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- From: "Stephen Sadler" <Docshiva@Docshiva.org>
- To: "'North American Fruit Explorers'" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: RE: [NAFEX] guinea fowl
- Date: Thu, 2 Jun 2005 15:10:14 -0700
You have to have a refuge for the
birds. Our quail lived safely in and near thick, thorny, brambles.
Our chickens and guinea fowl had coops. Stephen Sadler, Ph.D. USDA 9, AHS heat zone 8, From:
nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org [mailto:nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of joanrrosenberg@aol.com I can guarantee you that the local cats WILL target
bobwhites. So will fox and any other predator available in the
area. Can't you just get a pet duck? Our imperial suburban town told me this afternoon fowl or rabbits have to have permit, which I am contemplating complying with. They even send an inspector.
Another idea other than guinea fowl is to release Bobwhite quail. They'd be less noisy than guineas; but I haven't much confirmation they'd eat ticks, which is the main point of keeping fowl. There's reports of guineas being susceptible to roaming house cats, but I only see one house cat occasionally, and occasional losses would be sustainable. Apparantly releasing the Bobwhite would be the least labor-intensive poultry activity, but whether they'd stay in the area depends on terrain factors I don't understand. And I don't have confirmation they'd eat ticks.
Would appreciate hearing from those of you who have had poultry.
Charlie Paradise
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[NAFEX] Sweet cherry report.,
Jwlehman, 06/02/2005
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RE: [NAFEX] Sweet cherry report.,
Brungardt, Sam, 06/02/2005
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- RE: [NAFEX] Sweet cherry report., Lucky Pittman, 06/02/2005
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[NAFEX] guinea fowl noise reports?,
charles paradise, 06/02/2005
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Re: [NAFEX] guinea fowl,
joanrrosenberg, 06/02/2005
- RE: [NAFEX] guinea fowl, Stephen Sadler, 06/02/2005
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Re: [NAFEX] guinea fowl,
Dianne Stephany, 06/02/2005
- RE: [NAFEX] guinea fowl, Naomi, 06/02/2005
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[NAFEX] Gritty pears [was Forelle],
Charles Paradise, 06/04/2005
- Re: [NAFEX] Gritty pears [was Forelle], Pat Meadows, 06/04/2005
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Re: [NAFEX] Gritty pears [was Forelle],
Lon J. Rombough, 06/04/2005
- [NAFEX] Nagog pear description[ was Gritty...was Forelle], Charles Paradise, 06/04/2005
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Re: [NAFEX] guinea fowl,
joanrrosenberg, 06/02/2005
- Re: [NAFEX] Sweet cherry report., Jwlehman, 06/03/2005
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