Guinea fowls are medium-sized poultry. Many poultry farms around the world are engaged in breeding them, since their meat and eggs are qualitatively superior to other species in terms of properties.
It is better to keep the guinea fowl separately from other birds. They are very shy and have a hard time getting along with birds of other breeds. They can easily tolerate hot and cold weather, but can die from dampness and sudden changes in temperature. Keeping birds indoors with drafts is strictly prohibited.
Where is it better to buy guinea fowl
If you decide to start breeding guinea fowls in the household, then you should know how to properly feed and care for them. First you need to buy a bird or a hatching egg. You can remove offspring from eggs using an incubator. If you want to buy several heads, then you can buy guinea fowls or already adult birds.
It is recommended to buy birds from experienced poultry farmers. On the Internet, you can find many sites with detailed descriptions of farms or private breeders. Guinea fowl can be ordered on the website or you can go to the farm and choose the birds you like.
It is not recommended to buy guinea fowl from pet markets. Dealers are unlikely to be able to give a guarantee for a bird and even cannot always tell about its origin. When choosing birds, you need to carefully examine each individual. Sick birds have a shabby flaccid appearance, swollen dull eyes. Such an animal is unlikely to survive in the future.
When purchasing chickens, you need to find out what vaccinations were given to them, what they were fed before your purchase. At first, it is necessary to adhere to this diet, since a sharp change in feed can lead to illness or death of the bird.
Bird breeding
Breeding guinea fowls in a private backyard is a rare phenomenon. But people who are doing this say that this bird is very unpretentious to climatic conditions. The main thing is that the habitat of the birds is dry and there are no sudden changes in temperature.
Guinea fowls can run fast and can fly. To keep them on the ground, you need to clip the wings a little. Guinea fowls are little susceptible to disease. During mating games, they need more space, otherwise they will not mate.
It is not recommended to keep several breeds of guinea fowl in the same room. In mixed breed guinea fowls, productivity is significantly reduced. Keeping guinea fowls together with chickens and other birds can lead to free crossing, as a result of which hybrids will appear.
For breeding guinea fowls, lighting is needed, in the amount of 16 hours per day. With proper bird maintenance, the first eggs can be expected to appear at 28-34 weeks. In individuals at a young age, egg production is better, but in birds older than 2 years, hatching of chicks from eggs is more productive. Closely related crossing of guinea fowls should not be allowed.
