Anyone else keep their birds as pets? (Not for food)

[ILuvMyFlock]

I have around 25 guineas currently. I can at least tell some a part by how they act. For instance there's this male guinea in particular who darts at my tom turkey like a bullet, the geese see him they'll run him off I get a kick out of it. Anyway the male guinea roosts on top of the doorway to the coop and he tries to peck me as I enter. Little things like that help me distinguish them.

 

[jp57]

I just got my first batch of 8 hens.I mainly got them for eggs, fertilizer, and bug control.

 

[ILuvMyFlock]

I just got my first batch of 8 hens.I mainly got them for eggs, fertilizer, and bug control. 

Congrats on your first hens! What breed(s) are they? Mine has some full breeds but mostly mixes. Just a few of the breeds I have; RhodeIsland Reds, Silver & Gold Laced Wyandottes, Ameraucanas, Easter Eggers, California Whites, Red Rangers, Buff / Lavendar / and Blue Orpingtons?, Polish, Silkies, etc.

 

[jp57]

I got 4 buff orpingtons and 4 ameraucana.

 

[ILuvMyFlock]

Awe, good luck! The ameraucanas lay beautiful eggs, and the buffs are such gentle giants.

 

[jp57]

Thanks. Here are a couple of pictures

 

[ILuvMyFlock]

Awe that's too cute!

Here's some of mine as well, I have too many to show them all.

 

[jp57]

Wow. That is a lot of birds. How many birds do you have? Do you keep any other livestock?

 

[ILuvMyFlock]

Probably at least a hundred total? I am not quite sure. I have chickens, ducks, geese, guineas, and turkeys.

 

[lilapot]

This is Backyard Chickens!!!!!!!!!!! There are tons of different types of chicken owners. Mine are definitely pets.