The Guineas

As previously mentioned in the newsletter, we had guineas. Yes, they are blue. Very blue. They really get around, too. Once they went halfway up the road to one of our neighbor's house and another time they went halfway down the road to another neighbors' house.They can fly much higher and much farther than the chickens can. Well, okay, except for that one guinea that pretty much never flies except to get on the roost at night. No idea why. She just... doesn't. Her friends go flying off without her and she gets so upset and makes a huge ruckus. One thing that the guineas can do well is make a ruckus. It is deafening. The people we got them from said that they would roost in the trees. That is exactly what they do. They sleep in the trees. The people we got them from also said they would lay eggs in the spring. We never found any guinea nests. 

Then our neighbor decided to tell us to keep our guineas off her property. We didn't want to pen them up, that is just cruel, so we gave them away to a friend. 

Catching guineas is hard. Very  hard. The dogs caught the first one. The guinea couldn't fly because its feathers were wet because it was raining. Thanks Duke and Max! We caught the other three at night while they were roosting using a long piece of pipe and some rope. The male guinea was the hardest to catch. Boy did he now just how to avoid the rope! 

Getting rid of the guineas was very sad as we all enjoyed them. Oh well. 

Written by Jane