My sweet friend, youll look back and realize that you did not know what you just did... and wished you hadn't. Hopefully you do not have large birds if prey, fox, or a wild feline. When my grandparents both past last year, I adopted their guineas who were accustomed to roosting in trees. I found out very quickly bobcats, fox, owls, and I've even mountain lion love how guineas taste.. and can not resist. My flock since have no trouble anymore coming in to roost where they know they are protected in a shelter, and will even tolerate being inside a coop given there's plenty of space. If I am going to get any kind of decent and worry free sleep at night, my guineas are safe from predators all around them, including above. I agree, and recognize it is totally natural for them to roost in trees, but there is nothing short of trouble choosing this option. They are pretty smart birds. The guineas are trainable. Even old guineas.. After experiencing and surviving enough traumatic attacks from roosting in trees, they definitely know its extremely dangerous for them to do so.... and they do not give their any resistance once they know you are the only one that can, or will protect them.
Thank you. After a few more weeks in the trees I had enough of worrying over them. We did actually have a feral cat climb the trees and take 1 and kill it but didn't eat it. Anyway it was a nightmare but we managed to catch all of them to start retraining to the coop, which we did when we initially got them, so another 6 weeks in it was (the new bunch led my very well behaved flock astray, they used to come back every night and they knew where they were allowed, this new lot was a nightmare). A few weeks into the training we started hearing the geese go off when the fox came to visit at certain times of the night but our coops here are fox proof so he never got in. But one night he tormented them so bad that SEVEN dropped dead in one night from fear alone. So we have left guineas alone now, and I'm not sure if I'll ever get them again. I do love their quirkiness and benefits to the homestead, but to be honest the second batch that we bought was a royal pain in the buttocks.
@@LivingTheDreamPermaculture Gotta love teenagers!! I'm so sorry to hear of your loss!! Guineas are fragile mentally, and really are sensitive creatures. Lovers not fighters, they are quite the little comedians... they love to play and antagonize at every opportunity!! I have cayuga and rouen ducks, who are not built to fly. Every morning when I let the ducks out after the guineas they make a run for the pond trying to fly to get there faster.. but not really getting flight.. one morning I finally realized that the guineas were openly making fun of the ducks pretending they were the ducks trying to fly. Every day they teach me something new. I'm never bored when they are around!!
Our neighbor mysteriously had 5 guinea fowl in her yard a few days ago, hanging out with her chickens. The next day they had jumped over to our property to hang out with our chickens. Apparently they like ours better because they haven't left. We let them out during the day but they walk in the coop before the chickens do and roost for the night. The first night they went up into the trees, but they quickly decided they like the coop pen better. They are entertaining; keeps the yard loud and lively.
I had the same thing happen to me. One day I had 6 guinea fowl appear from nowhere. I hated them for the noise they made so I ate 2 of them but now they've calmed down and hardly make a sound and happy to mingle with the chickens (100+). I find eggs from the guinea's and decided to incubate them but wanted to make sure I still have a male of which I now know I do although I've never seen them mating.
I've been raising Guinea fowl for about 8 years now. I've had them want to roost in trees before but they didn't want to do that very often. The bunch I have now just started doing this last night (in the middle of the Winter no less). I don't like it because they wake up everyone around 5:30 in the morning.
Mine were sleeping in the trees and an owl got one. It was so very sad. The rest avoided the tree for about 8 months and now they are back to sleeping in it
We use to have some guinea. After about 8month they started sleeping where ever they wanted instead of with the chicken behind the electric netting and a predator started picking them off one at a time. I'm thinking about trying them again but keeping them cooped up longer and see if that will help to bring them in at night for there protection.
I've found that keeping them in the pen for 6 weeks works wonders in them finding home. These new ones were accidentally let out by one of our kids 3 weeks too soon, but they joined the existing 2 so came back the first 2 nights in their coops. Now they come back but they all roost in this tree. As long as they come back to the tree all will be well as foxes can't climb, so we make sure we count them each night, and so far so good. We do have a fox that hangs about, as it's dug up a dead sheep, but the geese scare it away from inside their pen.
So the short answer is, keep them locked up for 6 weeks and they should return back each night. Every now and again you may need to hunt one down but as long as you do and return it to the coop they should continue their nightly return...
@@LivingTheDreamPermaculture I kept them locked up for three months. The next three to four months they kept coming back to the coop but the seven to eight month range they started sleeping in random places.
Oh that's so hard! 3 months should be more than adequate! We found the night they wandered, we would have to go find them otherwise they form a new habit, so we had to traverse 54 acres looking for those darn birds! (not an easy feat in long grass and trees haha)
Please I have a question, Can a guinea flow still lay eggs and hatch if the feathers are peal off or cut constantly ? (peal off or cut so that thay won't fly away) Thanks for your answer.
@@LivingTheDreamPermaculture thank you do much. In fact, I am new at farming. I bought 5 Guinea hen and 1 rooster that I bought since December 2019. I am been pulling out their wings feathers each time it grows so that they will stay in my fence, but since I got them they didn't lay a since eggs. I was trying to think of the reason. In Cameroon where I am from, I was told that June july was the laying season. I still haven't see a single egg. I know for sure that they have not lay since they don't fly out of the fence. Any help please.
Gods love guineas will hide there nest! And will lay 20,30,40 eggs. 2 guineas will be the nest guards and will bleat loudly if you get too close to finding nest. If you find the nest dont let guinea know youve found it! Leave some eggs but mark the ones you leave. If you take all eggs, they will find a new secret hidden place to lay and then youll have to find nest all over again
Thank you!! This is the best description I have found to tell the difference.
Glad it was helpful!
@@LivingTheDreamPermaculture there mean
Thank you for your knowledgeable video , was very helpful 🙏💞
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you for the video
2 syllable noise, not decible. Decible is the measurement of how loud a noise is :)
haha yes thank you
The girl is actually saying “get back, get back”. She doesn’t want them males bothering her.
hahaha
My sweet friend, youll look back and realize that you did not know what you just did... and wished you hadn't. Hopefully you do not have large birds if prey, fox, or a wild feline. When my grandparents both past last year, I adopted their guineas who were accustomed to roosting in trees. I found out very quickly bobcats, fox, owls, and I've even mountain lion love how guineas taste.. and can not resist. My flock since have no trouble anymore coming in to roost where they know they are protected in a shelter, and will even tolerate being inside a coop given there's plenty of space. If I am going to get any kind of decent and worry free sleep at night, my guineas are safe from predators all around them, including above. I agree, and recognize it is totally natural for them to roost in trees, but there is nothing short of trouble choosing this option. They are pretty smart birds. The guineas are trainable. Even old guineas.. After experiencing and surviving enough traumatic attacks from roosting in trees, they definitely know its extremely dangerous for them to do so.... and they do not give their any resistance once they know you are the only one that can, or will protect them.
Thank you. After a few more weeks in the trees I had enough of worrying over them. We did actually have a feral cat climb the trees and take 1 and kill it but didn't eat it. Anyway it was a nightmare but we managed to catch all of them to start retraining to the coop, which we did when we initially got them, so another 6 weeks in it was (the new bunch led my very well behaved flock astray, they used to come back every night and they knew where they were allowed, this new lot was a nightmare). A few weeks into the training we started hearing the geese go off when the fox came to visit at certain times of the night but our coops here are fox proof so he never got in. But one night he tormented them so bad that SEVEN dropped dead in one night from fear alone. So we have left guineas alone now, and I'm not sure if I'll ever get them again. I do love their quirkiness and benefits to the homestead, but to be honest the second batch that we bought was a royal pain in the buttocks.
@@LivingTheDreamPermaculture Gotta love teenagers!! I'm so sorry to hear of your loss!! Guineas are fragile mentally, and really are sensitive creatures. Lovers not fighters, they are quite the little comedians... they love to play and antagonize at every opportunity!! I have cayuga and rouen ducks, who are not built to fly. Every morning when I let the ducks out after the guineas they make a run for the pond trying to fly to get there faster.. but not really getting flight.. one morning I finally realized that the guineas were openly making fun of the ducks pretending they were the ducks trying to fly. Every day they teach me something new. I'm never bored when they are around!!
@@swhitham hahaha that's hilarious!
Spot on !
Thank You. I hope you are well :)
Wow. So very interesting!
They are one of my favourite birds!
Our neighbor mysteriously had 5 guinea fowl in her yard a few days ago, hanging out with her chickens. The next day they had jumped over to our property to hang out with our chickens. Apparently they like ours better because they haven't left. We let them out during the day but they walk in the coop before the chickens do and roost for the night. The first night they went up into the trees, but they quickly decided they like the coop pen better. They are entertaining; keeps the yard loud and lively.
I had the same thing happen to me. One day I had 6 guinea fowl appear from nowhere. I hated them for the noise they made so I ate 2 of them but now they've calmed down and hardly make a sound and happy to mingle with the chickens (100+). I find eggs from the guinea's and decided to incubate them but wanted to make sure I still have a male of which I now know I do although I've never seen them mating.
We love the accent 😊
I've been raising Guinea fowl for about 8 years now. I've had them want to roost in trees before but they didn't want to do that very often. The bunch I have now just started doing this last night (in the middle of the Winter no less). I don't like it because they wake up everyone around 5:30 in the morning.
Oh yes they can be incredibly noisy haha
Very helpful!
No worries
Awesome. Guessing ima have lotsa males then 😂
oh no...
We're still on the fence about Guinea fowl.😬
I do love them! I say go for it!!!!
Thank you!, for sharing this video.
Boys are always so smart.
Not much noisy like girls.
hahaha i'm not sure about smart but noisy yes :)
Silly comments like this could be avoided with more articulate thinking.
Yeah
What kind of sexist Muslim crap is this
Mine were sleeping in the trees and an owl got one. It was so very sad. The rest avoided the tree for about 8 months and now they are back to sleeping in it
Very interesting an owl got one! I do hate loosing my birds so I understand
How do you trap the owls
Very nice
thank you
We use to have some guinea. After about 8month they started sleeping where ever they wanted instead of with the chicken behind the electric netting and a predator started picking them off one at a time. I'm thinking about trying them again but keeping them cooped up longer and see if that will help to bring them in at night for there protection.
I've found that keeping them in the pen for 6 weeks works wonders in them finding home. These new ones were accidentally let out by one of our kids 3 weeks too soon, but they joined the existing 2 so came back the first 2 nights in their coops. Now they come back but they all roost in this tree. As long as they come back to the tree all will be well as foxes can't climb, so we make sure we count them each night, and so far so good. We do have a fox that hangs about, as it's dug up a dead sheep, but the geese scare it away from inside their pen.
So the short answer is, keep them locked up for 6 weeks and they should return back each night. Every now and again you may need to hunt one down but as long as you do and return it to the coop they should continue their nightly return...
@@LivingTheDreamPermaculture I kept them locked up for three months. The next three to four months they kept coming back to the coop but the seven to eight month range they started sleeping in random places.
Oh that's so hard! 3 months should be more than adequate! We found the night they wandered, we would have to go find them otherwise they form a new habit, so we had to traverse 54 acres looking for those darn birds! (not an easy feat in long grass and trees haha)
Please I have a question,
Can a guinea flow still lay eggs and hatch if the feathers are peal off or cut constantly ?
(peal off or cut so that thay won't fly away)
Thanks for your answer.
As in their wing feathers? That shouldn't affect their ability to hatch, I've had ducks and chickens with clipped wings still brood successfully.
@@LivingTheDreamPermaculture
thank you do much.
In fact, I am new at farming.
I bought 5 Guinea hen and 1 rooster that I bought since December 2019. I am been pulling out their wings feathers each time it grows so that they will stay in my fence, but since I got them they didn't lay a since eggs. I was trying to think of the reason. In Cameroon where I am from, I was told that June july was the laying season. I still haven't see a single egg. I know for sure that they have not lay since they don't fly out of the fence.
Any help please.
@@godslove564 have you tried cutting instead of pulling? If they are stressed they will not lay.
Gods love guineas will hide there nest! And will lay 20,30,40 eggs. 2 guineas will be the nest guards and will bleat loudly if you get too close to finding nest. If you find the nest dont let guinea know youve found it! Leave some eggs but mark the ones you leave. If you take all eggs, they will find a new secret hidden place to lay and then youll have to find nest all over again
Can the females make the same sound as the males?
not in my experience.
I love Guinea fowl. They are great for free range and really good watch dogs. And, they are really good to eat. Kinda like a big pheasant
They are fully of spunk haha. Oh I've never eaten them, but would definitely give it a go!
My guinea fowl makes both noises
wow
It sounds like the girl is saying pucker up
hahaha
my grand son...thinks they saying...look back...lookback
hahaha
What is age of these birds??
they were a year old
Hi..
hello
Guinea flow how to breed normal hen
I'm sorry I don't understand what you are asking.
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