Our Mission

To support the responsible keeping and breeding of Guinea Fowl.
To educate on the care and habits of Guinea Fowl.
To offer assistance to those interested in the incubation, hatching and keeping of Guinea Fowl.

Just a Quick Reminder!

Don't forget to renew your GFIA membership for 2010. If you joined prior to 9/1/09, you need to renew your membership to continue to receive the benefits listed below. If you joined after 9/1/09, your membership is valid until 1/1/11.

Click here to access our quick and easy
Membership Renewal form.

Thank you for your continued support!

BENEFITS OF MEMBERSHIP

Welcome packet - includes educational materials, a membership card, and a few token gifts (contents may vary)
Copies of our newsletter, Buck-Wheat Bytes - mailed out thrice yearly
Copy of the GFIA Membership Directory - mailed out once each year
Discounted rates to attend our annual Guinea Fowl Conference
And you'll be supporting our work!

We are a nonprofit organization, based in and registered with
the State of Texas, USA.

In the Articles
& Activities section...

Learn about caring for keets and incubating guinea hen eggs -
Plus puzzles, videos, stories, slideshows, and lots more!

Find it all here.

Have you seen our latest newsletter?

December issue is online now!

Includes a delightful article by GFIA Member David Burton Flint and a continuation of the sweet, comical tale of "The Psycho Chicken."

Download your
free copy of
Buck-Wheat Bytes!

For Even More Guinea Fowl Info..

Please visit our Links Page where you'll find an extensive list of guinea fowl (often called guinea hens) and poultry related Internet resource links.

..or visit our very popular message board, Guinea Fowl Forum, where experienced guinea fowl owners can answer any questions you might have about guineas.

Got a guinea fowl or poultry related item to sell? Looking for a few keets or maybe a nice gift for a fellow guinea fowl enthusiast? Check out the new GFIA Classified Ads! You just might find what you're looking for!

Guinea Fowl International Association
2812 FM 987
Kaufman, TX 75142
USA

Photo courtesy of:
Pamela Walters Photography

The Sixth Day Bird

The Creator, creating the beasts of the field,
In a moment of whimsy could not help but yield
To an urge, and what could be fitter?

"I'll make Me one final whimsical critter!"
He began with the torso, spheroidal, prolate,
With legs short and stubby and toes six or eight.
The head wears a helmet with a strawberry top
And down-dangling wattles either straight or a lop.
Most birds are melodious, with a tune for each
He endowed this one with a god-awful screech.
They seldom walk--'tis a run or a trot,
Snatching bugs left and right, one for each polka-dot.
Their mentality make(sic) them insatiably curious.
They greet things strange with clamor furious
He made 'em gregarious to run in a flock
Then, wearily spent, He looked at his clock.
The Sixth Day ebbed into night when He
Grinned as He rested and called it a GUINEA!

Vulturine Guinea Fowl
Photo courtesy of:
Honolulu Zoo, Hawaii, USA