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["Lon J. Rombough" <lonrom@hevanet.com>]

Title: Re: [NAFEX] Cicadas, eating thereof

Guinea fowl can escape easily, but you may get in trouble with anti-noise ordinances - they scream like banshees.  Only thing worse is peacocks.

>

> I like very much having two chickens here in our suburban yard.
> Problem was, the only neighborhood dog who roams free [in violation of
> our town's leash law] apparantly figured out how to overcome the
> chicken's natural evasive talents and took the both down, as both birds
> were found dead in the dog's yard.
>
> I've heard a rumor geese can drive away full grown german shepherds, I
> wonder, are there any other fowl known to be able to evade or hold their
> own against dogs?
>
> Charlie Paradise
> zone 5 / Massachusetts