Snakes & Guinea fowls

MattsGuineas · **Posted:** Mon Oct 30, 2017 9:13 am

blackdotte wrote:

The neighbours 3 guinea fowl just killed a 5 foot king brown snake and its was so quick only took about 5 mins to kill it woohoo4

Those guinea fowls are super hero's

Good going guineas i_like1

Bill · **Posted:** Tue Nov 14, 2017 10:04 am

That's a decent size to take on for them, well done

Monto Poultry · **Joined:** Thu Feb 27, 2014 7:15 am **Posts:** 9827

Bill wrote:

That's a decent size to take on for them, well done

Bill I agree nice work guys and girl guineas

Linz · **Joined:** Sat Aug 09, 2014 4:20 pm **Posts:** 156

What happens if they are bitten by a snake?

grabby · **Joined:** Sun Feb 12, 2012 1:36 pm **Posts:** 136

Antivenin I guess

blackdotte · **Joined:** Fri Dec 07, 2007 2:46 pm **Posts:** 78

Linz wrote:

What happens if they are bitten by a snake?

They cant harm them as their teeth are too short to get past the feathers

Rach · **Joined:** Sat Oct 17, 2009 7:59 pm **Posts:** 7

good to know that than657

PossumCorner · **Joined:** Sat Jan 03, 2015 6:33 pm **Posts:** 75

Yes as usual, I had no idea either

andrewschookz · **Joined:** Fri Nov 30, 2012 2:11 pm **Posts:** 63795

Bill wrote:

That's a decent size to take on for them, well done

I would like to take on a big snake one day but only the trouser kind honey

rarechooknut · **Posted:** Fri Feb 02, 2018 7:12 pm

Well now, I've never been a fan of guinea fowl..until now. We have a few dramas with pythons coming out of the scrub and around the dam and scoffing some pretty expensive birds. Our geese tell us pretty quickly if a snake is around the dam, but the tigers that come out of the sticks are a worry. 'Lost a dog to them last year, - she was trying to defend a pen of chooks.
We have a donkey that was dumped on us that has proved to be a good snake killer, but can't be everywhere.

I will look into the pros and cons of guineas with much fervour over the weekend!

Thanks for the thread,
Andrew

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