Jumbo Pearl Guinea
The Jumbo Guinea has coloration similar to the Pearl Gray but about 30% larger. They are a larger version of pearl grays. Butcher at 16-18 weeks. Produced for meat. Guinea like to dine on insects, rodents, snakes & ticks. Adult weight: 4 -7 lbs. Prolific layers of small eggs that are quite delicious. They’re large like the French Hybrids, but will mate naturally and do not have to be artificially inseminated to get fertility.
If you are looking for some entertainment on your farm, these are it. They are quirky and reliable watch dogs!
Greenlands Farm is a member of the National Poultry Improvement Plan (NPIP).
Our NPIP status is U.S. Pollorum-Typhoid Clean, AI Clean, and Salmonella Monitored.
HATCHING EGGS
We will have a limited amount we will pre-sell Spring 2026. Please understand it is a waitlist and the shipping date can not be guaranteed until the breeding season has started and we have checked fertility. There are NO REFUNDS.
Ordering Limit
Important: Please only select one listing per breed. If you would like more than what we have listed, please contact us to see if we are able to fulfill. We are a hobby farm and generally don’t have large flocks, but sometimes our layers produce more during certain seasons.
Your payment secures your spot in our shipping schedule. We fulfill orders in the order we receive them. Please understand there may be a wait list. Shipping choices are at checkout.
We will release listings for 2025 soon, our guineas have not started laying consistently yet.
We are a small hobby farm and do not have 100’s of birds of each breed, therefore, we have a limited amount we presell and then release more shipping dates as availability arises. Please carefully select your shipping date as WE DO NOT OFFER REFUNDS. Your shipping date is not guaranteed but we do leave a week open every several weeks to reschedule should we have setbacks with things out of our control (weather, egg production, family emergencies, etc.). Our Spring shipments start when we have checked our fertility rates - which we are very particular about. If our rates aren’t good, we don’t ship until they are. So, our first release of dates are limited each year until we confirm and then we add dates throughout the breeding season - so check back or join our Poultry & Livestock Newsletter for updates.
You can not place two orders of the same listing but you are welcome to choose another listing of another quantity.
Your payment secures your spot in our shipping schedule. We normally only ship on Mondays and Tuesdays (depending on the destination, sometimes we ship Express on Wednesday or Thursday). We fulfill orders in the order we receive them.We highly suggest USPS EXPRESS or UPS 2nd Day Air because you get a guaranteeddelivery date and the mail has been running unpredictability. Local Pickup, please select “Local Pick Up” for shipping during checkout.
We have hatching eggs available from around April - October. Quantities vary on the season and flock size. You are welcome to contact us off season to see what we have available. We require payment in full before pick-up and shipment. We can not guarantee a successful home hatching but we do have a 80% - 95% hatch rate on our farm. Please read our policy thoroughly at checkout before purchasing.
Jumbo Pearl Guinea Fowl Information
LIVE BIRDS
(shipping not available)
We will be hatching in the Spring of 2025. If you’d like to place an order to get on our waitlist, please contact us and we will send you a custom listing.
This listing is for our Jumbo Pearl Guinea keets (chicks) and come as straight run (unsexed). Keet prices go up $1.00 per week up to $25.00. An invoice will be sent the day before your scheduled pick up date to cover the difference of your pre-paid order.
We have keets available from April - August, please contact us for quantities before purchasing. We require payment in full before pick-up.
Jumbo Pearl Guinea Breed Information
WE DO NOT SHIP LIVE BIRDS, pick up only. You are welcome to schedule a transport service.
History
The insect- and seed-eating, ground-nesting birds of this family resemble partridges, but with featherless heads, they have a distinctive black crest. Jumbo Pearl Guinea Fowl have a dark grey plumage with dense white spots..
Many farms raise them to ward off poultry-eating predators, discourage rattlers and copperheads, eat disease-carrying ticks., and keep pests and other birds from eating crops and orchard fruits.
Each sex has a different call, which can be used to differentiate between female and male. Females have a easily recognizable “Buckwheat” call. Unlike chickens, who often do best with one rooster for a flock of hens, guinea fowl can do well with one cock for each hen.
They are loud and obnoxious at times, so know what you are getting into! They are typically more shy, but with some effort, they can learn to be friends with humans. In our experience, we have never had an aggressive cock or hen.
