My friend Laura called and asked if her hens, rooster, and guinea fowl could visit for a few days. Something had been getting into her chicken yard, and had killed 5 hens. With all the birds gone, Laura hoped to catch the culprit. I figured "whats a few more birds" in the yard. We already had 5 hens. Well the "few" more birds turned out to be 25 and 4 guinea fowl. For those of you that don't know about Guinea fowl, they have ugly heads, love to eat ticks, and have got to be the noisest creatures on earth. Tom refers to them as "those damn vultures".The birds have been here about a week, and it seems Laura is not having much luck trapping the poultry connissuer at her house. Oh, well! Such is life. Never a dull moment here at Stony Bridge. At least we are getting a dozen eggs per day, and NO ticks!!
Thursday, March 11, 2010
Feathered Guests
My friend Laura called and asked if her hens, rooster, and guinea fowl could visit for a few days. Something had been getting into her chicken yard, and had killed 5 hens. With all the birds gone, Laura hoped to catch the culprit. I figured "whats a few more birds" in the yard. We already had 5 hens. Well the "few" more birds turned out to be 25 and 4 guinea fowl. For those of you that don't know about Guinea fowl, they have ugly heads, love to eat ticks, and have got to be the noisest creatures on earth. Tom refers to them as "those damn vultures".The birds have been here about a week, and it seems Laura is not having much luck trapping the poultry connissuer at her house. Oh, well! Such is life. Never a dull moment here at Stony Bridge. At least we are getting a dozen eggs per day, and NO ticks!!
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