Wednesday, April 15, 2009

baby pictures

I know that some babies are prettier than others

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.

9 comments:

Lindi said...

Those feathers are sooo beautiful.

lisette said...

they'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!

catsmum said...

Lisette that jet engine shriek is what makes 'em such good snake alarms

Blessings each day said...

Just remember, their mother loved them! Anyway, they're babies, so I wish I could pet them. Will you get lots more from these two??

blessings on your exciting new endeavor,

marcy

Warty Mammal said...

That is so cool.

A 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.

lisette said...

aaahh now i understand :) and they are very beautiful...

Taphophile said...

All babies are "dear little things". Trust me, with some babies, it's the kindest way.

Sheepish Annie said...

Hmm...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.

Plus there's that whole snake-alarm thing. That is a very, very beautiful quality!

Alwen said...

They are noisy, all right!

The 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.