February 5th 2008

Name The White Guinea Fowl

Day Old White Guinea Fowl KeetDay Old White Guinea Fowl Keet

I have decided to keep my white guinea fowl, a decision I made before I knew the gender of the bird but luckily for me the white guinea fowl is female.

I would like to give her a name as she will become part of the farmingfriends family of named animals, so if you have any good suggestions then please let me know so that I can set up a poll and get your votes.

Suggestions already made are;

  1. Snowy by TopVeg.
  2. Cotton by Michelle.
  3. Coco by Michelle.
  4. Nilla by Michelle.
  5. Crisco by Michelle.
  6. Miss White by Diane.

The white guinea fowl is a female and she is 6 months old. She stays in a gang of 6 guinea fowl which all hatched out together. She is a very vocal guinea fowl and is always calling out.

Fiona and Danny @ The Cottage Smallholder hatched some of my guinea fowl eggs under their lovely broody hen, Mrs Boss, producing 4 lavendar and one white guinea fowl. They named their white guinea fowl Lightning, however tragically Lightning’s life was only very short. I did wonder whether I could call my white guinea fowl Lightning the 2nd, in memory of Lightning. Fiona and Danny, let me know what you think as I don’t want to upset you. Actually I have just re-read Fiona’s post about the tragic news of the loss of Lightning and after wiping away the tears I once again shed for Lightning I wondered whether Angel or Hope might be good names for my white guinea fowl. Let me know what you think.

I will endeavour to take a more up to date photo of my white guinea fowl so that you can cast your eyes over her beautiful white feathers for inspiration.

Posted in: Guinea Fowl, Diary Extracts

6 Comments »

  1. I also like the name Marylou for your white guinea fowl

    Comment by Diane — February 6, 2008 @ 12:34 am

  2. With all due respect to L1, I think Lightening is rather tempting fate. How about ‘Flash’ as a name?

    Comment by TopVeg — February 6, 2008 @ 6:15 am

  3. We would love to think of another Lightning, living on your farm! I also like the names Angel and Hope.

    Comment by Cottage Smallholder — February 6, 2008 @ 8:04 am

  4. I like Angel and I also thought Nilla was cute.

    One of goats is pure white and we named her Angel.

    So sorry about Lightening.

    Comment by t.bird — February 6, 2008 @ 4:20 pm

  5. I like Feathers :-)

    Comment by nikkipolani — February 6, 2008 @ 6:25 pm

  6. How about Lily, as in Lily white? :)

    Comment by Lucy @ Smallest Smallholding — February 7, 2008 @ 2:42 pm

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