Some of the funny things they do. They run to follow me or the dog. If I drive in and stop for the mail they run down the driveway towards me. If I leave they follow the truck and we have to hurry out the driveway or if Craig is here he calls them back.  Last night was a good one. One bird roosting on the porch rail, I could not find the other 2. Then I heard a plunk, plunk above my head. I walked out in the yard and the other 2 were on the porch roof.  every step they took made a noise. Button was on the tail and fretting about trying to go up on the roof. finally she flew up. They slept there all night.

Now the hardest part. Getting a Jack Russell to NOT kill the Tweeter birds. The new Nick name is tweeter birds. I had to work about a week with her on a leash to train her to not chase them. After carefully watching her she follows them around. We call her the Tweeter herder.  Now when they see big sister come out they run to her squakimg. They actually follow her.

They will not go back into the coop and decided to roost on my porch  posts. If their bomb doors was hanging over the outside of the rail they dropped the bombs in the grass but if over the deck floor they made a mess. I had to line the floor with cardboard. So we decided to move the coop by the deck and out of the woods.

When I did let them lose again, they fell in love with the truck bumper. They keep looking at themselves.

Their names are Zip he is the all grey one and I was told it was the rooster. Button is the light grey one, pretty sure it's a hen. Button is always following. Then we have Snap we think is a hen but sometimes a leader. I kept the girls penned up for about a month. First time I only let Zip loose. You would have think I pulled all his feathers out the way he kept squeaking and circling the pen. I thought he would have gone back in at night but no he just could not figure out how to get into the door. They say guineas are dimb, well it's true. That night he slept out in woods until I grabbed him with flashlight spotting him. They cannot see at night but you have to hold tight as they will flog you with their wings. I tossed him into the next box. Next time I tried i let all 3 out. Again they refused to roost in the house. They slept in low bushes at the edge of the woods. We have bears, coyptes, bobcats, raccoons ,ferel cats so I did not think they would last long. Well they made it thru first night. I happened to get them all rounded up the next night and coop them. Then the snow started so they stayed cooped for a few weeks

Girls loaded into their new home. We were told there is two hens,

 one rooster. I still call them the girls

New coop for the hens. Craig and put it together in the house for the girls and stained it. It's all set to on cinder blocks and strapped down so bears cannot flip it. I call it the hens condo cabin

New guniea hens

November 2017. Just got 3 young birds for eating ticks. I had chickens when growing up but not gunieas.