and sometimes the ones that start out the plainest turn out to be be absolute beauties
but at the moment, try as I might, I am really struggling to find anything positive* to say about the two newest members of my family
meet Fred and Ethel
* they do have rather beautiful spotty feathers
For the record, Fred and Ethel will only be living in this small cage [ which is really a repurposed humane fox trap] for a few weeks until they get acclimatised. After that they will be free range Guinea Fowl and will apparently roost in the trees at night out of reach of foxes.
Guinea Fowl are generally considered by them-as-should-know to be Mother Nature's best snake alarms ... a skill I would love to think will never need to be tested ... and I've been waiting about three years for this pair.
Those feathers are sooo beautiful.
ReplyDeletethey're beautiful but have you heard them yet?? we saw some at the show a few years ago (admittedly a stressful situation for any bird) and sheesh they're about as loud as your average jet engine!
ReplyDeleteLisette that jet engine shriek is what makes 'em such good snake alarms
ReplyDeleteJust remember, their mother loved them! Anyway, they're babies, so I wish I could pet them. Will you get lots more from these two??
ReplyDeleteblessings on your exciting new endeavor,
marcy
That is so cool.
ReplyDeleteA children's zoo we visit has some. They strike me as rather likeable. The peacock thinks so, anyhow; he doesn't have a mate, so he comes on to the female guinea. The pervert.
aaahh now i understand :) and they are very beautiful...
ReplyDeleteAll babies are "dear little things". Trust me, with some babies, it's the kindest way.
ReplyDeleteHmm...let's see. I'm usually pretty good at seeing the positive. They have pretty feathers. And they look rather trustworthy. They also seem to match quite well.
ReplyDeletePlus there's that whole snake-alarm thing. That is a very, very beautiful quality!
They are noisy, all right!
ReplyDeleteThe other day I was driving past a farm and thought I saw wild turkeys in the bushes, but when I got closer it was just Guinea hens.