Animals
- Guineas On The Fence
Is your world a little quiet?Do you long for a little excitement?Consider adding a few guineas to your world! This is a quiet as they get... I swear, guineas talk all the time.If only I understand their little bird-brained language.This noise is nothing,...
- Who's Who....part 3
Guineas.... Happily, our little band of teenagers continues to hang out with the elders,Gus, Giuseppe, and Guido. They spend their day roaming the farm and visiting with the critters. "Why guineas?" You ask? Well, simply...because they eat bugs...and...
- Boarding School
Remember that early morning in May that I took a trip to the Post Office to pick up my 30 baby guineas?Well, those guineas are adolescents now.And are now attending Boarding School. (Here is Gus, Headmaster of the BeeHaven Birdbrain Academy.) Yes, that's...
- Another Sad Tale
It is a good thing that the happy tales way outnumber the sad tales....or this farm life would be unbearable. As a result of too many unhappy guinea tales, I have come to a critical decision.....no more guineas. This past weekend was just too sad. The...
- And Then There Were Five
It seems that so much of our life on the farm revolves around our feathered friends...and trying to keep them alive. This week I noticed that our guinea troup is dwindling. We now have only five of our lovely, tick-eating "farm alarms" remaining. This...
Animals
So You Think You Might Want Guineas....
I often get comments from readers who think they might like guineas.
While guineas are interesting to look at,
and are quite comical to watch,
they are also quite boisterous!
(a quality that makes them a good "watch-bird" for a farm)
I would suggest that you might want to have enough acreage to provide
a buffer zone between your home and your guineas'....
as this video will illustrate.
(turn up your volume... loud...guineas only have one setting....loud!)
(turn up your volume... loud...guineas only have one setting....loud!)
The good news is...
guineas eat insects...
especially ticks.
And for those of you who have had the misfortune of a stink bug influx,
I am told they also eat these smelly pests.
In all seriousness,
I don't mind the sound of the guineas.
And while I do notice them,
I am quite used to their "song."
PS: We seem to have succeeded in raising a "smart" group of guineas.
Most of them are still roosting in the henhouse at night...
out of the weather and protected from predators.
In all seriousness,
I don't mind the sound of the guineas.
And while I do notice them,
I am quite used to their "song."
PS: We seem to have succeeded in raising a "smart" group of guineas.
Most of them are still roosting in the henhouse at night...
out of the weather and protected from predators.
- Guineas On The Fence
Is your world a little quiet?Do you long for a little excitement?Consider adding a few guineas to your world! This is a quiet as they get... I swear, guineas talk all the time.If only I understand their little bird-brained language.This noise is nothing,...
- Who's Who....part 3
Guineas.... Happily, our little band of teenagers continues to hang out with the elders,Gus, Giuseppe, and Guido. They spend their day roaming the farm and visiting with the critters. "Why guineas?" You ask? Well, simply...because they eat bugs...and...
- Boarding School
Remember that early morning in May that I took a trip to the Post Office to pick up my 30 baby guineas?Well, those guineas are adolescents now.And are now attending Boarding School. (Here is Gus, Headmaster of the BeeHaven Birdbrain Academy.) Yes, that's...
- Another Sad Tale
It is a good thing that the happy tales way outnumber the sad tales....or this farm life would be unbearable. As a result of too many unhappy guinea tales, I have come to a critical decision.....no more guineas. This past weekend was just too sad. The...
- And Then There Were Five
It seems that so much of our life on the farm revolves around our feathered friends...and trying to keep them alive. This week I noticed that our guinea troup is dwindling. We now have only five of our lovely, tick-eating "farm alarms" remaining. This...