What are guinea's good for anyway?

I get that question a LOT. "Do they lay eggs? " "Can you eat them? " "Well...what are they good for then?" Besides the fact that they are voracious bug eaters, these funny looking birds are extremely good watch "dogs". In fact my little herd of 7 guineas keeps better track of whats going on around my property than my dogs. When I hear them going off I get up and look..and there is usually something very obvious out there that has gotten them upset....a car in the driveway, a stranger walking too close to "their" boundary line, cats, dogs...you get the picture.

This afternoon I could hear them "chittering" and w

ent out to look...they were chasing a bunch of wild turkey down the property line.

They were done by the time I got my camera...I wish I had been quicker..it was funny watching them running and "chittering" at these HUGE birds....and the turkeys were just moving along...trying to get away from those noisy little things....They snuck back in after the guineas went out front.

And for the record...Yes you can eat guineas...and they do lay eggs that you can eat and I hear are delish! But I get so much amusement out of watching these little guys I don't think I could ever eat one....

This guy on the other hand.....is WAY past due for the freezer...