Guinea Fowl International Association

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.

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Learn about caring for
keets and incubating
guinea hen eggs -
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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.

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

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