I am trying to speak softly in the video...and hiding behind a chair...You can tell the attention leaves the mirror when he hears my voice. Anyway, I was keeping my chickens in the coop and run after they had used my freshly planted Garden as a dust bath...undoing the entire thing. I had 4 Guinea at one time that were raised with chicks...so they acted like chickens...they went in the coop to roost, stayed with the flock etc. The problem was that He is the Alpha bird...not the Rooster...Because he is mean!! He Loves using that kidney bean comb to ram the chickens and in the Rooster in the back side when they aren't paying attention...he also loves grabbing tail feathers and pulling them out. He COULD NOT stay in the run with these guys...there were feathers everywhere...he ate most of the food...he chased them constantly and rammed with his comb at every opportunity. So, we caught him and let him free range. I originally got these to eat bugs in the yard anyway so he was needing to fulfill his purpose. He is the only one left of 4...and they Guineas usually are in a flock. So sadly...he is lonely. He still sits next to the coop most of the day. When my daughter's cars in the driveway he sits with what ever car is there...and pecks at it. I realized it was because he saw his reflection and thought these were guinea friends. I found a broken mirror in the barn...taped up any dangerous parts with Duct tape and flip the mirror so the broken side would be up and stuck in near the coop. Just as I thought about his reflection he hung out near the mirror most of the day. He even tried to chase it head on to show the guy in the mirror who was boss...but he gave up that idea when the Mirror guinea was trying to ram him at the same time. Stupid Bird!! Anyway...I know I will be getting Keets (baby Guineas) so that they can grow up for him to bully but he will also have others of his kind. These are the ugliest, silliest looking birds and watching them run just has to make you laugh. Louder than any other bird on the planet also...but it doesn't bother me. He sounds the alarm and everyone pays attention...a lot of times it is absolutely nothing but he has the whole hen house going with him...squawking, crowing and basically a vocal Mayhem.
I am trying to speak softly in the video...and hiding behind a chair...You can tell the attention leaves the mirror when he hears my voice. Anyway, I was keeping my chickens in the coop and run after they had used my freshly planted Garden as a dust bath...undoing the entire thing. I had 4 Guinea at one time that were raised with chicks...so they acted like chickens...they went in the coop to roost, stayed with the flock etc. The problem was that He is the Alpha bird...not the Rooster...Because he is mean!! He Loves using that kidney bean comb to ram the chickens and in the Rooster in the back side when they aren't paying attention...he also loves grabbing tail feathers and pulling them out. He COULD NOT stay in the run with these guys...there were feathers everywhere...he ate most of the food...he chased them constantly and rammed with his comb at every opportunity. So, we caught him and let him free range. I originally got these to eat bugs in the yard anyway so he was needing to fulfill his purpose. He is the only one left of 4...and they Guineas usually are in a flock. So sadly...he is lonely. He still sits next to the coop most of the day. When my daughter's cars in the driveway he sits with what ever car is there...and pecks at it. I realized it was because he saw his reflection and thought these were guinea friends. I found a broken mirror in the barn...taped up any dangerous parts with Duct tape and flip the mirror so the broken side would be up and stuck in near the coop. Just as I thought about his reflection he hung out near the mirror most of the day. He even tried to chase it head on to show the guy in the mirror who was boss...but he gave up that idea when the Mirror guinea was trying to ram him at the same time. Stupid Bird!! Anyway...I know I will be getting Keets (baby Guineas) so that they can grow up for him to bully but he will also have others of his kind. These are the ugliest, silliest looking birds and watching them run just has to make you laugh. Louder than any other bird on the planet also...but it doesn't bother me. He sounds the alarm and everyone pays attention...a lot of times it is absolutely nothing but he has the whole hen house going with him...squawking, crowing and basically a vocal Mayhem.
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