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Farming Friends Forum » Guinea Fowl

1. MeDucks
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   A friend of mine, Kenducky, has along with his ducks and chickens a brood of four guinea fowl which were reared under a broody hen, with a rooster who watches over and protects this odd family.
   The guineas are now fully grown and are bigger than their foster mum.
   Recently after this family having roamed around the field together for months, one of them has taken to staying in the shed, and if it dares to venture out is instantly set upon by one of its siblings and forced back inside.

   The imperious rooster who protects them all from animals and humans alike seems to ignore this behaviour between his adopted family.

   We do not know the genders of the birds, so have no way of tying it in to this.
   Has anybody witnessed this behaviour, and is there an easy way of telling the sex [ie curly tails in drakes]

   Regards
   Barrie

   Posted 2 years ago #

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   Sara @ farmingfriends

   Hi Barrie,

   Ways to tell male and female guinea fowl. http://farmingfriends.com/guinea-fowl-gender-identification/

   Males have more upright posture. V. Females hang lower to the ground.

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

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

   Males have larger helmets. V Females have smaller helmets.

   
   The male is first then the female. This is Charlie and Camilla! They are now about 7 years old.

   Here is a video clip of a femlae guinea fowl call.
   

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   Female guinea fowl can make 2 types of call.
   The 1 syllable call can also be made by the males and sounds like, “Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah……”
   This call is very loud and is usually made to frighten away predators.
   The 2 syllable call can only be made by the female and sounds like they are saying, “Come back, come back, come back.”
   This call is used to communicate with other guinea fowl and is sometimes made when one of the females has been separated from the group.

   Hope this helps.
   Kind regards
   sara @ farmingfriends

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   Posted 2 years ago #

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