MJ's little flock

[LaFemmeKatia]

I would think you'd be fine. People live with yapping dogs, sirens, trucks, motor bikes... even the loudest hen is more pleasant than any of that.

I wouldn't have a problem with a loud hen, but I'd rather make friends than enemies. Also, I'm confident they'll say yes if I put it to them the right way and then they'll have some ownership of the decision. It's important to me that the people I share fences with are happy.

I had considered getting a small flock of guinea fowl because I love them. They are pretty cute and they will eat every tick in your property.
I did a lot of research and decided that I better not. They are incredibly noisy, and they roam A LOT!

 

[MaryJanet]

I had considered getting a small flock of guinea fowl because I love them. They are pretty cute and they will eat every tick in your property.
I did a lot of research and decided that I better not. They are incredibly noisy, and they roam A LOT!

I saw them at the show a couple of years ago! They're very cute and funny but awfully loud, quite on another level from chickens.

 

[MaryJanet]

That would stink. Every weekend ruined.

It is pesky. If we're lucky, it's only twice a day. Leaving and coming home again.

 

[MaryJanet]

Please let it be so.

If they finish the funrun, I'm going to celebrate by purchasing a weather vane in the shape of a rooster

 

[RoyalChick]

And I've remembered we've got naval ship building nearby too. Maybe some of those new ships carry choppers and do tests with them?

Oh now I understand - a helicopter is a rare event around me - but I can see you would end up having a lot of them. Very loud indeed.

 

[RoyalChick]

Ooooh message from the tradies confirming they'll work on Saturday!

Ooooh - exciting!

 

[RoyalChick]

I had considered getting a small flock of guinea fowl because I love them. They are pretty cute and they will eat every tick in your property.
I did a lot of research and decided that I better not. They are incredibly noisy, and they roam A LOT!

Funny - I was thinking the same and even more so since I found a tick on me and had to get antibiotics because it had clearly been feeding on me for a while. Hate those things!

 

[MaryJanet]

I was given a generous gift voucher for agreeing to undertake additional responsibilities at work.

Did I spend it on sensible things like groceries?? No I did not.

Because there was very little pink among the teacups.

It was heavily discounted but still rather extravagant, and it came in a lovely gift box, which I'll keep.

It's a contemporary revival of a 1960s design from the Royal Albert archives.

PS

 

[MaryJanet]

Funny - I was thinking the same and even more so since I found a tick on me and had to get antibiotics because it had clearly been feeding on me for a while. Hate those things!

I wonder if there's somewhere you can go and look at them? Maybe they're not too loud for your neighbourhood?

 

[Ribh]

I had considered getting a small flock of guinea fowl because I love them. They are pretty cute and they will eat every tick in your property.
I did a lot of research and decided that I better not. They are incredibly noisy, and they roam A LOT!

They are loud but they are not as destructive as chickens so if your neighbours don't mind they are still worth considering & they eat ALL the bugs!