RE: Guinea hens

Are these feathered friends the same as Quail????
John S.

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	John Failor [SMTP:buckeye5@bright.net]
> Sent:	Thursday, 18 December 1997 12:54
> To:	pumpkins@mallorn.com
> Subject:	Re: Guinea hens
> 
> >John Failor wrote:
> >
> >> I had one of these once. They are interesting little critters,
> >
> >-------------------ok...I've been reading about these little things
> and
> >I have GOT to ask:
> >what exactly are Guinea Hens?  Are they small, like a chicken?  Or
> >bigger
> >like a goose?  Now I know roosters can be quite fiesty, so how big
> are
> >these things that can chase off a rooster?
> >
> >Thanks folks :)
> >
> >Trish
> >
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> The one I had was about the size of a large chicken hen, but much
> faster
> and meaner. I think they come from Africa and some still roam free
> there.
> They are greyish purple with little white dots all over(. They have a
> hard
> bony top knot rather than a comb like a chicken has.
> 	When they would first meet with my roosters the rosters wood try
> to
> fight with them, but the Guinea would simply dodge every attack. After
> awile the rooster would be quite winded and give up. The guinea would
> then
> proudly chase off the exausted and frustrated rooster adding a few
> insult
> pecks along the way. After awile the roosters learned not even to
> challenge
> the guinea and run away on sight of the little terror. If some brave
> rooster would dare crow in the guinea's presence he would get chased
> off
> and if he wasn't fast enough might lose a few tail feathers. These
> mini-battles had little contact and none of them ever got injured and
> was
> really a comical sight seeing a big old rooster being chased around by
> a
> little purple poka-dotted  crazy bird. After the guinea established
> its
> barnyard terms(which most of the roosters learned quickly) there
> weren't
> many conflicts. They got along well with the hens and ducks though.
> They make a good barnyard addition but I wouldn't have more than a
> few.
> 
> John
> 
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