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Rain Creek Farm Yesterday David made arrangements to purchase four Guineas that the seller would capture before his arrival at 8am this morning. Before work today he visited the nearby farm which was in the same area as the original site of our Scheel farmhouse. Here are the Guinea fowl upon David's return to Rain Creek Farm. These are about one-half grown. (07.23.02) |
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Rain Creek Farm One of the kittens watched the new arrivals from her bed of moss. (07.23.02) |
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Rain Creek Farm Guineas are the farm yard watch dog, sounding the alarm whenever anything unusual occurs. They will consume large amounts of insects and seldom bother the garden or flowers. Guinea Hens are known around the world by many names: In France as Pintade, in Italy as Faraona, in England as Guinea Fowl, in Spain and Portugal as Pintade, and in Germany as Perlhuhn. (07.23.02) |
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Rain Creek Farm Here they are in a pen that David and Linda erected last night behind the barn. Once started, they fend for themselves, living on insects, seeds, and grasses. They control deer ticks, wood ticks, grasshoppers, box elder bugs, flies, crickets, and all other insects. Their call will discourage rodents. They will kill snakes, and will alert you to anything unusual. Particularly, it is their appetite for grasshoppers that brings them to Rain Creek Farm. (07.23.02) |
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November 02, 2006 |
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