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H2O Man

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49. My son told me
Mon Apr 5, 2021, 12:49 PM
Apr 2021

that someone down the road has a flock of one of the other types of Guineas. I have the most common speckled ones. The other person has the larger black ones. (I think there are four types.)

My father raised them when he was a kid. I started raising birds when I was seven -- which was a long, long time ago! My impression is that fewer and fewer people were raising them, until the deer ticks became a serious problem. Now they are becoming more popular, at least in the northeast.

Wild Turkey [View all] H2O Man Apr 2021 OP
I love your thoughtful, quiet posts, my dear H20 Man... CaliforniaPeggy Apr 2021 #1
+1 CaptainTruth Apr 2021 #19
Thanks! H2O Man Apr 2021 #44
The strange thing, Peggy, H2O Man Apr 2021 #43
KnR Hekate Apr 2021 #2
Thank you! H2O Man Apr 2021 #45
Thank you! H2O Man Apr 2021 #46
i love watching wild turkeys.. we have a flock of about 20 that make the rounds in this.. samnsara Apr 2021 #3
Their poops are huge, too. LakeArenal Apr 2021 #4
When I went out H2O Man Apr 2021 #48
I love Guineas. DURHAM D Apr 2021 #5
We had guineas growing up too. Never met anybody else who had them Walleye Apr 2021 #7
Here in the northeast, H2O Man Apr 2021 #50
My son told me H2O Man Apr 2021 #49
Thought you were talking about the old "Kickn Chicken" bottomofthehill Apr 2021 #6
try Wild Turkey Rare Breed Barrel Proof, ridiculously cheap for the quality, streets ahead of 101 Celerity Apr 2021 #21
Almost 117 proof and still sipable? liberaltrucker Apr 2021 #24
Yes, absolutely sippable neat. Bourbon, even more than Scotch, when cut down, loses so much Celerity Apr 2021 #31
Good info. Thanks! liberaltrucker Apr 2021 #36
Let me know if you like it! Celerity Apr 2021 #38
Ah!!!! H2O Man Apr 2021 #53
My favourite (non outrageous price) Irish whiskey is Redbreast 15 Year Old Single Pot Still Celerity Apr 2021 #57
Thank you! H2O Man Apr 2021 #58
Ha! H2O Man Apr 2021 #51
I am sorry to hear of the loss of your brother bottomofthehill Apr 2021 #52
Thank you! H2O Man Apr 2021 #54
We had Guineas. They would fly over a large gate, then scream and yell to have the gate opened so Karadeniz Apr 2021 #8
Exactly! H2O Man Apr 2021 #56
Alan Dershowitz, Jeffrey Epstein's friend, has big pull in elite circles. Kid Berwyn Apr 2021 #9
Interesting but ShazzieB Apr 2021 #13
Dr. Lee was let go, she alleges, after Dershowitz complained to Yale. Kid Berwyn Apr 2021 #20
I did not know this... Mazeltov Cocktail Apr 2021 #23
She is remarkable. H2O Man knows a lot of great people. Kid Berwyn Apr 2021 #25
I'm working today H2O Man Apr 2021 #61
I had missed this, but I always thought Trumps Rally speeches sound like a hypnosis show. mackdaddy Apr 2021 #27
The MAGAmorphosis Kid Berwyn Apr 2021 #42
Well said. Exactly right. H2O Man Apr 2021 #62
Hey there! H2O Man Apr 2021 #59
Not only do Guineas eat ticks, they are excellent watchdogs. Arkansas Granny Apr 2021 #10
Right. H2O Man Apr 2021 #63
Amazing what we learn from other critters malaise Apr 2021 #11
Very nice! H2O Man Apr 2021 #64
I've noticed two pretty tame cats around here recently malaise Apr 2021 #69
Even the feral cats H2O Man Apr 2021 #71
Many decades ago I had two dogs and a cat named Pushkin malaise Apr 2021 #73
I thought this thread would be about bourbon IronLionZion Apr 2021 #12
And Guinness. n/t Harker Apr 2021 #14
I wonder if H2O Man Apr 2021 #66
Good question, stout fellow. Harker Apr 2021 #72
Me too... HUAJIAO Apr 2021 #15
Yep! H2O Man Apr 2021 #68
OOOH yes... HUAJIAO Apr 2021 #75
I'm glad I'm not the only one MustLoveBeagles Apr 2021 #33
!!!! H2O Man Apr 2021 #67
In some curious ways, H2O Man Apr 2021 #65
I was once attacked by a wild turkey on the island of Moorea, near Tahiti. HUAJIAO Apr 2021 #16
Ouch! MustLoveBeagles Apr 2021 #34
Yikes!!! H2O Man Apr 2021 #70
'Nature' is full of surprises !!! HUAJIAO Apr 2021 #74
Ms. Lee was fired for telling the TRUTH Skittles Apr 2021 #17
+1000 CaptainTruth Apr 2021 #18
Lovely quiet scene. electric_blue68 Apr 2021 #22
I'm happy to see you posting. PETRUS Apr 2021 #26
I have been seeing a lot of them here lately druidity33 Apr 2021 #28
I have not seen any of those guineas since I was a kid. kentuck Apr 2021 #29
Love your animal stories Saoirse9 Apr 2021 #30
Here's a Wild Turkey we saw displaying its plumage yesterday at University of California Sacramento. NBachers Apr 2021 #32
I'm not too far from you shanti Apr 2021 #37
I haven't seen a wild turkey since I was a kid MustLoveBeagles Apr 2021 #35
I've seen one live malaise Apr 2021 #40
We have a flock in our woods. Voltaire2 Apr 2021 #39
K&R spanone Apr 2021 #41
A "border collie" cat. Now that would be something to see. We have wild turkeys around, but even Vinca Apr 2021 #47
Acts of simple grace and the stories we share about them save us. nolabear Apr 2021 #55
I thought this post was about whiskey! jcgoldie Apr 2021 #60
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