My neighbour has Guinea Hens. Should I be worried?

Post Reply
User avatar
labradors
Head Chicken
Posts: 1059
Joined: Sat Mar 18, 2017 7:20 pm
x 1098

My neighbour has Guinea Hens. Should I be worried?

Post by labradors » Tue Jan 12, 2021 12:57 pm

My next-door neighbour has Guinea Hens which free range. I think he raised them from day-olds in the fall. We hear them squawking in the trees, and one was in one of our trees the other day.

Should I be worried about them coming over here and messing up my veggie garden in the summer?

I hear that they can terrorize chickens?!?!?!

Linda
0

User avatar
Ontario Chick
Poultry Guru
Posts: 5397
Joined: Sat Dec 12, 2015 10:12 am
Answers: 2
Location: Carp - West Ottawa
x 9618

Re: My neighbour has Guinea Hens. Should I be worried?

Post by Ontario Chick » Tue Jan 12, 2021 2:16 pm

I would think of it as lovely free dinner, if one of your dogs "finds" one in your garden ;)
3

User avatar
TomK
Stringy Old Chicken
Posts: 1848
Joined: Sat Dec 12, 2015 9:38 am
Location: Lovely Rideau Lakes Township
x 2530

Re: My neighbour has Guinea Hens. Should I be worried?

Post by TomK » Tue Jan 12, 2021 6:01 pm

:iagree: ...what OC said...lol.. :run:
2
If you don't plant the tree, you will never have the fruit...

User avatar
labradors
Head Chicken
Posts: 1059
Joined: Sat Mar 18, 2017 7:20 pm
x 1098

Re: My neighbour has Guinea Hens. Should I be worried?

Post by labradors » Tue Jan 12, 2021 9:24 pm

Very funny OC, but what makes you think that my dogs would share? {LOL}

Linda
1

User avatar
kenya
Henny Penny
Posts: 4446
Joined: Sat Dec 12, 2015 5:14 pm
Answers: 1
Location: Stratford,ontario
x 4319

Re: My neighbour has Guinea Hens. Should I be worried?

Post by kenya » Wed Jan 13, 2021 7:56 am

I would think it's worth having them just to get rid of ticks.
0

User avatar
KimChick
Head Chicken
Posts: 1454
Joined: Mon Nov 14, 2016 8:00 am
Location: Rideau Lakes
x 1313

Re: My neighbour has Guinea Hens. Should I be worried?

Post by KimChick » Wed Jan 13, 2021 6:34 pm

I agree with OC. My mother's neighbour has hens and once or twice a hen has wandered over and the dog got it.
I do believe that free ranging chickens also eat ticks.
0

User avatar
WLLady
Stringy Old Soup Pot Hen of a Moderator
Posts: 5613
Joined: Mon Dec 07, 2015 9:55 pm
Answers: 5
Location: Rural near West Lorne and Glencoe
x 8527

Re: My neighbour has Guinea Hens. Should I be worried?

Post by WLLady » Thu Jan 14, 2021 6:27 am

My guineas have only ever eaten bugs from the garden. They have never dug up or eaten the plants like chickens do... I would not worry about that. But the noise.... Ug they are soooo noisy. They do taste good-like pheasant....
3
:giraffe: Pet quality wheaten/blue wheaten ameraucanas, welsummers, barred rocks, light brown leghorns; Projects on the go: rhodebars, welbars

User avatar
Killerbunny
Poultry Guru - total zen level
Posts: 7869
Joined: Sat Dec 12, 2015 12:04 pm
Answers: 4
Location: Brockville
x 10155

Re: My neighbour has Guinea Hens. Should I be worried?

Post by Killerbunny » Thu Jan 14, 2021 6:34 am

I ate the 2 guineas we had because they were so aggressive to my Tom turkeys despite the turkeys being penned separately. Noise was not so bad and our neighbour liked it because it warned him when something was up with his cattle too. We found that if they did kick up you had better go check!
1
:iheartpto:
Beltsville Small White turkeys.
Mutt chickens for eggs
RIP Stephen the BSW Tom and my coffee companion.
RIP Lucky the Very Brave Splash Wyandotte rooster.
RIP little Muppet the rescue cat.
:turkey:

:bat:

Post Reply

Return to “Breed Specific Discussion”