The Truth of Raising Guinea Fowls

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Urban Homestead Mama | Split Arrow Farm

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@annetteolivier721 Жыл бұрын

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 Жыл бұрын

Awesome tips! Thank you!

@valerieshealy741 Жыл бұрын

And they LOVE watermelon

@christiebetts-fi7qj 9 ай бұрын

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 9 ай бұрын

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

@amyalexahub 3 ай бұрын

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 3 ай бұрын

@@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 2 ай бұрын

@@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 2 ай бұрын

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.

@gunnarsederstrom2839 Жыл бұрын

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 Жыл бұрын

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

@stephanie1860 Жыл бұрын

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

@soxfan Жыл бұрын

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

@animashaunololade5507 22 күн бұрын

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

@rickthorp8363 Ай бұрын

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 Ай бұрын

Love itp

@1337farm Жыл бұрын

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

@splitarrowfarm Жыл бұрын

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!

@stacymessier2266 2 ай бұрын

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!

@TheUnfluencer 2 ай бұрын

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

@fullybakedgromlet5462 Жыл бұрын

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

@splitarrowfarm Жыл бұрын

Love this! Best of luck :)

@MrJBrehaut Жыл бұрын

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

@splitarrowfarm Жыл бұрын

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

@alexbeatty318 11 ай бұрын

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.

@KimalatHoldings 3 ай бұрын

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 3 ай бұрын

WOW, best of luck!

@sandramcleod9619 Жыл бұрын

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

@splitarrowfarm Жыл бұрын

Best of luck Sandra!

@victornowlin9092 4 ай бұрын

Thank you very informative

@rdtramp1122 10 ай бұрын

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 10 ай бұрын

Nice

@mikedavis7733 5 ай бұрын

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

@splitarrowfarm 5 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@surendersingal2192 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for teaching us how to keep guinea fowl?

@splitarrowfarm Жыл бұрын

Glad this was helpful

@joelneva6266 Жыл бұрын

💖 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 Жыл бұрын

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

@rickthorp8363 Ай бұрын

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.

@circlez Ай бұрын

@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❣️🤩

@srb-hr1ru Жыл бұрын

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 Жыл бұрын

@moorereviews 15 күн бұрын

Do they eat Japanese beetles?

@LadySagitar Жыл бұрын

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 Жыл бұрын

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

@kellyoconnor9773 Жыл бұрын

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

@splitarrowfarm Жыл бұрын

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

@BreannHooper Жыл бұрын

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

@splitarrowfarm Жыл бұрын

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

@tyrannusspissamentum4423 2 ай бұрын

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

@country_boy_zone6b 4 ай бұрын

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

@johngibson2026 4 ай бұрын

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 4 ай бұрын

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.

@gmmcollects124 Жыл бұрын

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 Жыл бұрын

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 Жыл бұрын

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

@circlez Ай бұрын

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

@TheFrogfeeder Жыл бұрын

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 Жыл бұрын

Best of luck!

@erwinbrubacker7488 Ай бұрын

Do I hear quail ?

@agussetiawan8192 Жыл бұрын

Good

@splitarrowfarm Жыл бұрын

Thanks

@pauliexcluded1 25 күн бұрын

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

@christinehelmus8461 5 ай бұрын

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

@splitarrowfarm 5 ай бұрын

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

@christinehelmus8461 4 ай бұрын

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

@GamerDad_91 2 ай бұрын

Would

@MissChievousRN Жыл бұрын

Will they roost in the evening like chickens?

@splitarrowfarm Жыл бұрын

Yes they do!

@sleepersix Жыл бұрын

Don't chicken also eat it ticks?

@splitarrowfarm Жыл бұрын

Yes chickens do as well!

@derrickmoses3320 6 ай бұрын

We had a few that was really mean running after us

@splitarrowfarm 6 ай бұрын

Oh wow!

@cykablyat8513 9 ай бұрын

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

@splitarrowfarm 9 ай бұрын

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

@syamkumar3968 10 ай бұрын

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 10 ай бұрын

Oh no!

@1848revolt 25 күн бұрын

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

@donaldrussell4218 8 ай бұрын

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

@splitarrowfarm 8 ай бұрын

Love it!

@lisaapthorp2729 3 ай бұрын

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

@blacksmithtv5069 Жыл бұрын

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

@splitarrowfarm Жыл бұрын

Congrats!

@blacksmithtv5069 Жыл бұрын

@@splitarrowfarm Thank you 🙂

@danamartin8286 Жыл бұрын

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 Жыл бұрын

They do get very protective

@sulamanijalloh6609 Жыл бұрын

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

@splitarrowfarm Жыл бұрын

Best of luck!

@HelenEk7 9 ай бұрын

To skip the intro: 1:35

@splitarrowfarm 9 ай бұрын

Thanks for highlighting

@astalander6061 Ай бұрын

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.

@moorereviews 14 күн бұрын

Flock? Not pack.

@LocustIvy Жыл бұрын

Those were not Guinea eggs ……

@splitarrowfarm Жыл бұрын

They were chicken eggs

@themysteriousmoomoo3116 Жыл бұрын

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 Жыл бұрын

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 Жыл бұрын

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 Ай бұрын

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.

@donaldrussell4218 8 ай бұрын

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

@splitarrowfarm 8 ай бұрын

Great!

@TRspeaksTRUTH 3 ай бұрын

Ricky Bobby hands. 😅

@splitarrowfarm 3 ай бұрын

Haha

@chikken_soup Жыл бұрын

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

@splitarrowfarm Жыл бұрын

Depends on how you feel about each

@discutiibiblice Жыл бұрын

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 Жыл бұрын

Sorry you feel this way!

@valerieshealy741 Жыл бұрын

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

@delta-db2qk Жыл бұрын

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.