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[CackleJoy]

Please video that for us! That would be a winner on America's Funniest Home Videos! Attack guineas!!!

Yes!

 

[CackleJoy]

I really need to. They can be such a pain when they start squawking, but they earn their keep in alarms and comedic relief. The sad thing is that the regular driver just steps out, talks to them and goes on his merry way. The vacation driver stands on the truck step hollering for me or honks his horn - won't step out of the truck until we come out. I've told him that they don't bite or physically attack people, but he won't believe me. So they chase him, but not my regular guy. It is almost like they enjoy terrorizing the guy or try to show him that THEY are the only ones allowed to make that much racket. Barnyard bullying at its most extreme

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Love it!

 

[liz9910]

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Yes I got 14 eggs, the different colors/etc are Wheaton, bw friz, bw silkied, silver wheat, mottle friz, b/w, ch friz, and extreme. I think I know how to do hatching sort of haha.

 

[PetRock]

It really is fascinating to watch animals interact with each other and with us. We have sort of the opposite with my hubby's Faverolle rooster. He is in love with my DH and pretty much ignores me other than screeching at me to hurry up and feed him. As soon as DH walks out, Felipe (he named his own birds, not me) starts showing off and trying to share tidbits with him. It's really cute. My free-ranging, one-eyed, cross-beaked charity case Ameraucana rooster adores me. He follows me around, will jump up in my lap and show me the best goodies to eat - bugs, yum. He barely tolerates DH, stalking him and will walk between us keeping DH away from me by bumping him over.

We also have a dog that was terrified of men when we found him as a stray. Took us a long time to get him to understand that my Dad & DH are the good guys. It was pretty much the same technique, just ignoring his bad or scared behaviour and reinforcing the positive. When he would allow either of them to pet him or even approach him, we would make a big deal of it. Lots of praise, treats and affection. He's 14 years old now and adores both of them. He's still leary of strangers, but that's ok. He came a long way.

That's encouraging! We take her to the dog park and she is cautious with new men there but not freaked out. She also likes my other two sons and two sons-in-law but 3 of them have slimmer builds and the other feeds her junk food. I swear that she doesn't like stocky built men. She also only has fits when Monet and I are here. If we are gone, she doesn't bark at our men and just stays out of their way until we come home. She loves taking treats from George but then she will turn around and bark at him.

 

[CackleJoy]

Quote: How very exciting! Saw a Serema the other day for the first time. They are so cute

 

[liz9910]

How very exciting!  Saw a Serema the other day for the first time.  They are so cute 

@fortyfivefarm was the one who I got my first Serama eggs from now I'm obsessed lol

 

[chickee]

Quote: What a bunch of cool sounding colors and types!!

You certainly DO know how to do it!

Shipped eggs don't usually do as well, but they didn't come too far and arrived quickly, so that should give them an edge.

Happy hatching!

 

[chickee]

7 of the 9 d'Anver eggs hatched. They are so tiny! Looking like 4 khaki quail, 2 dun quail and 1 porcelain. They are SO friendly! When I come into the room they all come running to see me!

Couldn't get them to line up! They race around like baby quail!

 

[fortyfivefarm]

That's encouraging!  We take her to the dog park and she is cautious with new men there but not freaked out.  She also likes my other two sons and two sons-in-law but 3 of them have slimmer builds and the other feeds her junk food.  I swear that she doesn't like stocky built men.  She also only has fits when Monet and I are here.  If we are gone, she doesn't bark at our men and just stays out of their way until we come home.  She loves taking treats from George but then she will turn around and bark at him. 

Sounds like something in her past makes her feel the need to protect the women from big men. You always wonder what experiences shape our animals before we acquire them.

I had a new horse that was terrified of men. He would cower in the corner and shake, dripping with sweat if the men tried to get him from his stall. A woman could do almost anything with him. Except, touch a piece of wood or a rake. We were building a new barn & I walked by with him. Mom was picking up a piece of 2x4 and the horse freaked out. We kept at it, trying to find his triggers & determined that some dirtbag man had beat this poor horse. He never did get very comfortable around men. But he did improve enough that I could take him out in public & not have him run screaming for the hills at the sight of someone with excess testosterone..

My dad has a saying that 99.9% of any horse's behaviour problems are manmade. I think that probably applies to any of the creatures in our lives.

 

[fortyfivefarm]

@fortyfivefarm was the one who I got my first Serama eggs from now I'm obsessed lol

I warned you back then that they are extremely addicting . I have 20 eggs in lockdown right now. You cannot have just one or ten!