guinea fowl
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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