<div class="text-justify"> <br> Foxes...I love 'em, but I hate them too. As a poultry keeper it's my responsibility to keep my birds safe from these natural predators. I _have_ had losses this past winter - my entire flock of Ixworth (_my fault as I didn't shut the coop door quick enough after dark_), my prize and beloved Silkie hen (_fox chewed through her wooden coop_) and a few chickens here and there (_again, my fault, as I didn't count properly when I put them to bed_). ![124.jpg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmWWFk5eMsLkdVwQAbNBspM96kELrBYtTuqvvhJHqn4kbs/124.jpg) <center> _A day off guinea fowl keet._ </center> I'm pretty happy with my night time arrangements - the coops are safe. But what about the day time? # Day Time Attacks <br> I haven't experienced a day time attack as yet but it's something I fear. My neighbour lost her birds at 3pm to a fox, and one of my egg customers sees foxes behind her garden all day long. Unfortunately, the way in which my garden is set up, my main poultry coop has an outside yard with no netting or fencing and it would be almost impossible to build anything. So, that means, I want to create an 'alarm system' for when I'm at home and my birds are out. And that's where the guinea fowl come in. # The Guinea Fowl Call <br> Guinea Fowl are notorious for being loud. I mean, _VERY_ loud. But having worked with them in my day job I've come to realise that like chickens, they're only really loud when they're anxious. By spending time with my birds at work, they've quietened down immensely because they've become used to me, my colleagues, birds flying overhead etc. And so, this is my aim with my own birds - get them used to Saad and I, to the dogs, to overflying birds and hawks so that when I hear them going on at the bottom of the garden, they're going mad for a reason! # Start with Keets <br> ![IMG_20180618_200333_022.jpg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmdno2WSuFYBkoJhoiJb6Jk3xeW3us64Pqy87WQ9jsAe4S/IMG_20180618_200333_022.jpg) <center> _Three weeks old._ </center> ![IMG_20180618_200444_614.jpg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmdryWU1L3ekPtur9J4HnCMrJcxSm5g8ssgdtjktQEoRny/IMG_20180618_200444_614.jpg) <center> _Guinea keets are ALWAYS on the move._ </center> By all accounts, it's honestly best to hatch your own eggs and start with keets. Not only are guinea's loud but they're very well known for flying away and doing their own thing. You've got a much better chance at keeping them where you want them by a) wing clipping and b) training them nice and early. I've hatched out three lovely keets and they're growing fast. I'm getting them used to me and my dogs as they're currently living alongside 4 chicks in the living room. At some stage we'll venture outside but I don't think they're quite ready for that - nor the neighbours! They're curious little birds and the keets are extremely cute when compared with the bone, naked-headed adults (_though I, personally, love their dinosaur look_)! They are also _SO HARD TO TAKE A PICTURE OF_. Boy, these things do _NOT_ stay still! So this is the start of my guinea fowl alarm system. Do you keep guineas? How do you train them? I'd love to see some pictures in the comments, so if you have them, show me! :D Thanks for reading, Geoff <br> <center>**THANKS FOR READING. PLEASE CONSIDER UPVOTING, COMMENTING AND RESTEEMING.**</center> <center>**You can find me on [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZYY-xDLEzQg8XjsedypRvA), [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/BrimwoodFarm/), [Twitter](https://twitter.com/BrimwoodFarm) and [Patreon](https://www.patreon.com/geoffwakeling).**</center> <p><center>https://steemitimages.com/DQmY57vzC4BxCLbbQc3w2PxmxfoVTSezzKvxEQWK7k9eyeB/Logo%201-1%20Small.jpg</center> <center>Join Link: https://discord.gg/VKCrWsS </center> <center>Community Link: http://homesteaders-online.com </center></p> </div>
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We had guineas when we first moved to the our property. We bought them a few days old. Raised them in a 10 by 10 for 6 months so the would remember where home is. After 6 months I started to let them free-range. They did great for about 4 months then started getting picked off by a fox because some times they would want to sleep some where else besides there 10 by 10. But your right there loud and when your around them long enough you can tell there different sounds and what they could mean.
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That's good to know. Did you attempt wing clipping? I am concerned with them flying off so was going to wing clip (_like I have to do with some of my more adventurous hens_) in an attempt to stop them disappearing.
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Good work always better to use natural ways. Hope their not to noise for next door 💯🐒
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I think they might be!
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Oh well you'll have to get tot the farm sooner 💯🐒
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I have had a lot of poultry but never GF. However, the lady who lives opposite has GF and peacocks. You can imagine how loud that gets!
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WOAH! Yes, I can imagine that's MEGA loud!
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