Used to see them a fair bit in rural eastern North Carolina. Small
farmers would have a truck garden near the house & guinea fowl are an
inexpensive form of pest control because they eat bugs & many common
weed seeds.
On 4/9/2015 2:49 PM, Alan C wrote:
Thanks Don & Bob.
There are about 6 species of guinea fowl, all native to sub-Saharan
Africa. A couple of species have been introduced to other countries. At
Gwebi Agricultural College NE of Salisbury, Rhodesia (now Harare,
Zimbabwe) in the 1960's, guinea fowl were selectively bred as egg
layers. They got up to about 200 medium sized eggs/year/hen which wasn't
bad. Chickens lay over 300 large eggs.
Alan C
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Cool picture. Guinea fowl were not common but sometimes seen on farms
here in Iowa when I was a kid. Seems to me we ate the eggs although they
were small. So a little nostalgia for me.
On 4/9/15 11:00 AM, [email protected] wrote:
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A small flock of Guinea Fowl (Tarentaal) sand-bathing in my garden this
afternoon. Two chicks have survived - an improvement on last year's zero.
And then the dog saw them & they scattered in all directions.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/wisselstroom/16468428923/in/photostream/
K7 HD 55-300@100mm f4 1/500s ISO400 Overcast
Alan C
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