Guinea Fowl Chicken

Because of its light skeleton, the guinea fowl gives more meat thechicken. Its rusticity and adaptability make it the perfect bird for anintensive cost effective breeding. Many breeders understood that andare now opening up new avenues for trade.

Breeding

Ifthe guinea fowl is kept in a reserved clump or outdoor, it can becometurbulent and even quarrelsome. Therefore, it keeps its nervous andhasty natural temper when raised in the wild.

Theguinea fowl is able to hear unusual noise or movement coming from faraway, it then starts to scream very loud. That is why it is also knownas the farm-yard sentry.

The guinea fowl eats seeds and weeds and grows fast. It stays on the ground all day but likes to perch when the night comes.

Ifa predator happens to pass by, the guinea fowl runs so fast, it's as ifit wasn't touching the ground at all. It can also fly several hundredmeters.

Ina natural environment, the guinea fowl is monogamous. The femaleusually lays 12 to 20 eggs. During broodiness, the gregarious malejealously protects the females. It is hard to distinguish between themale and the female since they both have the same plumage.

Characteristics and Habits

One of the most ancient bird, theguinea fowl is native of South Africa from where it spreads all overthe continent, excluding desert regions, up to the Mediterranean sea.For a long period of time, the guinea fowl, and its eggs, was one ofthe main dish of the Africans. It can explain why this bird is moreresistant to hot weather than the chicken.

This bird is more resistant to hot weather than the chicken.