guinea fowl

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An eclectic mix of poultry

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382259) • Rockingham, Australia 4 Jan 24

I’ve added here another photo of some of the poultry we cared for at our house-sit. The speckled hen hatched some guinea fowl eggs and, while confined to a small pen, three small ducklings were put in with her to protect them...

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Guinea fowl chickens are designed to blend into their surroundings

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382259) • Rockingham, Australia 23 Dec 23

Someone asked what guinea chickens looked like – the babies I mean. Maybe you call them chicks in your country. Before all the various breeds of chooks/chickens came into being, all chicks hatched in what I call camouflage...

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Our first hiccup at this house-sit

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382259) • Rockingham, Australia 20 Dec 23

I’ve written about some of the challenges we’ve faced when house-sitting, and I’ve also said that I always expect to have a hiccup or two at each place. We had one of those hiccups today. There is a hen sitting on guinea fowl...

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Our little chick is doing well

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382259) • Rockingham, Australia 24 Jan 23

Those who read my discussions would know that we took a newly hatched chick to the house after it hatched out on its own a day after the two hens and other chicks had left the nest. It was very wobbly and I thought the hens might...

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Two hens, five chicks all safely yarded

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382259) • Rockingham, Australia 20 Jan 23

I’ve talked about the hens at our house-sit that have been sitting on some guinea fowl eggs. You can catch up here: Maybe we'll get some chickens while we're here / myLot We’ve now put the second hen in the smaller pen and they...

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We've earned our keep today - we have baby chicks

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382259) • Rockingham, Australia 19 Jan 23

Once again, I feel we’ve earned our keep at this house-sit, not that we charge anything anyway. I posted a photo of two hens sitting on some guinea fowl eggs. We were warned they might hatch while the owners were away. Well,...

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Maybe we'll get some chickens while we're here

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382259) • Rockingham, Australia 14 Jan 23

Last night, as soon as we had shut the hens in, we drove ten minutes to a nice restaurant in the middle of nowhere. There is a caravan park there, a restaurant and an airstrip. However, we needed to shut the hens in before we went...

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From Africa to Australia - the Guinea Fowl

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382259) • Rockingham, Australia 5 Sep 16

On the outskirts of a small country town in Western Australia, we came across a small flock of guinea fowl crossing the road. They weren't in a hurry to cross and Vin had to brake quite hard to avoid hitting the last one. We had...

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"Keep Austin Weird"

ElicBxn @ElicBxn (64169) • United States 23 Oct 12

That's the motto around these parts. [said with a thick Texas drawl] I do love my city, even IF I'm a "Damned Yankee." And I'm sure you folks might've heard of some of the draws of this place. In the spring we have this big...

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