Happy Harvest Blog
Sir Galahad and the keets of the round table
Galahad and the little guineas went wild today too. Just like when it was just him, I left the door open and turned my back on it and whoosh- all out. Little keets flowing through the world like a school of fish. I don't know if they're already familiar with the great outdoors, but they seem pretty comfortable in it. They promptly disappeared into the weeds, making brief showings at the house, by the pigs, and at mealtimes. The slightest chirp from him and they all hop and gather up to him.
Cutest keets
I put a chair in the greenhouse for visiting the chicks, and the keets took advantage. It must have been perching hour because they were all having a little bit of vantage time, Galahad, etc perched on the edge of a chickery, one with broody hens in it. SO CUTE! There's quite a crowd for him to look after now. He's busy. What a star. And of course at night I found him in the peppers, all fanned out over the little crowd, some heads poking out. So he is sitting on them
Guinea growth
They're also lost their "chick immunity", and can and will get pecked for being rude, especially by the layer hens. One of the guinea cocks seemed to be being a real jerk, chasing and attacking the chicks all the time. But I have a theory that that's a developmental strategy, like play fighting or wrestling, that he's teaching them the art of escaping attack (try catching one). Especially since the hen is right there letting him do it.
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