A Female Guinea Fowl Call by farmingfriends.avi

[Stormclouds777]

I bought 4 guineas at the market today. I thought they were adorable...but after a couple hours...I was on the phone trading them off for laying hens. lol!! I love them, but My neighbors would hate me if I kept those little guys. :(

[freelancestar]

We had a pair fly into our yard 8 years ago. My wife tossed a couple slices of white bread out, and they stayed! One was killed, but the other still hangs around. Roosts on the kids playground and screams at us at night to go to bed. Still only eats white bread. How long do they live?

[legoguy5406]

@freelancestar Hi, I just happened to know that they live about 15-20 years!

[lucariojr]

How do they make such a noise with such a small neck? o_0

[Haku1990]

What a great video on Guineas i love how the Females sound what it call? i hear the call they do have a name for it~ do you know what its call?

[hunterjumper70]

they are in my back yard right now lol

[quasiman8]

Really?  That's funny everyday seven of them are outside our window round about the same time each morning begging for bread and nuts. One of them chases the other, stopping it from trying to feed. It looks so funny! What do you feed them.

[seadaddy77]

do both male and female call or make the "honking" sound

[farmingfriends]

Hi Seadaddy,

The female makes this two syllable call but both the male and female also make a one syllable call that sounds like ach, ach, ach, ach, ach. Hope that helps. Thanks for your comment.farmingfriends

[kat4u2luv]

I found 4 guinea fowl wandering the underbrush behind my house in northern Indiana, 30 miles from Chicago. Strangest sounding things.

[farmingfriends]

Hi Kat4u2luv,

Yes they do sound strange. I wonder whether they were all females?

Thanks for commenting.

farmingfriends

[kat4u2luv]

There were two grey and two white, so I assumed they were pairs? Last I saw them was yesterday and they were in a very strange man in the neighborhoods fenced yard. I hope they got out because I'd hate to know what this guy would do with them.

[farmingfriends]

Hi again,

I hope that they are alright. They could have been 3 females and 1 male although guinea fowl do tend to pair off and stick with their partner.

Thanks for commenting

farmingfriends

[blunklaura]

I miss my guineas back home :(

My husband loathes guineas(well, their call at least) and says if I get some, he'll shoot them.

[farmingfriends]

Hi blunklaura, Thanks for commenting again.

What a shame your husband doesn't like them.

farmingfriends

[RandomCatFilms]

i love them birds i want to fill my entire house with them and then ill roll around in there bodys and they screech as they do in this video

[farmingfriends]

Hi RandomCatFilms,

They are great birds full of character.

farmingfriends

[blunklaura]

they are so cute

back when i was a kid my dad had 2-3 and they'd go outside his window, 5am every morning and call.

Annoying as hell, but--I miss the sound.

[farmingfriends]

Hi Blunklaura,

I can imagine the call is very annoying at 5 am. I can hear mine at about 7am so that is not too bad. Thanks for your comment. i think the guinea fowl have lovely feathers.

farmingfriends

[blunklaura]

do you know if the eggs are edible ?

i love their feathers--i made a collage on my wall using pictures and guinea feathers--it came out quite nice.

[farmingfriends]

Hi again,

What a great question. yes you can eat their eggs. they are smaller than hen eggs and have a harder shell but they are very tasty well worth trying. I am getting 12 a day now.

Their feathers are lovely. Your collage sounds interesting.

farmingfriends

[farmingfriends]

Hi kd5txo,

Yes it does sound a bit like that!!!

Thanks for commenting.

farmingfriends

[farmingfriends]

Hi Bob,

I am pleased that you found it useful.Good Luck with your guinea fowl.

farmingfriends