Guinea fowl is a bird in the family Guinea fowl of the order Galliformes.

Guinea fowl is a medium-sized terrestrial bird with a fat body and a small head. It is 40 to 72cm tall. The skin on the head and neck is exposed. Most species have a crest or a bone helmet.

The male bird’s head and crest are black. The exposed face is bluish-grey. The body feathers are mainly dark brown, with yellow and dark brown markings. There are white spots on the wings and tail feathers and eye-shaped spots in gray-green, purple and skin-yellow iridescent colors, arranged in a row on the inner flight feathers, and the outer ring is black and pale skin-yellow.

The top of the head of the female bird is black with tan and yellow skin feathers, and the crown feathers are dark gray. The exposed face is bluish-grey. The back of the head is chestnut brown. The body feathers have black spots and stripes, as well as brown, maroon and yellow beetle-like markings. The iris is brown; the mouth is light blue or white; the legs and feet are almost red.

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Living habits

Guinea fowl has low requirements for equipment and housing, good adaptability, strong disease resistance and foraging ability. The feeding habits are wide and varied, and they especially like green feed. The feeding cost is relatively low, so the investment in guinea fowl breeding industry is low, the cost is low, the turnover is fast, and the efficiency is high. Guinea fowl has high production performance. The annual egg production of breeding birds is about 160, and it can provide about 110 chicks.

Guinea chicken is delicious, tender and delicious, with rich game flavor. The breast and thigh meat each account for about 26% of the carcass weight. The protein content in the muscle exceeds 23%, and contains more trace elements. The vitamin content is more than twice as high as that of domestic chicken. Guinea fowl also has special nutritional nourishing functions, which is good for neurasthenia, heart disease, coronary heart disease, hypertension, Gynecological diseases all have certain therapeutic effects.

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