diseases and health issues with guinea fowls?

Steers · **Joined:** Sat Apr 20, 2013 10:36 am **Posts:** 4

Hey there just wanted to know if there were any diseases and health issues with guinea fowls I should know about before I buy some and if I need to lookout for anything when view guinea fowls to buy

Thanks in advance

Ace · **Posted:** Sat Apr 20, 2013 6:12 pm

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There are very few issues as long as you feed and house them well. Make sure you worm them regularly and feed them twice a day and offer greens.

When you go out to purchase look for good tight feathering, very active fowl, clear eyes and check their feet and legs for scale. Also they should have good red colour in the wattles and cere (see the picture below) Note the lumps or bumps on the cere that is perfectly normal for helmeted guinea fowl particularly pearl and the males can be larger than the hen pictured below.

From - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Guinea_Fowl.JPG

I hope this helps you and others lurking that may think its something special

ITS NOT

Steers · **Joined:** Sat Apr 20, 2013 10:36 am **Posts:** 4

Thats great information thank you so much for the detail. I have looked at some and I did notice the lumps on the face above the beak on some, they really do have a face only a mum could love. I love the eye brows on the girl

Fowlsfunny · **Joined:** Sat Apr 20, 2013 5:02 pm **Posts:** 1

I have 14 males with huge lumps on the cere 3 times that of the female in the picture and it just adds to their ugliness well close up ugliness they look ok from a distance

NightMare · **Posted:** Sun Apr 21, 2013 5:34 pm

Ace wrote:

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There are very few issues as long as you feed and house them well. Make sure you worm them regularly and feed them twice a day and offer greens.

When you go out to purchase look for good tight feathering, very active fowl, clear eyes and check their feet and legs for scale. Also they should have good red colour in the wattles and cere (see the picture below) Note the lumps or bumps on the cere that is perfectly normal for helmeted guinea fowl particularly pearl and the males can be larger than the hen pictured below.

From - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Guinea_Fowl.JPG

I hope this helps you and others lurking that may think its something special

ITS NOT

Hey Ace I have guineas with 2 legs is that a special wild type species from the arid plains

the crap she comes up with is hilarious such a clown

Roundyard · **Posted:** Mon Apr 22, 2013 10:32 am

I have a few males with that I just call them ugly face :lol:

LMTO reading that may be next it will be how many dots on a pearl verse a lavender :lol:

Steers · **Joined:** Sat Apr 20, 2013 10:36 am **Posts:** 4

Thanks for all the info, looked at a lot over the last few days and more than half had those lumps above the beak but none of the breeders even mentioned it and when I did they laughed and said its normal. All of them warned me about another forum and the false info there and said to come here but I already had.

PeepGuineafowl · **Posted:** Sat Apr 27, 2013 10:10 pm

Steers, if you just stick with us you can go wrong and we will make sure you get all the right info and not get corrupted by made up rubbish

NightMare · **Posted:** Sun Apr 28, 2013 9:29 am

PeepGuineafowl wrote:

[smilie=welcome.gif] Steers, if you just stick with us you can go wrong and we will make sure you get all the right info and not get corrupted by made up rubbish

Thats for sure

Steers · **Joined:** Sat Apr 20, 2013 10:36 am **Posts:** 4

Thanks for the welcome I have found the forum excellent and even better than everyone said it was so thanks for that also

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