4m x 3m Omlet pen, cube, new auto door still boxed and coop light

[sadietoo]

Ok...following on from my post about the fox getting my chickens and now laying siege to my Eglu, a friend has suggested that what we need to keep is a guinea fowl..(yeah I know this sounds expensive..the cost of those eggs keeps going up and up! ). Anyway, apparently Chickens (as we know) are useless at raising the alarm when a fox is about until it opens its mouth...guinea fowl on the other hand are apparently able to detect fox at a distance and provide an early warning system for incoming foxy nastiness...I see from previous posts that some of you keep guinea fowl...is my informant reliable? and if so in comparison to a standard chook how big are they/ how difficult to keep etc...(they sound a lot more interesting than an Electric fence!!! )

[Chook n Boo Mum]

I'm sure I've heard they are noisy..and not just when a fox is about...how would hey integrate & free range with a flock of louts like mine?!

 

Sha x

[sadietoo]

Mmmm noisy all the time isn't good...we're surrounded by neighbours....although..I don't really like them all..... : did I really say that out loud ?

[katieD]

we keep them at work- very loud and noisy im afraid! a very unusual sound but noisy- definately wouldnt keep them with neighbours x

[Chook n Boo Mum]

Mmmm noisy all the time isn't good...we're surrounded by neighbours....although..I don't really like them all..... : did I really say that out loud ?

 

Ooooo Sadie I think we would get on very well ..fancy a cuppa sometime, must get a local meet up together as there seem to be more locals joining just recently....a swift hop over to "get togethers" is need I feel...

 

Sha x

[sadietoo]

Sounds good to me