RE: Last Night I Dreamt About Chickens: Building the New Chook House
Everytime someone mentions chickens i need to mention the Guineafowl.
A kind of mini turkey that likes to eat grass and lives in herds.
The eggs of the Guineafowl are really an upgrade compared to chicken eggs. As these fowls have a fear more healthy diet then the boring chicken. So they also need a better quaility food (mais for instance) And they also like to turn over the compost heap once a day in search of worms and other critters that live in the compost heap.
Then once getting that first fowl egg, be warned! Do NOT try to crack it open in a glass or ceramic bowl. The egg will crack your fancy bowl and will not even have a crack itself.
No joke, just a simple warning. ;-) Superior eggs all the way. :-D
One small negative, these fowls are LOUD, your neighbors may no longer like you...
Lol. I heard they are bloody noisy bastards. No way. I'm getting plymouths!!
Same pattern though huh?
yeah very close.
If i can find a guineafowl that is a a bit of a lone wolf and doesn't want to live in a herd then it is welcome in my garden. My backyard is not large enough to host a herd.
Not sure if it is cruel to have just one egg-machine... As egg-machines also need a bit of a life.
Guineafowl are really good bug eaters. The will eat all the ticks they can find.
Also, they're really good at letting you know when something comes in the yard, especially if it's a predator, they make a lot of noise...
Oh cool! Wonder if they'd keep the foxes away!!!!
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LOL
But maybe even yes.... These guineafows are kinda raw... and behave like a real herd. And they also demand the highest bun to sit on... Chickens have to settle for the lower ranks.... :-)
Even if there is a mouse or a rat they make noise and even go after them..