Free labor, with no benefits and it's a bargain.

Not really, as it is win-win situation, and you will see what I mean below.

The laborers have arrived, and you can see that they are dressed in their work clothes :)

They work for the Associated Guinea Fowl Society and the chairman of the society is Mr. Ostrich :)
It is said that Mr. Ostrich is very wise, and he worked hard to establish the society. He never took an increase and is still paid only two mice per day. A proud record and it just shows what dedication and perseverance can do.
Please don't believe this, as it is just again my mind going off on a rant.
I am just trying to get a smile here and I hope that I will.

This is on the Lourensford Wine Estate and you can see more of the estate HERE

Guineafowl (/ˈɡɪnifaʊl/; sometimes called "pet speckled hens" or "original fowl") are birds of the family Numididae in the order Galliformes. They are endemic to Africa and rank among the oldest of the gallinaceous birds. Phylogenetically, they branched off from the core Galliformes after the Cracidae (chachalacas, guans, and curassows) and before the Odontophoridae (New World quail). An Eocene fossil lineage Telecrex has been associated with guineafowl; Telecrex inhabited Mongolia, and may have given rise to the oldest of the true phasianids, such as blood pheasants and eared pheasants, which evolved into high-altitude, montane-adapted species with the rise of the Tibetan Plateau. While modern guineafowl species are endemic to Africa, the helmeted guineafowl has been introduced as a domesticated bird widely elsewhere.[1]
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They are wild guineafowl, and they know where to find food. They keep the vineyards free of pests as they eat weeds, ticks, snails, worms, small vermin such as mice, and insects.

Then our day went from this.........

To finally this.

Such is life here lately, as we are having tons of winter rain now. The Western Cape Province is in a winter rainfall area, and South Africa is also known as a water-scarce country, so every drop of rain counts. We have, perhaps, two or three days per week with weak sun, and the rest of the days are drenched in rain. Thankfully, it gives me short periods during the power cuts and the rain to go out and get photos.
Not easy, but I enjoy the challenges.

I hope you have enjoyed the pictures and the story.

And That's All Friends.

Photos by Zac Smith-All Rights Reserved.

Camera: Canon Powershot SX70HS Bridge camera.

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