How to raise Backyard Chickens: Re: [CHICKENS-101] Re: Guineas

Good to know! Hubby thought it was comical to see one on someone's roof on the net.

Charlene

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On Nov 27, 2012, at 3:19 PM, "zilla963" <zilla963@yahoo.com> wrote:

> We had guineas, the eggs are smaller and the shells are thicker.
> They are comical as they run around alerting to every little thing...
> (we called them the keystone cops)
>
> we had to watch their numbers ... as long as there were fewer of them than of the chickens we were ok... but as soon as they were about even they became bullies... they terrorized our rooster ( we then took down the head male)
>
> then they brutally murdered a chick ... they did not see the sunset that day...
>
> they are funny, and useful, but unless I had the means to keep them seperate from my chickens, I would not have them again.
>
> meat was tasty too...