My Guinea came back

I had 2 guineas 7 years ago and one some how got out and we found a few feathers and figured it got killed.

Well I was walking down towards my barn in the back to look at something and I spot a Guinea walking down my back yard. I'm like WTF. The Guinea is walking down towards my chicken coop pecking at the grass and walks up to the door and tries to get in then it walks over to the second door and tries to get in.

I used the cell phone call my son and tell him to come out here we sit stand there looking at the bird wondering what is going on. I run to the garage and grab a piece of metal tin to close off the small entrance between the two sides of the run. We open the other door and the guinea just walks on in and sits down.

I read they can live 10 - 15 years. Now I don't know for sure if it is the one I lost but it sure knew my coop and knew where the door was. Very strange. If it is the same one, I guess it went on a long vacation and decided to come home. I have no idea how it could survive 7 years without a yote getting it. Perhaps it was living at the farm down the road.

I guess anything is possible. It still amazes me that homing pigeons find there way back as well.

Not sure if it will get along with the chickens, I might have to find a way that I can just let it roam around the back yard but still get in the coop but not let the chickens out.

It's been in the coop for several hours now and seems quite at home.

I might ask a few farms if they saw it or own it as maybe it's not mine.

Tomorrow afternoon I might open the door and let it out see if it comes back at dark. It's been free for many years and deserves to be free if it wants.

It's name was Yummy.

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