It's a blustery day here on the farm. There's moisture in the air, sometimes just a light mist, other times it's wee little balls of stinging sleet. This is not my favorite time to be out and about, but the animals need hay even more on days they don't go out and graze.
The guineas don't seem to mind a little rain, running around looking for grain or perched on the fence.
I almost chickened out of my morning walk through the woods, but I figured if the guineas could hack the foul weather, so could I.
The wind was making quite a racket as it roared through the trees, and of course the creek was up a little from the bit of rain we had. 
On nice days, when I let all the animals out together, it's not unusual to see all kinds of combinations of critters, with the chickens, guineas, dogs, sheep and llama.
This isn't the first time I've seen poultry perching on sheep. I think that nice thick wool must keep their feet warm, or maybe they just like being on top of things.
It's a typical scene on the farm.
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That last photo made me laugh! Your dog looks like he's about to say something and your black sheep is like, "yeah, you gotta problem with this rooster on my back?"
I love that you have a creek running through your property – that's something missing from our new place…no creek, no pond…just a hand pump to the well below (more a novelty than an actual benefit).
You didn't want to 'chicken out', eh?" hehehe
Love these pictures! I would love to have some guineas, but I have a feeling several of our neighbors wouldn't be so keen on it. I think they are gorgeous, and useful, too!
We used to have a neighbor who had them and they would warn them if anyone or anything entered their property….loudly! haha
Do you eat their eggs? Would you say they taste like chicken eggs, or different?
What kind of sheep do you have?
We originally got guineas because of a bad problem with ticks on this property when we first moved here. Couldn't go out in the yard without one or two falling off and tree and on your person. Now? NO problem, very few ticks.
We don't eat their eggs. Usually they lay in such out of the way places, I'd hate to have to try to find the nests on a regular basis. We just let them hatch out MORE guineas.
Amd we have Shetland sheep.
I found two guineas in our front yard this morning, just squawking away. No idea where they came from. I snapped a couple quick pics and emailed one off to friends, to see if anyone knew what they were. Your pictures here confirmed it — thanks for the blog (found through Google image search).
So they eat ticks and are good watchdogs, huh? Maybe we'll get lucky and they'll hang around! 
Churchmouse (cmauzeatgmaildotcom)
The good things about guineas are eating ticks and other bugs, and they are good "watchdogs"… but the down side of that is they can be very LOUD. I can't take a movie around her without the sound of guineas in the background!