Meet the Guicken. How did this happen? 

me: *thinking that a chicken bred with a guinea pig*

My grandmother "never" left the eggs with the guineas. said they were horrible mothers. Also she kept a Bantam hen as a broody hen. She said they would raise anything and would protect them to the death...no pecking

I really appreciate how you are taking the best care of your livestock as possible. There are far too many factory farms in the United States and not enough farms like this. Thank you for what you guys do! Peace an love from New York💖

I stumbled upon your channel. I know nothing about chickens, ducks, or any other barnyard animals. But as an animal lover and meat eater at the same time, I just wanted to say you guys are awesome. You treat the animals with such care and respect. I've seen so many ranchers mistreat thier herd. With the local animal control outright telling me that if it's a food animal there really isn't a minimum standard of care required. So seeing how gently and lovingly you treat every animal restores my faith a little in humanity.

They are called Guin or Guin-hen. They are the result of being a cross between a guinea and a chicken. They need to get more genetics from the guinea parent and be closer to it to actually survive. Also, the incubation rate for the those eggs is usually closer to guinea than chicken. Ones that are more chicken than guinea do not usually survive. The guinea can also be bred with pheasants and turkeys to produce offspring. Due to the cross though they are usually sterile much like the cross of horse and donkey. If you want to learn more look into game bird hybridization. I have been researching this for the past few weeks and find it fascinating.

The hook bill duck should be called Captain Hook for obvious reasons

Growing up these kids will be well versed in domestic bird information.

Just happened upon your channel, so glad I did! Your son is precious and glows when you're interacting with him on camera, clearly loving his childhood!

The beginning made me feel like I was watching a horror movie

It’s so sad when you find chicks that have been brained like that. I’ve been lucky to get most of them through it, but sometimes it’s just too badly injured. I don’t know why some hens do that. I have a few hens that will raise ANYTHING, egg or chick, you put under them. I also have hens that will hatch out and kill their own chicks. Those gals aren’t allowed to have eggs anymore. I just raise my chicks in the house when I can to avoid that. Only have had it happen a handful of times over the years, but once is enough to break your heart whether they make it or not.

So adorable the boys with the animals. You people are great and so loving and caring for the animals. Joy to see. :)

2:00 “are you alright bro? wake up!”🤣

You can candle the eggs to see if they're fertile, you know. It's actually easier to do with a smartphone- turn your flashlight on, place the egg on top of it, and if you see a dark spot, it's fertile. If not, you can eat the egg.

2:13 that baby chick really said “imma just take a nap here” 😂😂

So good to see those birds living life in the field, happy and healthy..

Had some guineas when I lived on a farm. I love them! We also had a chicken that resembled a duck. Guineas are fearless! Loved watching them fly into a tree to roost fof the night. They have the most awesome make-up!

Chineas is probably the cutest name

Me : *sees chick with a mark that looks like a burn scar on side of face* Me : .. _zuko_

Thank you for such wholesome content and for sharing your world with us.

Hi! Thank you for such fun farm videos! Two things: a friend once told me that an old timer told him that in order to get guineas to come back to the coop each night, you need to let them out one the first day, then two the second day, then 3 the third, etc. This keeps them coming back to the same place to roost. The other thing is for frostbite in rooster combs (and this I've used with my roosters, with great success) Hypericum Perf. 200c plus Arnica Montana 3c in their water for a few days, or until their combs resume normal coloring. (Generally within a week.) These medicines are inherently nontoxic and are available on Amazon.

That poor little chick. I knew he wasn’t gonna make it, still made me sad. I grew up on a farm and we had a Rhode Island Red rooster breed with our Bantam chickens, they came out all different colours and grew larger than average bantams. One day I was out playing with my dog on a day off school and I heard the hens going NUTS and they were my responsibility so I ran over and somehow a chick had gotten in the water bucket. It was swimming somehow, it should’ve drowned. I brought it in an dried it off and kept in the my sweater and it did just fine afterwards and we changed the water bucket.

This is incredible with dreams of becoming a biologist and a small chixken farmer myself I can truthfully say this is some of the best content on RU-vid

I grewup feeling sorry for country kids, ' they must be bored, they must dream of city life' but now that I'm raising 'city chickens' I realise your kids are very lucky for the life you have given them!

I can't tell you how much I enjoy your videos your family is just beautiful.

"You sir, are not the father"

i feel like “a chick named albert” could have saved that baby guinea...

Are we just going to not talk about the fact that the little cutie's sibling helped him get out, then checked to see if he was okay 1:50

They are so sweet & adorable. Definitely a guinea look to them.

I would say Guicken, because the mother is Guinea and the papa is chicken.

The sound of guinea hens isn't a sound you'll soon forget - a group of them sound like a WW2 airplane trying to fire-up in an airplane hanger - and that's when they're content. When they're alerting to danger, it's the most hideous cacophony you'll ever hear.

I think it's so refreshing to see this dad with his son and teaching him about having a farm and all the hard work that goes with it. This young boy will grow up with very good work ethic. His father is a great roll model. The nuclear family..most kids miss out on this...these are great parents..good job folks...!

I love your videos! Thank you! I watch the regularly just because they are so interesting, perfectly edited and your family is so kind. By the way my Life has nothing to do with what this channel is about, I just genuinely love these videos

Him: "What do you call these things?" Me: adorable.

How does a guinea breed with a chicken? The usual way - some soft, romantic music, candlelight, a bottle of Beaujolais and let nature take its course. LOL

Wow! This video really has my mind thinking about a lot of the things you mentioned in terms of what animals were across with another animal. It’s sad some of the baby Ginny chicks didn’t make it especially after you put it back in the incubator. Trying to keep it warm and give it a better chance on life. It’s a shame the broody hen wouldn’t sit on those eggs to keep them warm. But the ones that didn’t make it, are certainly very cute as is your son when he is hearing them as gently as he sees his parents do. You guys are such wonderful, loving and kind parents to not only your children but to the animals on your farm and I really appreciate knowing there’s somebody out there like that. God bless you guys and don’t give up on the dreams you have for your land and animals.❣️ ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️

Really enjoy every part of your journey that you and your family share with us, always fascinating and interesting, thanks.

Why does the intro feel like the start of a horror film

A rooster looked at the gineau girls and thought “I’d tap that” and *did*

How cute! I’ve had a variety of birds like these including chickens and Guinea fowl, and they got along, but I would never imagine the guineas breeding with a rooster! Nature finds a way

Very envious of your beautiful family and lifestyle- God bless

The beginning music with the pictures and text flashing reminded me of a trailer to a horror movie. Lmao

Awwwww the attention given to that baby chick is how it should be. They dont always make it but its the effort that is given that means the most

This reminds me of when I was a kid and I would go up the street to my neighbors farm and clean the stalls. We rode for free and there were all kinds of cows and chickens etc. loved it!

What an amazing family and homestead/farm you got here. Warms me just imagining,

Guinea x Chicken hybrids, aka Guin-Hens When confined together, chickens and guineas will interbreed on occasion, and sometimes the result is a fertile egg. Survival rate in these hybrids is higher if they are more like the guinea parent. Thank you for making videos for me to watch! They are very entertaining for me. And I love all your pets, and especially all the birds! Love your channel ❤️

So I went & asked Mr Googlepants about this, and a cross between a guinea & a chicken is called a "Guinhen" and, similar to cross breeding other species, these little chicks will be sterile if they make it to adulthood.

It looks like your chickens have a good life before they die😊 Which makes me happy🥺🥰

Your wife has the best smile I’ve ever seen. You can’t help but smile with her.

1:50 That Peep is a good sibling, helping the other out of the shell.

It happens sometimes. Look up a Guinea crossed with a naked neck (turken) if you want some entertainment. Looks like a small vulture lol.

They are precious. and Beautiful!!!

Wow what amazing life you guys have your children are so lucky .

driving on a small rural road in OK, stopped cuz a guinea and a tom turkey were having a chat in the middle of the road, they slowly moved off to one side, and we crept past them, then they returned to the middle of the road to resume their conversation

Last time I heard about Hook Bill ducks, they were extremely endangered.

Thank u for sharing this sweet video. I have no idea why I watched it in its entirety but apparently it was what I didn’t know I needed to see😂🤷🏾‍♀️

Loved this 🤗💜😊 awesome to see kids learning with hands on experiences.

When I was a child, we had a goat in with our sheep. "Irk" was a billy. He was a little orphan and we put him in with the sheep and he grew up with the bumb lams. I don't know what breed he was but he was smaller than some of the ewes. And there was never any notion that he could breed the ewes. He was in with the ewes for a few years before the first "geep" lambs were born. That year there were four, with course, wavy, colored, goat fur (one red, one brown like the billy, and two black) born to three ewes. We even had the local t.v. Station come and film a section piece on them. The following few years we would see one or two a year, in spite of the fact that we did always have bucks to breed the ewes. Then the papa goat, "Irk" died. None of the "geep" ever lambed and except for one, never got as big as their mothers. My father did tan a couple of their pelts, but they've since been lost or sold. My grandparents (dad's folks) had run goats with sheep for many years, but they always had nanny goats too, for milk, so the billys never bothered the ewes. Of course, now it is known that this can happen, but at the time, it was extremely rare... even unheard of 'in our neck of the woods'. Nature will find a way, I guess. That goat wasn't afraid of our huge, docile old bucks. He was small and agile and could climb up out of the way onto a roof, a truck, a number of old trees that were around, whatever was around. But frankly, the bucks were so pampered and there were so many ewes, it wasn't ever a problem, that I'm aware. As I said, "Nature finds a way. Even if it's weird, or unheard of... Even if the young is sterile, or unviable. Clearly the hens want nothing to do with these weird babies, judging from the beating that chick has taken. You'll have to watch then closely. Keep us updated as to their health and progress, please.

I just googled it and they are an actual thing already and are called Guin’s. 🥰🥰

Alot of people in my town have farms, but so many homes just own chickens. My bestfriend has 6 hens and theyre so lovely and sweet

Kudos to you for raising your sons in such a wonderful, loving environment. Watching them hold these delicate little birds is heart warming. This is the way many children were raised in my generation in my small midwest town. They are now God loving, caring, and successful adults who gratefully give to those in need and not one selfish bone in their body.

The injured guicken should’ve been named Zuko like from Avatar the last air bender🥺

Is it me or is is the term, "Guinea" making you think they are hatching guinea pigs? Just me? No? Alright then.

That hatching video was the BEST of that type I have ever seen.

I don't care what their called, they're so darn cute. Love the silver pattern on top of their heads. 🙏🤗💜

Wait till you see his cousin the wild boarstrich

I’ve been watching your channel since your kids were still in diapers. You show a side of farm life that most people on’t see.. farm life is hard work and you’re showing your kids what it’s like to work and enjoying the outcome at the end of the day

Loved this ,you guys rock! Keep up the great work

Chick : has a scar on his face Me : looks like zuko Also me : *That's rough buddy*

pls update on the mandarin duckling that hatched and the pheasant babies

Omg your just the best those little guys were just darling ❤️

Awww, so sorry your baby chick died. At least you tried to help and it was kept comfortable in a warm incubator.

I can't wait until you hit 1million subscribers!! I love this video. XOXO Suzan

I’ve been afraid of birds all my life but watching your videos are enjoyable and is lessening my phobia. Thank you! :)

The guinea at 4:40 is a male because of his wattles That are open females have closed wattles

I hope you see this... id love to see an update on these babies! Sooo cool first time viewer. I enjoyed it. Thanks for sharing.♡ again 🤞 for an update 😉

You are providing the best life for your little boy, good job daddy

I like a Chinni. Pool little guy though. She really pecked at the lil guy

Man, now for over 40 years I tried as well to hatch out my eggs in the frying pan, so far no luck.

I like all the effort they put into this and tried so hard i appreciate your videos

I luvd watch n you guys bring tht lil chick back so sweet

1:45 the siblings tried to help the egg hatch that was sooooo cute

I'd like to see a follow up video of these when they mature. Do they crow like a rooster or chatter or squawk like a guinea?

Awesome video. It must be really awesome maintaining a farm. Also very hard work! I always wanted a farm since I was a little kid. My dad worked in a pet shop and we were always bringing in hurt and orphaned animals. I would even bring in hurt animals I would find on my way home from school. We had so many animals in a 3 bedroom apartment. I'd love to start my own rescue one day & hopefully have the farm house I've always dreamed of. Thanks for sharing a peak into your farm life!

What a wonderful family!

Its great your teaching your kids where their food comes from and letting them participate in the butchering..So many people are so far removed from things like this they don't live in reality anymore.I was raised like this..Now that I'm getting older i cherish it. Might not be a pretty sight but in the end it helps you understand death.

for a fact there's a alot hybrids of chickens with pheasant, turkeys, peacocks and the are from the same family called Phasianidae

I watch you videos A ton I love chickens and I have learned so much thank you for everything

This breaks my heart,when I had chickens I never let them outside since it was cold and I only bought the babies.we gave them food water and a log to play with,in the spring we let them live outside.I love my babies✨☺️

I raised guineas and chickens together for years and never thought that they could crossbreed!

It's amazing to see which birds will breed with each other. You're bound to get some fun hybrids.

From my experience. The 2 guinea fowl that are seen walking together, at the start of the video, are definitely male and female. Even the sounds that the male and female make, are distinctively different, and I can hear the sound of a male guinea fowl.

That's quite a miracle. (smiles)

Love the channel. You're the reason I decided to make a coop and run and waiting for silkie to hatch in a few days time. Hopefully I won't get too much roosters as won't be popular with the neighbours as I live in a built up area. Looking forward to the next episode.

The goats, chickens, and pigs at my dads farm: *jealous*

Sorry for your loss

It’s interesting how each creatures is fighting for life.. you have a beautiful farm!

Good luck with the new babies! Love them!

Hybrid of different species that are distant to each other: **actually exist** Furries with their hybrid OCs: *Oh yeah, it’s all coming together.*

I love your family farm. I am in Missouri too, in the burbs of St Charles though

We had some wild guinea hens come around when we had chickens (we being me and my family) and it was a male and a female. they must’ve just decided to hang around since we had food so. They had 3 little babies and I saw them a ton before their chicks hatched. I never saw their eggs, but I did see the babies. They left soon after and didn’t come back, but those two protected their chicks well. No matter how much my little self would try to pet one of them, either the male or female would charge me or make themselves bigger to tell me to stay away.