Comments on: Guinea Fowl Behaviour http://www.farmingfriends.com/guinea-fowl-behaviour/ Meet the animals and harvest the information without getting your hands dirty! Sun, 12 Oct 2008 03:20:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.6 by: Sara @ Farming Friends http://www.farmingfriends.com/guinea-fowl-behaviour/#comment-3669 Sun, 04 Nov 2007 07:24:13 +0000 http://www.farmingfriends.com/guinea-fowl-behaviour/#comment-3669 Hi Sheila, I hope you are enjoying your guinea fowl. There are a number of ways to tell if a guinea fowl is male or female. Females hang lower to the ground .V. Males have more upright posture. Females have smaller wattles .V. Males have longer, larger cupped wattles. Females make 1 and 2 syllable calls .V. Males only make 1 syllable call. Females have smaller helmets .V. Males have larger helmets. Check out the video of the female to also help you identify the call. http://www.farmingfriends.com/female-guinea-fowl-call/ Hope this helps. Thank you so much for your comment and visit. Sara @ farmingfriends Hi Sheila, I hope you are enjoying your guinea fowl. There are a number of ways to tell if a guinea fowl is male or female.
Females hang lower to the ground .V. Males have more upright posture.

Females have smaller wattles .V. Males have longer, larger cupped wattles.

Females make 1 and 2 syllable calls .V. Males only make 1 syllable call.

Females have smaller helmets .V. Males have larger helmets.

Check out the video of the female to also help you identify the call. http://www.farmingfriends.com/female-guinea-fowl-call/
Hope this helps. Thank you so much for your comment and visit.
Sara @ farmingfriends

]]> by: sheila http://www.farmingfriends.com/guinea-fowl-behaviour/#comment-3662 Sun, 04 Nov 2007 00:16:39 +0000 http://www.farmingfriends.com/guinea-fowl-behaviour/#comment-3662 I have three guinea but I don't know which one is male. Its some caracteristic different between both I have three guinea but I don’t know which one is male. Its some caracteristic different between both

]]> by: Sara @ Farming Friends http://www.farmingfriends.com/guinea-fowl-behaviour/#comment-508 Fri, 15 Jun 2007 17:50:11 +0000 http://www.farmingfriends.com/guinea-fowl-behaviour/#comment-508 Hi Marty, Thanks for visiting and commenting. From my experience here in England the guinea fowl love to bask in the sun (when we get a sunny day!)but are also ok in the cold weather. When it rains heavily they tend to shelter in the hedgerows and under trees although I don't think they mind getting wet too much as they prefer to be free-ranging in the rain to sheltering in their poultry hut. I have to say that they do not like snow and will not walk on snow. When we had a heavy snowfall 2 years ago they flew into the trees to roost for 2 days until the snow had melted. I would try to place the coop in an area that does get alot of sun but is also sheltered from wind, rain and snow as much as possible. I don't have a heat source for mine in the Winter and they seem to have adapted really well to the British climate especially since they originate from a hotter climate. I hope this helps. Good luck with your guinea fowl keets and let me know how you get on. Sara @ Farming Friends Hi Marty,
Thanks for visiting and commenting. From my experience here in England the guinea fowl love to bask in the sun (when we get a sunny day!)but are also ok in the cold weather.
When it rains heavily they tend to shelter in the hedgerows and under trees although I don’t think they mind getting wet too much as they prefer to be free-ranging in the rain to sheltering in their poultry hut. I have to say that they do not like snow and will not walk on snow. When we had a heavy snowfall 2 years ago they flew into the trees to roost for 2 days until the snow had melted.
I would try to place the coop in an area that does get alot of sun but is also sheltered from wind, rain and snow as much as possible.
I don’t have a heat source for mine in the Winter and they seem to have adapted really well to the British climate especially since they originate from a hotter climate.
I hope this helps. Good luck with your guinea fowl keets and let me know how you get on.
Sara @ Farming Friends

]]> by: Marty http://www.farmingfriends.com/guinea-fowl-behaviour/#comment-507 Fri, 15 Jun 2007 14:14:51 +0000 http://www.farmingfriends.com/guinea-fowl-behaviour/#comment-507 I am receiving my first Guinea keets next week and my wife and I will be building thier coop and brooder this weekend. I have seen great designs for both but we are still debating on where to build thier coop. We have only 6 acres, so not a farm by any means, and we have neighbors. The place where we figure they will be the least bothersome to our neighbors and easily accessible by us will be in a wooded area. Do you think it would be wiser to try and place thier coop in a more sunlit area, or shouldn't it matter? I also live in Michigan, and we can get some pretty cold days in winter. Hod do they do in the cold? Will they need a heat source or can they adapt fairly well? I am receiving my first Guinea keets next week and my wife and I will be building thier coop and brooder this weekend. I have seen great designs for both but we are still debating on where to build thier coop. We have only 6 acres, so not a farm by any means, and we have neighbors. The place where we figure they will be the least bothersome to our neighbors and easily accessible by us will be in a wooded area. Do you think it would be wiser to try and place thier coop in a more sunlit area, or shouldn’t it matter? I also live in Michigan, and we can get some pretty cold days in winter. Hod do they do in the cold? Will they need a heat source or can they adapt fairly well?

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