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  • From: <sunnfarm AT netscape.com>
  • To: "Market Farming" <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Guinea fowl in the Garden?
  • Date: Wed, 13 Jan 2010 07:47:17 -0800

Guinea hens are fun to have around. Yes they will eat a few cucumber beetles
then poop on the ground in the plants then a cucumber will contact the poop
then someone will buy the cucumber eat it get very sick and die. Therein lies
the problem. We farmers not just the big guys are being hit from all sides on
food safety...Bob.
Sunny Meadow Farm
Bridgeton, NJ.

--- hurtgenmeadows AT gmail.com wrote:

From: Thomas Patrick Hurtgen <hurtgenmeadows AT gmail.com>
To: Market Farming <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: [Market-farming] Guinea fowl in the Garden?
Date: Wed, 13 Jan 2010 09:53:51 -0500

Does anyone have experience with guinea fowl as consumers of various
pests in the garden? Cucumber, squash and asparagus beetles have been
a significant problem in our gardens this past season. Do guinea fowl
significantly reduce the pest populations? Do guineas have their own
problems -- such as damaging some or all crops, etc? Many thanks for
any advise that may be offered. Tom (central NC, zone 7)
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