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[bobf <bobford79 AT yahoo.com>]

Thanks for the explanation, Rob.  With most of the talk about them and my 
not-so-good memory, they seem very interesting farm animals..........

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--- On Thu, 1/1/09, Robert Walton <waltonrp AT gmail.com> wrote:

> From: Robert Walton <waltonrp AT gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Homestead] Freedom Rangers & Happy New Yea
> To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
> Date: Thursday, January 1, 2009, 6:46 AM
> I've ate some and use the feet, necks, heads and some
> times legs for
> dog food. I stopped mine from breeding this year, so they
> are all at
> least 1/12 years old, some older. They are tough, but good
> for stew.
> I'm just sick of eating them.
> 
> I'm overpopulated with guineas. Until that livestock
> guard dog came
> here, the predators were eating them like crazy. Now I
> hardly lose
> any. I need to get down from about 40 to 12 or so. Since
> they sleep in
> the trees, the only way to get them is to shoot them.
> Problem is the
> others scatter when I do, so I can only get a few at a
> time. Did 8 in
> early Dec.
> 
> There are a few people around here that want some, so I
> figure it's a
> good will gesture. They'll pay me back with help or
> garden stuff come
> summer.
> 
> Guineas are great for ticks, but I don't like them much
> otherwise.
> They are mean to the hens, don't let them eat. Poor
> mothers and ugly.
> But great tick eaters.
> 
> That gardening with guineas thing, I just don't get.
> They raid the
> garden, eat tomatoes, cuckes, just about anything they can
> get at. But
> they have got ticks under control in the pasture and yard.
> 
> Rob - Va
> 
> On Thu, Jan 1, 2009 at 8:17 AM, bobf
> <bobford79 AT yahoo.com> wrote:
> > Rob, I'm just curious why you don't eat the
> guineas?
> >
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