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How hard can it be I thought :-D

channys_mum — Sat, 09 Aug 2014 04:51:26 GMT

8 down 4 to go.

It's only taken me since Tuesday

Catching guinea fowl.

One I have caught 3 times the blardy houdini

So any volunteers my place about 5pm thanks

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puddleback — Sat, 09 Aug 2014 05:30:05 GMT

Oh I dream of owning my own little flock of guinea fowl....don't shatter my illusion Channy's Mum!

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channys_mum — Sat, 09 Aug 2014 06:02:55 GMT

PearlLavender

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puddleback — Sat, 09 Aug 2014 06:48:49 GMT

Oh I love them....there used to be a flock near where I worked...they would wander the streets in the early hours of the morning then be home in time for peak traffic...

I find them really peaceful....esp in a paddock or vineyard

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channys_mum — Sat, 09 Aug 2014 06:53:20 GMT

I do too. They come when they are if you raise them from little as I have done with all mine.

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channys_mum — Sat, 09 Aug 2014 08:36:02 GMT

Forgot to say that whilst they come when they are called they wont let you catch them.

2 more caught and 2 to go.

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lloydslights — Sat, 09 Aug 2014 19:59:22 GMT

When I was very young, we had a poultry farm.

Dad made a "chook crook". A piece of 8guage wire, about 3 foot long. One end curved to come back down the main stem for about 6 inches.

Catch them around the ankles - not the neck

DEB

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serendipityricho — Sat, 09 Aug 2014 20:17:18 GMT

Do they --taste like chicken?......just asking...........................Richo.

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lurker172602 — Sat, 09 Aug 2014 21:02:56 GMT

Why do you need to catch them?

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lloydslights — Sat, 09 Aug 2014 21:46:04 GMT

I forgot to add : twirl the ends away from the straight length like a kiss-curl to prevent damage to the prey and yourself.

DEB

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lloydslights — Sat, 09 Aug 2014 21:56:07 GMT

Just read the guinea fowl on the motherearth google site.

"Don't catch them by their legs."

Better forget about my chook crook then.

DEB

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channys_mum — Sat, 09 Aug 2014 22:34:06 GMT

Apparently they taste like pheasant richo

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channys_mum — Sat, 09 Aug 2014 22:44:36 GMT

Council request lurker. Some sweet soul doesn't like them.

When I first moved here the neighbours asked if they could just cruise around because they are good for the garden and keep snakes away.

I said to let me know if they became a bother. Neighbours said that won't happen.

In the last few months there have been houses built on the Guinea fowls land. They still feel they have the rights to it and wander in. Guess the newbies don't share the same views.

I had intended to catch and relocate some anyway, but now they are all leaving. The first 6 are already on their new 40 acre new home.

I keep telling the two that are avoiding me that they will love it on the farm. Not listening, but then they are teenagers, not quite adults yet.

I feel a bit sad that I can't keep any now.

It's because this area has suddenly become built up.

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lurker172602 — Sat, 09 Aug 2014 22:56:31 GMT

Oh, that's a bit sad

LAND RIGHTS FOR GUINEA FOWL!!

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channys_mum — Sat, 09 Aug 2014 22:58:09 GMT

Yep That's what I thought lurker

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sineaterdoodah — Sat, 09 Aug 2014 23:23:01 GMT

wow,that's awful! can you visit them on the farm,i hope?

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puddleback — Sun, 10 Aug 2014 04:20:07 GMT

Hopefully the whinging newbies will soon be overrun with snakes and bug riddled gardens.....why on earth can people not just speak to each other....

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channys_mum — Sun, 10 Aug 2014 06:35:30 GMT

That's right ducky but people just don't.

I could have kept a few, but as soon as council are involved they say that they must be housed elsewhere.

What gets me is that people can have screeching cockatoos in cages that aren't even big enough to keep a budgie in, but a naturally nomadic bird can't stroll the foot path because it comes back to roost at my house. I should ask council to control the corellas because there are hundreds of them in our yards screeching.

I can visit them any time I like, because they are living on a friends alpaca farm. No not the one in the cold case investigations lol.

Actually I know that guy, but not a friend, not even considered an acquaintance.

Re: How hard can it be I thought :-D

channys_mum — Sun, 10 Aug 2014 06:40:06 GMT

oh, all guineas present and accounted for.

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaand pst pst shhhhhh, I am going to try to keep my lavender baby. I found it wet and motionless on the ground as a newborn. I took it in and sat in front of a heat lamp massaging it, and suddenly little heart beat. The resurrection has nothing on me folks

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tcmsecretuseid — Sun, 10 Aug 2014 15:52:16 GMT

People are idiots. Next thing you know, those stupid people are going to put poison in hummingbird feeders too.

I love guinea fowl. I'd love to have some.

Of course you are keeping your lavender baby.

I was laughing the first time I read your thread. When I found out why you were trying to catch them, I screamed obscenities at my screen. flipping potholes.