http://www.farmingfriends.com/identifying-male-and-female-guinea-fowl/ Meet the animals and harvest the information without getting your hands dirty! Thu, 20 Nov 2008 09:46:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.6 http://www.farmingfriends.com/identifying-male-and-female-guinea-fowl/#comment-14542 Thu, 09 Oct 2008 17:36:16 +0000 http://www.farmingfriends.com/identifying-male-and-female-guinea-fowl/#comment-14542 Hi Donna, My guinea fowl (male and female - 35 in total) and hens (17 all female) live in the same hut on a night and then free range around the farm during the day. When I only had one hen ( Hatty ) and the guinea fowl, Hatty would stick with a gang of five guinea fowl everyday. The guinea fowl and chickens don't mind each other. I have male guinea fowl but no cockerels. Cockerels won't mix with male guinea fowl they will fight. Hope this helps. I have recently set yup a forum which is free to join where you can ask about hens and guinea fowl and chat about your poultry, you may find it of interest. http://farmingfriends.com/forums/ Let me know what your chick turns out to be. Kind regards Sara @ farmingfriends Hi Donna,
My guinea fowl (male and female - 35 in total) and hens (17 all female) live in the same hut on a night and then free range around the farm during the day. When I only had one hen ( Hatty ) and the guinea fowl, Hatty would stick with a gang of five guinea fowl everyday. The guinea fowl and chickens don’t mind each other. I have male guinea fowl but no cockerels. Cockerels won’t mix with male guinea fowl they will fight.
Hope this helps.
I have recently set yup a forum which is free to join where you can ask about hens and guinea fowl and chat about your poultry, you may find it of interest. http://farmingfriends.com/forums/
Let me know what your chick turns out to be.
Kind regards
Sara @ farmingfriends

]]> http://www.farmingfriends.com/identifying-male-and-female-guinea-fowl/#comment-14541 Thu, 09 Oct 2008 16:53:26 +0000 http://www.farmingfriends.com/identifying-male-and-female-guinea-fowl/#comment-14541 I purchased chickens last week for the first time. Some were marked pullets and some of them were mixed breeds in the same pen. There was one with a brown strip on it's head. As it has grown this past week it has more traits like a guinea than a chick. If she turns out to be a guinea, will it live well with the chickens? Best Regards, Donna I purchased chickens last week for the first time. Some were marked pullets and some of them were mixed breeds in the same pen. There was one with a brown strip on it’s head. As it has grown this past week it has more traits like a guinea than a chick. If she turns out to be a guinea, will it live well with the chickens? Best Regards, Donna

]]> http://www.farmingfriends.com/identifying-male-and-female-guinea-fowl/#comment-13720 Sun, 21 Sep 2008 08:16:05 +0000 http://www.farmingfriends.com/identifying-male-and-female-guinea-fowl/#comment-13720 Hi Gloria, Thanks for visiting farmingfriends and leaving this "eggcellent" question!!! Female guinea fowl can start laying as early as 16 weeks old. In the UK they tend to lay between March and September. They are ground nesting birds and will dig out abit of a hole in the undergrowth and then start to lay they often share a nest. Finding the nest can sometimes be hard so observing the birds and watching for males hovering near a patch of nettles in the laying season may be a sign that a nest is not too far away. Hope this information is useful. Just to let you know that I have set up a forum where guinea fowl enthusiasts can chat about their guinea fowl and ask questions and learn from each other. It is free to join. You may find it useful. Here is the link http://farmingfriends.com/forums/forum.php?id=2 Kind regards Sara @ farmingfriends Hi Gloria,
Thanks for visiting farmingfriends and leaving this “eggcellent” question!!!
Female guinea fowl can start laying as early as 16 weeks old. In the UK they tend to lay between March and September. They are ground nesting birds and will dig out abit of a hole in the undergrowth and then start to lay they often share a nest.
Finding the nest can sometimes be hard so observing the birds and watching for males hovering near a patch of nettles in the laying season may be a sign that a nest is not too far away.
Hope this information is useful.
Just to let you know that I have set up a forum where guinea fowl enthusiasts can chat about their guinea fowl and ask questions and learn from each other. It is free to join. You may find it useful. Here is the link http://farmingfriends.com/forums/forum.php?id=2
Kind regards
Sara @ farmingfriends

]]> http://www.farmingfriends.com/identifying-male-and-female-guinea-fowl/#comment-13610 Fri, 19 Sep 2008 10:48:25 +0000 http://www.farmingfriends.com/identifying-male-and-female-guinea-fowl/#comment-13610 I am wondering at what age do they start laying. Thanks I am wondering at what age do they start laying. Thanks

]]> http://www.farmingfriends.com/identifying-male-and-female-guinea-fowl/#comment-10455 Sun, 29 Jun 2008 14:50:41 +0000 http://www.farmingfriends.com/identifying-male-and-female-guinea-fowl/#comment-10455 Hi Sara. I will find this info helpful as my 4 young Guinea Fowl grow a bit more Thanks Hi Sara.
I will find this info helpful as my 4 young Guinea Fowl grow a bit more
Thanks

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