Guinea fowl wanted for snake control

[Chandra]

Hi Hari,

Do you have any further updates on how the birds are doing and their benefits? How do you protect them from dogs and other predators?

I wish I could have some eggs to try them out.

[thamadasb]

@haridevarapalli

Let me answer my question.

After searching a lot to buy Guinea hen chicks (Keets) I found someone selling them in our neighborhood.

Our main intention is have them on the farm for snake control but looks like they have many other benefits.

1. Very low cost maintenance or I would say zero maintenance.
2. Helps us in pest control ,they eat various insects on the farm and forage other stuff.
3. They don’t need any separate shelter, they rest on the trees during night.
4. Disease free, we din’t give any vaccines or medicines.
5. Best alert system, they are the first once to alert when they see anything new on the farm.

They don’t require any inputs or efforts but they will give us eggs. Recently our hens started laying , eggs are small but taste wise they are not different from chicken eggs. They have been laying continuously for last 1 month with 1-2 day break. Not sure how long they will lay eggs but they will give you good number of eggs.

If anyone is interested to raise them on their farms I can provide you few eggs for free.

Hari Devarapalli
amruthafarms.blogspot.in/

I also heard that these hens multiply like anything and take care of snakes and quite tastey as well. I would also like to have them in my farm but dont have a 24x7 care taker

[haridevarapalli]

They become very alert when they spot anything new the surroundings.Our birds used to nest on the trees and they are OK even if there is no 24x7 care taker. They are tasty and lay good number of eggs.

But unfortunately most of our birds fell prey for dogs. These birds won’t try to escape from dogs instead they try to stand against them.

Hari Devarapalli
amruthafarms.blogspot.in/