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Well, interesting turn of events at coop opening this morning. My last remaining Guinea has passed on abruptly. He was somewhere in the vicinity of 11 years old, and I had noticed him acting a bit strange for a couple days, but thought it was just because of things changing with the roosters moving in with him.
I'll be honest, I was not overly fond of the Guineas for the many years they were here. I took good care of them as I do with all my birds, but I had long since decided to let the Guinea flock die out and not replenish it. It's bittersweet, because it feels like the end of a significant chapter with my poultry, but at the same time it does relieve me of a bit of extra work with him and allows me to devote the time, supplies, and space that had gone to the Guineas for so long to the chickens now, the birds I do want to continue keeping. This last one was a pied pearl male. This was one of the better pictures I took of him, years ago; the Guineas as a rule weren't the most cooperative for pictures.
I'll be honest, I was not overly fond of the Guineas for the many years they were here. I took good care of them as I do with all my birds, but I had long since decided to let the Guinea flock die out and not replenish it. It's bittersweet, because it feels like the end of a significant chapter with my poultry, but at the same time it does relieve me of a bit of extra work with him and allows me to devote the time, supplies, and space that had gone to the Guineas for so long to the chickens now, the birds I do want to continue keeping. This last one was a pied pearl male. This was one of the better pictures I took of him, years ago; the Guineas as a rule weren't the most cooperative for pictures.