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Livestock => Poultry & Waterfowl => Topic started by: mojocafa on March 10, 2013, 07:16:51 am

Title: Guinea fowl v fox
Post by: mojocafa on March 10, 2013, 07:16:51 am

Has anyone had guinea fowl killed by fox? Are they good flock protectors ?

Mojo

Title: Re: Guinea fowl v fox
Post by: taz08 on March 10, 2013, 08:04:30 am

i was told there good protector s

 was suposed to be getting some today ,, but with the weather ,, will be delayed a week

Title: Re: Guinea fowl v fox
Post by: chrismahon on March 10, 2013, 08:24:20 am

I have heard that 6 will make enough noise to scare a fox away. They are very flighty so i would be surprised if a fox could catch one in the open. I've seen them with chickens and they are rather bossy. very popular dish over here. Plenty of Youtube vids on line of them in action so you can judge for yourself Mojocafa.

Title: Re: Guinea fowl v fox
Post by: Julestools on March 10, 2013, 11:45:42 am

Our guinea fowl always used to roost in the hedge (Leylandii) outside the hen pen. If anyone/thing came down the drive they would start making a noise...... lots of noise. Never had much trouble from foxes though
These days (no guinea fowl) the collie spends all day hearding the hens around the orchard

Title: Re: Guinea fowl v fox
Post by: The Lint Mill on March 11, 2013, 09:01:02 pm

We had 7 out of nine killed by the fox in nov/dec,  roost high but looked like an early morning strike as they are always on the ground from (very) early light.

The noise they make seems not to deter our fox.......sadly