Monday, January 26, 2015

Guineas

January 26, 2015

     After a colder, drizzly Sunday, the weather is supposed to be sunny and 10 degrees warmer today. Next Wednesday should  be 68 degrees then possible flurries on the following Saturday.  Crazy weather.
      Now for the exciting news...I think we may have 3 Guineas that are Buff colored or partial buff colored.  Buffs are fairly rare.  I hope at least one is a female so we have a chance to get some buff colored keets.  I have orders for any keets we have this year.  We have our original 4 Guineas and 9 of the ones the lavender Guinea hatched.  The young ones move around like a giant  amoeba .   They just seem to flow as they move all close together.  So funny to watch.  The youngsters were raised with the 4 little chicks so when the chickens come for bread , here they come.  The older Guineas try to keep all the others away from the bread, like it is something bad.  Quite entertaining everyday as I feed some bread to the hens and Guineas.  The bread store in Harrison sells shopping carts full of bread, some of which hasn't reached its expiration date, for $6.00 .  It's an inexpensive way to supplement feed for the birds and Rosie, the pig.  
    

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