Last spring I ordered Guinea chicks for the first time. They are almost a year old now and I just can't tell if I have all males or mostly males and possibly 1 female. Six out of 10 lived and I've got 3 breeds (I couldn't tell you the breeds if I tried, but can describe them). There's 3 of the lighter gray/lavender breed. I have a feeling these are all male. They seem to be the more aggressive ones in the flock. Then I've got 2 of the more common breed and 1 that's a little different with a white breast. One of the common ones is much smaller than all the others and seems to always run away from the rest.
When trying to identify them by their little waddles, they all look the same size to me.
I've also read that their eggs are slightly smaller than chicken's eggs with speckles. Every once in a while, I'll find a speckled egg, but in past experience, the chickens will sometimes have some speckles in their eggs, so I'm not totally convinced that these are Guinea eggs yet.
I've also noticed that my Leghorn rooster isn't as aggressive as he used to be before I got the Guineas. He seems to want to stay inside the coop while everyone else runs around crazy outside in the pen. I'm not sure if my male duck is dominating the flock or if the Guineas are.
I was hoping to try to hatch some Guinea AND chicken eggs this spring, but if my roo isn't doing his job and I have all male Guineas, that may be a bit difficult.
Any advice?
When trying to identify them by their little waddles, they all look the same size to me.
I've also read that their eggs are slightly smaller than chicken's eggs with speckles. Every once in a while, I'll find a speckled egg, but in past experience, the chickens will sometimes have some speckles in their eggs, so I'm not totally convinced that these are Guinea eggs yet.
I've also noticed that my Leghorn rooster isn't as aggressive as he used to be before I got the Guineas. He seems to want to stay inside the coop while everyone else runs around crazy outside in the pen. I'm not sure if my male duck is dominating the flock or if the Guineas are.
I was hoping to try to hatch some Guinea AND chicken eggs this spring, but if my roo isn't doing his job and I have all male Guineas, that may be a bit difficult.
Any advice?