Good Morning! <=2017

SandyM · Post by **SandyM** » Tue Mar 22, 2016 5:15 pm

I swear they didn't go off yesterday and same as when I was at Doug's. The turkeys were much more chatty yesterday then the guineas. They kept their distance at Doug's but no alarms or major ruckus.

That's what I'm thinking Kenya. I don't need 50 but maybe a trio or a dozen out free ranging :) . I've already taken ticks out of one cat and Drake (dog). Its March.

Colleen Kinzie · Post by **Colleen Kinzie** » Tue Mar 22, 2016 6:38 pm

SandyM wrote:QR_BBPOST Ok, I'd like to also make note that while I was at Shirley's (BVF) yesterday and previously at Doug The Chicken Mans those guinea fowls have not been screaming like everyone has warned me. I even talked to the ones at Shirley's and they didn't make a scene. Are y'all fibbing to me?

So when I left Shirley's yesterday I put them back on my serious consideration list.

They sure carried on when I was there on Saturday!!! Lol
Biggest reason I don't want them again
They did bring a good buck at Woodstock Friday nite sale. $18.00 each!!!

goatgal35 · Post by **goatgal35** » Tue Mar 22, 2016 8:41 pm

SandyM wrote:QR_BBPOST Ok, I'd like to also make note that while I was at Shirley's (BVF) yesterday and previously at Doug The Chicken Mans those guinea fowls have not been screaming like everyone has warned me. I even talked to the ones at Shirley's and they didn't make a scene. Are y'all fibbing to me?

So when I left Shirley's yesterday I put them back on my serious consideration list.

Not Fibbing at all, just ask my neighbours :)

Post by **WLLady** » Tue Mar 22, 2016 9:22 pm

Might have been me colleen. They are NEVER quiet when i am anywhere near hamilton i swear i can hear them when i drive by!! Lol. Sandy-maybe they didnt see you. ;-P
They are the noisest birds i have EVER seen....ever!

Bobbi · Post by **Bobbi** » Tue Mar 22, 2016 10:48 pm

Any updates on Avian Influenza I have missed?

Post by **WLLady** » Wed Mar 23, 2016 7:05 am

Colleen Kinzie · Post by **Colleen Kinzie** » Wed Mar 23, 2016 7:46 am

WLLady wrote:QR_BBPOST Might have been me colleen. They are NEVER quiet when i am anywhere near hamilton i swear i can hear them when i drive by!! Lol. Sandy-maybe they didnt see you. ;-P
They are the noisest birds i have EVER seen....ever!

Just wondering
Shirley. Do they flap off like that every time you go to barn? Or is it mostly with strangers
Been a long time since I've had them so I don't really remember. Plus ours were strictly free range

kenya · Post by **kenya** » Wed Mar 23, 2016 7:56 am

Mine do it every time I go in the barn,and most of the time I'm in the barn, when outside they don't do that.

SandyM · Post by **SandyM** » Wed Mar 23, 2016 8:01 am

Colleen Kinzie wrote:QR_BBPOST
WLLady wrote:QR_BBPOST Might have been me colleen. They are NEVER quiet when i am anywhere near hamilton i swear i can hear them when i drive by!! Lol. Sandy-maybe they didnt see you. ;-P
They are the noisest birds i have EVER seen....ever!
Just wondering
Shirley. Do they flap off like that every time you go to barn? Or is it mostly with strangers
Been a long time since I've had them so I don't really remember. Plus ours were strictly free range

Free range but did the return to a coop at night? I also read if raised with chickens they have a tendency to be more calm.

Post by **WLLady** » Wed Mar 23, 2016 8:40 am

i raised mine with chickens. they started killing the chickens on the bottom of the totem pole. i ended up having to separate them. and then i just got rid of them completely. they NEVER shut up.....the horse would walk by and the world was ending. i would come out of the house (and they knew me) and the world was ending. the dog came out and the world was ending. the other dog came out and wow the world must have ended with that rukus. good thing was the coyotes were told....as were the sparrows. and the starlings. and the skunks. and the bunnies. and the neighbours. and the hydro one guys. it got to the point where if ANYONE came to visit we had to talk in the house because the things would bark at us and then follow us around! the ONLY time they were quiet was if they were in the pitch black at night and the motion light was off. but if it was raining, or the light came on, or windy....they made noise at night too. not quite as much...but enough that i couldn't sleep. so i sold them all. the only thing is they tasted great in the oven (like pheasant) and they got good money at the auction.