The picture is not great but I can only think its a kind of partridge of some kind...help !
Hi
Could be Helmeted Guineafowl
Susan
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Hi Topgazza, I'm wondering if they might be Guinea fowl.
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My daughter and my wife saw them. They scattered across the field in many directions...like, well, headless chickens.
Thank you for that..we will try and get a better picture as we could find them anywhere. I can bring up Helmeted Guineafowl and see if they can recognise them
Many Thanks Susan
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Gary
Hi TopGazza and welcome to the RSPB Forum
Where was the picture taken? Is it in the UK?
The birds look as though they are Guinea Fowl kept in captivity somewhere?
Regards
Kathy and Dave
topgazza said: The picture is not great but I can only think its a kind of partridge of some kind...help !
Hi again, try looking up also Pied Guinea fowl, they come in pearl grey, and lavender also.
Yes i'd go Guinea fowl. Our neighbours used to have some on their farm when I was a child,
Sarah
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Hi,
Helmeted guineafowl are kept commonly on farms in a lot of places it seems :))
S
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Our sheepdog used to spend ages carefully rounding them up!!
LOL Sarah
So you used to own some Guineafowl - they are nice looking birds
Why do people own them is it for their meat and their eggs or is it for just because they are attractive looking birds
bramble67 said: Our sheepdog used to spend ages carefully rounding them up!!
Sorry can't answer that. They belonged to a neighbouring farm and I was only 7 when we had to sell up the farm due to my dad having a lung disease so memories a bit shaky. Can't even remember the name of the lady that had them, just that she made nice cakes!
There were always so many chickens and these guinea fowl wandering around the farm yard but I don't ever remember being given an egg to eat. Duck eggs, and most other things seemed to get cooked but don't remember why they were kept.