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["Jerry W. Shepperd" <shepperd AT mail2.pvco.net>]

At 02:14 PM 9/21/2008, jmroll AT bellsouth.net wrote:
> From: "Robert Walton" <waltonrp AT gmail.com>
>
> > Mine are good watchdogs, tick eaters, etc.  They are edible and really
> > good, too. Better young, the old ones are tough as nails. Mine roost
> > in trees and the owl was doing a great job of picking them off year
> > one here. Second year I promoted breeding for that reason. Also, got
> > the LGD in year two. The LDG keeps the owl away, so nothing has been
> > able to eat the guineas.
> >
> > Result is that I've got lots of guineas. Bad for the ticks. Have you
> > ever seen the book, "Gardening with Guineas"? I've never read it, but
> > sure disagree with the title, based on my experience. Can't keep the
> > guineas out of the garden and they do a lot more harm than good!
>
> Robert, you know what Obama would say..... If you put lipstick on a 
> guinea you would still have a guinea! But what do I know , I am just 
> a southern gun totting, religious, hunting and fishing racist and I 
> will not vote for B.H. Obama
>
> Johnny Reb

Our guineas eat almost anything, including small snakes, mice, and 
anything in the garden.  They have even eaten the marigolds that I 
planted around the edge to help keep out insects.

And, just to keep the playing field balanced, I am a gun toting, 
religious, hunting and fishing, meat eating enthusiast who will most 
definitely vote for Obama.

Jerry Shepperd