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I have read that guinea fowl will pair up for life and they are generally monogomous although a male can be grouped with more females although he will still have his favourite and the one that he will stand guard over and protect more than the others. As well as reading about this I have … Read more
I thought that I would give an update on my guinea fowl. I still have my original three guinea fowl – Charlie, Camilla and Diana who were given to me four years ago. In the picture you can see the original trio with Harriet and Wilhemina. Since then I have been breeding and raising guinea … Read more
have decided to keep my white guinea fowl, a decision I made before I knew the gender of the bird but luckily for me the white guinea fowl is female. I would like to give her a name as she will become part of the farmingfriends family of named animals, so if you have any good suggestions … Read more
This is my second guinea fowl hatch of the year. The 19 eggs have been in the incubator 28 days today (Sunday). Yesterday afternoon 3 of the eggs started to pip and by 9am this morning 1 guinea fowl keet had hatched and 2 more were close to hatching. At 10 am another guinea fowl … Read more
The guinea fowl chick count had reached 11 this morning by 6am. When I went down to press my nose against the incubator window for the umpteenth time, I could count 9 live wriggling cheepers in the incubator. I’d already taken the first chick out so that made 10. 3 eggs also had chicks hatching … Read more