either. 2:33 Im done.

[@Youtoobisgay]

Its an informative video about guineas not a guinea compilation you goob. I personally thought she gave a lot of good insight to raising these birds. Also she has clips of the birds in the video.

[@minotauro8154]

I have chickens. But they’re the ones used for fighting. I don’t fight them but I also won’t eat them.

[@splitarrowfarm]

Best of luck with your chickens!