Thanks, Kate. I learned more about Guineas. We had a traffic jam on our street
the other day and when I went out front to see what was going on --- guineas in
the front yard and people stopping to see them. Some of the people did not know
what they were. Susan
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From: Kate Lorenzen <starmstbl@dwave.net>
To: CHICKENS-101 <CHICKENS-101@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Fri, April 22, 2011 8:42:44 AM
Subject: [CHICKENS-101] Re: guinea question Attn: Susan
Just have patience with them, Anne. I got a mated adult pair and 4 unrelated
young ones (4 or 6 months old, I forget.......was 5 or so years ago now) from a
long-time breeder in the area, and they took the time to explain a lot about
them to me. One of those things was that Guineas needed to get used to the
environment they lived in for a year's worth of it's changes before they'd
settle down into a good "alert" routine. Things - activities, other critters,
etc etc etc - differ from season to season.....more wild birds & animals & etc
will be seen in warmer weather than cold (spring/summer versus winter & such),
there'll be things like snowplows & such for them to get used to seeing &
hearing in the wintertime, etc etc etc. Each new change like that will set
them to sounding off until they become accustomed to them being a "normal"
thing for that time of year, so they might be a bit noisier than you expect for
the first year until they do get used to them. Mine squawked at the mail
person's vehicle for about a week until they got used it's being a regular
normal thing - etc etc. Now, people don't even know that I even have Guineas,
they're so normally quiet most all the time. But boy - someone from somewhere
around here's calf got loose & was wandering down the middle of the road in
front of my property, and my one particular "guardian of the property"
CHICKENS-101@yahoogroups.com
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