At the new barn there is a guinea hen named Eleanor. She looks kind of like this except pure white.

She is an evil bird with a beady little eye.. if you're ever looking for watchdog, just purchase one of these birds. The moment I step on the ranch this little bird stares at me (she has to turn her head to stare out of one beady little eye at a time) and follows me around, just waiting to strike out at me. She has already instilled Teh phEar in China, who now will wait by the truck and refuses to go any further into Eleanor's territory. Nan, the barn manager, has even given China full priveledges to eat this little bird if she wants to.. but given Teh phEar, I don't think this will happen anytime soon.

It's just amazing how one little tiny animal, whose brain is probably no larger than this: O can instill such terror. I've shaken my finger at it, thrown leaves at it, and yelled at it, but alas, this little poultry has *no* fear and has no qualms about chasing me around screaming my fool head off.