How much are guineas bird worth?

Adult guinea fowl tend to cost anywhere from $10 to $25, depending on the breed of the bird. Rare breeds, such as the Sky Blue or Lavender varieties, can cost upwards of $25 depending on the hatchery you purchase them from.

What is the purpose of owning guineas?

Keeping guinea fowl is also an effective means of pest control. Flocks of guineas kill and eat mice and small rats. In addition, guinea fowl can be used to control insects. Wild guineas eat mainly insects, and domestic guineas can consume large amounts of insects without affecting garden vegetables or flowers.

Are guineas good eating?

Yes! Just like other poultry like chickens, ducks, and quail, guinea fowl are completely edible. And can be quite delicious!

Are guineas fowl friendly?

Now granted, guinea fowl will never be super duper lovey birds, but they can be trained to be friendly with you. Guinea fowl are just naturally more high strung than chickens.

Can chickens live with guineas?

It is not a harmonious relationship. They can also be pushy with smaller birds, although some of this behavior is modified if they are raised with chicks. Although Guineas are monogamous, there is the occasional mating of Guinea and chicken, resulting in sterile offspring.

Will guineas eat your garden?

Working as a team, guineas will eat any pest they can get their beaks on, but unlike chickens, do so without tearing and scratching up your garden. Since they free-range, they will hunt ticks (or beetles, fleas, grasshoppers, crickets, snakes) all over your property.

What age do you butcher guineas?

Guineas are not quick growing birds and it varies slightly. Never before 12 weeks, 14 to 16 weeks for small, young and tender and 20 to 16 weeks for full grown carcasses. Anything older than 35 weeks will be like eating boot leather.

Do guineas keep predators away?

Bruce King, who sells live guineas at Ebey Farms in Everett, Washington, provides an annotated list of reasons why guinea fowl make such good farm animals: their tastiness, their relatively low-maintenance lifestyles, their vigilance at keeping away predators.