JeanieG, I guess you would say they are pets; they eat ticks & bugs like that...if you can keep them home.They are cute little guys to watch. They also make sounds when they are happy or alarmed with a new invader into the yard (excellent watch dogs!!!). Dh discovered they did not have enough food in their A-framed Chicken tractor, therefore, they went in search of more food. They fly or crouch silently when a predator threatens them; often guineas will roost in trees and owls will hunt them. They all go around the yard together...will try to get photos of them this weekend.
Turkeys are putting the ducks to bed every night in the duck house...and then they sat on top of it and in front of it to guard them until the turkeys are put to bed. Mornings will find them in pursuit of one another....turkeys after ducks, then the ducks after the turkeys. Both are grown larger and starting to look like a good size for the table in November and December. Turkeys are not afraid of anyone...people on two legs can approach them without the turkey flying away. With the Cub Cadet, they will come running and pursuit the tractor, fly on top of it., etc.