Guinea fowl have been kept on farms for thousands of years. Figurines were carved into temples and buildings of the ancient Egyptians, dating back to 2400 B.C.E. The Greeks were keeping domesticated varieties by 400 B.C. and the ancient Romans considered both the meat and eggs delicacies. We love Guinea Fowl and noticed that so much of it has to be imported from France, this seems ridiculous and so we asked our good friend Marcus www.marcus-langford-reptiles.co.uk to hatch out a few eggs for us and we bought the resulting 'Keets'.
Steve is busy building a 'state of the art' Guinea Fowl house for our new arrivals. Nick our fisherman neighbour happened to have a huge wooden crate made of Canadian Pine he dragged up from the depths of Portland Harbour. Like any good farmer recycling is second nature so Steve has now fitted a front door (including a letter box!) and it makes up the housing for our Guinea Fowl Keets. They are free to run outside a scratch around, dust bathing and making distinctive calls whenever disturbed!
Guinea's front door - with Youngsters enjoyoying autumn sunshine Mum taking keets for a walk!
letter box for fan mail !
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