- Apr 3, 2009
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While living in rural OK, and running over 200 chickens and 3 turkeys, I bought 3 guinea's simply because people told me they were such great watch dogs. That was my only reason for having those noisy things.
When it came to roosters, I had too many and decided to let nature take its course. They battled. I allowed the 'top dog' win his way to the top.
It finally came down to 2, constantly challenging each other and not yet a complete determination as to who was the big man.
Now this probably wouldn't have taken so long, had it not been for that stupid Guinea Roo, who just kept getting in the mix. Every now and then, I'd look out to see what the fuss was, to witness one rooster, hanging onto the tail of the other, chasing all over the farm yard. Guess who was on the tail end of the whiplash. Mr. Guinea and screaming all the way. Mr. Boss had a strong hold on the tail of Mr. Runner Up and Mr Guinea had a lock down on the tail of Mr. Boss. I was getting closer to having Guinea for dinner.
But.....Mr. Guinea was the only roo for my two Guinea hens. Sigh....
Guinea's don't like being cooped up at night. Neither do turkey's. Where we lived, we had coyote's, racoons, skunks and snakes to ward off. I insisted they all go inside at night.
You can imagine the nightly fight. I tried everything. I yelled at them, tried to knock them off the top of the henhouse, sprayed them with water, even climbed up and grabbed them one by one. Hardly a way for me to wind down in the evening.
When they were young, I won the fight but then they got bigger and bossier and I soon had to give up. So each night, there was a row of birds, along the top edge of the roof. Tom turkey (the girls didn't mind going in) and 3 guinea's.
One morning, I went out to release the jailbirds, and noted there was a gap in the middle of the guinea's. One of my girls, was missing. Here were these 2 supposedly great watch dogs, and one of the 3 was missing. I finally found her feathers, out in the field. Don't you know, I lectured 2 birds, that had no idea what my problem was.
So you tell me. Watch dogs? 3 birds, side by side and one of them got snatched right out of the middle. To this day, I won't have a guinea. Watch dogs, my ***.
judy
When it came to roosters, I had too many and decided to let nature take its course. They battled. I allowed the 'top dog' win his way to the top.
It finally came down to 2, constantly challenging each other and not yet a complete determination as to who was the big man.
Now this probably wouldn't have taken so long, had it not been for that stupid Guinea Roo, who just kept getting in the mix. Every now and then, I'd look out to see what the fuss was, to witness one rooster, hanging onto the tail of the other, chasing all over the farm yard. Guess who was on the tail end of the whiplash. Mr. Guinea and screaming all the way. Mr. Boss had a strong hold on the tail of Mr. Runner Up and Mr Guinea had a lock down on the tail of Mr. Boss. I was getting closer to having Guinea for dinner.
But.....Mr. Guinea was the only roo for my two Guinea hens. Sigh....
Guinea's don't like being cooped up at night. Neither do turkey's. Where we lived, we had coyote's, racoons, skunks and snakes to ward off. I insisted they all go inside at night.
You can imagine the nightly fight. I tried everything. I yelled at them, tried to knock them off the top of the henhouse, sprayed them with water, even climbed up and grabbed them one by one. Hardly a way for me to wind down in the evening.
When they were young, I won the fight but then they got bigger and bossier and I soon had to give up. So each night, there was a row of birds, along the top edge of the roof. Tom turkey (the girls didn't mind going in) and 3 guinea's.
One morning, I went out to release the jailbirds, and noted there was a gap in the middle of the guinea's. One of my girls, was missing. Here were these 2 supposedly great watch dogs, and one of the 3 was missing. I finally found her feathers, out in the field. Don't you know, I lectured 2 birds, that had no idea what my problem was.
So you tell me. Watch dogs? 3 birds, side by side and one of them got snatched right out of the middle. To this day, I won't have a guinea. Watch dogs, my ***.
judy
