I'm considering getting guinea fowl for pest control. Does anyone have
any experience with them? Any suggestions?

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"Chip G." wrote in message
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I'm considering getting guinea fowl for pest control. Does anyone have
any experience with them? Any suggestions?

You won't have any snakes slithering in.....they love snakes!! YUM!

Val

I don't know about pest control, but they make great watchdogs.! They raise
h___ when a stranger comes on your place.
Dave

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In article 1052975375.899596@yasure, Valkyrie
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You won't have any snakes slithering in.....they love snakes!! YUM!

I don't have any trouble with snakes (I've caught and released two
already).

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I don't know about pest control, but they make great watchdogs.! They raise
h___ when a stranger comes on your place.

That can be a down side. I hear they sometimes trouble neighbors with
the racket they produce. What exactly does the alarm sound like?

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In article 1052975375.899596@yasure, Valkyrie
wrote:

You won't have any snakes slithering in.....they love snakes!! YUM!

I don't have any trouble with snakes (I've caught and released two
already).


heh...that would be a problem to me! :-)

They love to eat ticks. You can watch a flock feeding in a field of plants,
and see them cleaning up the tick problem. We lived 3 miles out of town and
the only problem we saw, was that they always managed to be on the highway
when cars were driving by. They belonged to our aunt and uncle, but were
always welcome at our place.

Dwayne




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In article , Dave W
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I don't know about pest control, but they make great watchdogs.! They
raise
h___ when a stranger comes on your place.

That can be a down side. I hear they sometimes trouble neighbors with
the racket they produce. What exactly does the alarm sound like?

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I contemplated the use of Guinea fowl for the same cleaning up deer ticks. I
checked around and found that Guineas should be raised up with chickens so
they don't wander too far, as into the street. A friend tried this and lost
his flock of chickens and Guineas to the raccoons in short time. So I built
a barn in the field and made the remainder into lawn. No more deer ticks,
but I did have to borrow 20 grand to build the barn and buy a larger lawn
mower.

Chas Hurst

"Dwayne" wrote in message
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They love to eat ticks. You can watch a flock feeding in a field of
plants,
and see them cleaning up the tick problem. We lived 3 miles out of town
and
the only problem we saw, was that they always managed to be on the highway
when cars were driving by. They belonged to our aunt and uncle, but were
always welcome at our place.

Dwayne




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In article , Dave W
wrote:

I don't know about pest control, but they make great watchdogs.! They
raise
h___ when a stranger comes on your place.

That can be a down side. I hear they sometimes trouble neighbors with
the racket they produce. What exactly does the alarm sound like?

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Read the new mother earth news. They have a good article on the subject.

In article , Gary
Lawrence wrote:

Read the new mother earth news. They have a good article on the subject.

Do you have a web link? Which issue? What was the name of the article?

Thanks,

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