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  • From: bobf <bobford79 AT yahoo.com>
  • To: EarthNSky <erthnsky AT bellsouth.net>, homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [Homestead] Hatching Round 3
  • Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2008 05:04:03 -0800 (PST)

Thanks for the explanation of the differences, Bev. Do you know if guineas
taste as good as chicken?

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--- On Wed, 12/31/08, EarthNSky <erthnsky AT bellsouth.net> wrote:

> From: EarthNSky <erthnsky AT bellsouth.net>
> Subject: Re: [Homestead] Hatching Round 3
> To: bobford79 AT yahoo.com, homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
> Date: Wednesday, December 31, 2008, 5:56 AM
> Because guineas can fly up into the trees. Heavy breeds
> don't fly that
> well..Some of my birds can get into a low tree, but mostly
> they hop from
> one height to the next place a bit higher. When I last
> free ranged,
> they would hop from the ground to the trash burner (3 ft)
> to the top of
> the burner (6 ft) to the roof of the coop (8ft) to the top
> of the roof
> (10ft) and then hop over into the tree (12 ft+). This same
> path would
> also be an easy route for a possum or a raccoon or a cat. A
> guinea could
> fly straight up from the ground to the tree, not having to
> hop up in
> stages.
> One of my neighbors(S) has guineas. For whatever reason,
> the flock
> maintains itself around 20-25 birds. Similar sized flocks
> of ducks,
> geese or chickens are wiped out. Guineas reproduce
> readily, go broody
> quickly(the instinct to set has not been bred out), and are
> flighty
> enough to escape a threat. I would love to have guineas,
> but they are
> hard to keep on the property. Another neighbor(P) got some
> and his left
> his property and joined the flock at (S)'s house a mile
> away. I really
> don't want to spend the money on raising out some
> poults if they are
> going to fly away like (P)'s did.
>
> Nevertheless, I did see (from Freecycle of all places) that
> S now has a
> guinea coop, which might mean that she has access to eggs.
> I'm being
> thinking about asking her for some eggs to hatch...Maybe I
> could use the
> old coop for guineas when this hatching project is
> complete.
>
>
> B
>
> bobf wrote:
> > Bev, there was a farmer in the community of my youth
> who kept guineas. They were in the edges of his property,
> not caged at all--they are noisy, and I don't know if
> they taste good--but they did not seem to have this sort of
> predation problem. I think he was always trying to lower
> the numbers. I wonder why they escaped so many of the
> predators the chickens wouldn't?
>
> -- "The world is my country, all mankind are my
> brethren, and to do good is my religion."
> Thomas Paine (1737 - 1809)







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