Guinea fowl can be raised with ordinary chickens, but it is generally not recommended.
Because the breeding method of guinea fowl is basically the same as that of ordinary chicken, it is also suitable for stocking or enclosure, and has the characteristics of fast growth, strong foraging ability, wide and varied feeding habits and strong adaptability. Therefore, guinea fowl can be raised with ordinary chickens. However, because guinea fowl likes to eat eggs, it is generally not recommended to breed together.
Matters needing attention in guinea fowl breeding:
Guinea fowl is generally suitable for flat breeding. As commercial broilers or laying hens, they can also be kept in cages. It is best to choose a quiet place and build a shed with dry ground and good ventilation facing south.
Guinea fowl has a wide variety of food habits, and commonly used chicken feed can be used to feed Guinea fowl, such as corn, bean cake, bran, fish meal, wheat, bone meal, shell powder, salt, vitamins, trace elements and additives. Guinea fowl should be fed with compound feed as much as possible, and the proportion is: cereals account for 45%-70%, bran accounts for 5%- 15%, animals account for 15%-25%, minerals account for 3%-7% and additives account for 0.5%-/kloc-.
It is worth noting that guinea fowl especially likes to eat green feed, such as grass, vegetables, leaves, etc. Feeding more green feed can reduce the feed cost and improve the quality and taste of pearl chicken.
Introduction of guinea fowl:
Guinea fowl, also known as guinea fowl, pheasant and guinea bird. It is one of the families of chickens, native to Africa. Mainly distributed in Yichang, Hubei Province, China, we call them "guinea fowl" because their feathers are gray and have regular round white spots, like shining pearls. Their wings are developed and powerful, and they have a certain leap ability. They can keep walking all day, and they are timid and easily surprised. If a hen makes a harsh cry, the whole flock will have a chain reaction.
Matters needing attention in common chicken breeding:
We need to disinfect the farm before preparing to breed chickens. The disinfection is mainly aimed at, if you are a newly rented farm, you need to treat and disinfect the sundries left by the previous one to prevent infection when breeding new chickens.
Choosing good chicks is the basis of good or bad economic returns. When choosing chicks, we should choose them according to our own needs, such as laying hens and broilers, and also consider them comprehensively according to the characteristics of varieties and their own environmental factors, as well as their disease resistance, adaptability and growth rate or egg production rate.
Introduction of common chicken:
Ordinary chickens generally refer to broilers, that is, white-feather chickens. This kind of chicken grows fast, and it can be released in more than 40 days. Before, it was grown up in a chicken shed. This kind of chicken has a high yield, so the cost is relatively low. The frozen chicken we usually eat is basically this variety.