Guinea Fowl Gender Identification
Male Guinea Fowl .v. Female Guinea Fowl
Female Guinea Fowl .V. Male Guinea Fowl
                                         
Females hang lower to the ground .V. Males have more upright posture.
Females have smaller wattles .V. Males have longer, larger cupped wattles.
Females make 1 and 2 syllable calls .V. Males only make 1 syllable call.
Females have smaller helmets .V. Males have larger helmets.
Go to The Video Gallery to watch a video clip of a female guinea fowl and hear her call.
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I had no idea there was so much to sexing guinea fowl. Is there any difference in the eating quality between males and females?
Comment by sally — January 23, 2007 @ 9:43 pm
A great question! To my knowledge there is little difference in the eating quality of male and female guinea fowl although as with most poultry the meat of young guinea fowl is more tender and flavoursome.
I have found that the way that I cook the meat affects the quality more. I prefer to cook guinea fowl in a gravy stock inorder to keep it tender and succulent.
Comment by Sara — January 24, 2007 @ 9:26 am
[…] I am often asked how to identify male and female guinea fowl. once the guinea fowl are starting to call out it is easy to identify them although it is not so easy to distinguish them by looks. Hi, can any one advise me on sexing my guinea fowl? I have been given 6 adults and find an egg each day in the run but cannot decide which are the girls! Bob […]
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