Our guinea hen is puzzled. For 2 years, she had many buddies. Or at least she a flock to boss around. She was "top poultry" and she knew it. Our chickens had to keep in line or she would chase them around, peck them and step on them.
Then, one strange day, all the chickens left and never returned. They are, of course, in our freezer but she doesn't know that.
Her behavior has changed significantly. She used to spend 90% of her time in the chicken yard with the chickens. She does fly enough to get out of the yard, but she rarely wanted to. When she did fly out, she tended to stay very close to the chicken yard.
Now she is going much further afield. We find her on the fence outside the pool. This morning she was by the door to the deck. She is often seen eating bugs in our garden. All this is a fine thing as we bought her to eat bugs, and previously she wasn't eating bugs.
Truthfully, she is so picturesque, so truly ugly in a charming way, that she is earning her keep. But it is nice that she is also gobbling up bugs right now.
We are still trying to decide whether to get chickens soon.
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