Guinea Keet

Why Guineas?

A natural alarm system and guardian bird – sounding the alarm whenever anything unusual occurs.

Consume large amounts of insects. Natural Lyme disease prevention!

Are easy and inexpensive to raise, resistant to many diseases.

Fend for themselves, living on insects, seeds, and grasses. Lower feed costs. Still need a balanced diet.

Guineas feed on ticks/bugs as a food source, it’s a more natural (greener) way to control the insect pest population, allowing reduced use of chemicals and pesticides. Guineas will kill rats, mice and snakes.

Eggs – did you know their eggs have more protein than chicken eggs? 15 g of protein compared to 6g of protein. Great for a keto diet!

They are very tasty and make a great table bird.

Are you looking to add a valuable asset to your farm that offers a range of benefits? Look no further than guinea fowl!

Natural Pest Control

Guinea fowl are renowned for their voracious appetites for insects and pests. By adding guinea fowl to your farm, you can significantly reduce the population of ticks, beetles, and other harmful insects without the need for chemical pesticides.

Low Maintenance

These hardy birds are relatively low maintenance, requiring minimal care compared to other poultry. They thrive in free-range environments and are excellent foragers, requiring less supplementary feeding.

Watchful Protectors

Guinea fowl are known for their vigilant nature. Their innate ability to detect and alert to potential threats makes them excellent watchful guardians for your farm. They can help alert you to the presence of intruders or predators.

Delicious and Nutritious Eggs

Guinea fowl eggs are a delicacy, prized for their rich flavor and nutritional benefits. By keeping guinea fowl, you'll have a fresh and unique addition to your farm's egg production.

Guineas are highly social with their own kind; where one goes, they all go. If one gets lost it will call out until the flock comes to find it.

They can co-exist with other species such as chickens, ducks, etc but typically like to be the “boss”, more so the males so separation might be necessary as they mature. Keets can be raised with other baby fowl but once they mature a bit and get real “squirrely” then you will need then to be in their own space. They love roosting in trees or other high places, in your coop place your roosts high. Guinea need housing to go into, please don’t have them if you don’t have housing they can wander during the day but need shelter in inclement weather and in the evenings. If left out at night they have a very high chance of getting killed by aerial predators.

Our trick to entice them into the coop each evening is a call we use every day (trained since the keet stage) and millet. Try to do this before dark they seem to dislike entering a dark place, so a low output light bulb should be kept on until they are all settled in. If you do decide to keep your guineas in confinement, they need 2-3 square foot space per bird. Any less and they are likely to become stressed, these are semi-wild fowl and do not generally thrive in confinement. These birds are monogamous and mate for life in the wild. A good ratio of male to female is often 1:5 and this seems to generally work well. They are loud, please remember this for your neighbors. Check local zoning laws.

Guineas are considered a gamebird and need higher protein when developing. We recommend Sugar Feather Farm gamebird starter, when they are keets, Sugar Feather Farm gamebird grower when they are growing, and when the hit maturation you can switch to our adult feed.

We also highly recommend purchasing the oil of oregano — it helps with overall gut health and bird health.

We highly recommend using the Oil of Oregano in their water daily as a supplement to aid with digestion and overall health.