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April 13, 2008

Gimme Guineas

Growing up, Gary was always surprised by animals his dad would bring home. At one point, his dad had quite a flock of guineas at the house. They would roost in a particular tree each night. For the past couple springs, Gary has suggested that we keep some guinea hens, and this week in Country Folks, he found an ad for some 10 month old birds. So we took the trip to that farm today and brought home 4 birds: one male and three females.
I clipped their wings before placing them in the coop, but Gary thinks I should have clipped more than I did. Sure enough, none of them had any issues flying the 3 feet up to their roost. I will have to rethink their outside run before letting them outside. They need to understand this is home before I let them out, or I will never see them again.
Even though the guineas were very quiet (if you know guineas, you know this is unusual!) and their door was closed, everyone else knew something was up and came up to their coop to investigate. They'll find out soon enough!

Posted by roosterh at April 13, 2008 2:30 PM

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