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Post by Cyngbaeld on Oct 25, 2010 23:00:48 GMT -5
The impostor is a lavender guinea who thinks he is a turkey. Fearless too.
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Post by Granny Smith on Oct 27, 2010 15:01:11 GMT -5
Nah, they're all turkeys, but one is dressed up for Halloween and hoping for some candy corn. Fooled you, didn't it?
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Post by Cyngbaeld on Oct 27, 2010 17:08:04 GMT -5
LOL, how did he cram himself down in there? Anyhow, he got stuck cause that was several yrs ago and he is still wearing it.
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Post by Granny Smith on Oct 27, 2010 19:35:51 GMT -5
It fit him when he put it on, but that candy was too much of a temptation. Now he's too fat to get it off.
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Post by Cyngbaeld on Oct 27, 2010 20:31:28 GMT -5
Probably broke the zipper too.
You know what is funny. I had 4 lavender guineas. 2 girls and 2 boys. Nobody else around here has any guineas though one neighbor had some pearls a while back. Then one day I counted 5 lavender guineas. 3 girls and 2 boys. I am no where near the road. I still have no idea where she came from. I did hatch two eggs this year. Those were the only ones the snakes didn't get. So now I have 7 lavender guineas.
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Post by Granny Smith on Oct 27, 2010 21:05:47 GMT -5
That IS weird! Could be their loud call attracted it from far away. One of our neighbors had guineas and, one day, a peacock showed up from who-knows-where. It has become fast friends with the guinea. A fox got all but one of my guineas. I need to find her a boyfriend. I looked for one at Court Days, but all I could find were girls. The roosters like her, but she's having none of that. Valerie will like this - her name is Spot.
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Post by Cyngbaeld on Oct 27, 2010 21:55:11 GMT -5
I expect she was attracted by my birds, but it was so funny to get a lavender as they aren't real common. Most people have pearls. She was a long way from home because there were no guineas close by that I knew of.
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Post by Granny Smith on Oct 27, 2010 22:12:31 GMT -5
Most of mine were lavenders, but the one I have left is a Pearl. For some reason, she has taken up with me. She's usually quiet when the kids are out back, but, if I step out the door, there's no shutting her up till I go speak to her and give her some weeds to eat.
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Post by Valerie on Oct 28, 2010 5:57:22 GMT -5
AAAGGGHH! Not another Spot! I think there is just something nice about birds being lavender. I just like that for some reason. Y'all are makin' me want to get some guineas. That would be most awesome payback for my neighbors SEVEN Jack Russel yap-aholics that bark incessantly. Some folks down at the end of the street have 11 (at least that's how many we counted) small yappies of some sort with curly tails.
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Post by Cyngbaeld on Oct 28, 2010 21:40:21 GMT -5
Oh yes! Guineas would make a start on paying them back! LOL
In CO I had a dozen pearls. Then a hawk killed 8 of them. The rest would follow me when I went for a walk until I got "far enough" and then they would start shrieking. If I didn't turn around and go home they would suddenly turn and fly back. Gradually I lost all but one. She would hang out with an old hen who had started crowing after the rooster died. Then her buddy died so she started following me around. She would be quiet as long as I was outside, but as soon as I went in, she would fly to the roof and start screaming. Several times a hawk tried to get her and she got away. One day the hawk won. I was rather relieved.
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Post by Valerie on Oct 31, 2010 7:24:27 GMT -5
Yeah, I've heard they're amazingly loud. Some folks I knew had some years ago (I don't know what variety, they were blue-black with white dots) but whenever we visited them the guineas were quiet. I'm pretty sure we'd become very unpopular if we had some here in town. If we ever live in a more remote place, though, they would be good to have. Do people eat 'em?
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Post by Granny Smith on Oct 31, 2010 7:29:06 GMT -5
Valerie, that sounds like Pearl guineas.
Yes, they're edible, but I haven't butchered any (the fox beat me to it). They're supposed to be all dark meat.
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