Being a lucrative business in agriculture, the quality and quantity of guinea fowl products obtained from guinea fowl farming is determined by the production technology used.
As guinea fowls are birds alternating from Africa and a profitable business, their products have high demand in market and farming is easy and simple. Guinea fowls are hardy, vigorous and disease free birds and raising them ensure constant supply of eggs and meat.
Guinea fowl management
First, commercial farming is profitable and a good employment source as to start rearing require less housing compared to other birds. Though guinea fowls like feeding them selves, provide them with shelter to protect them from rain, sun and predators.
Additionally keep each bird in 2-3 sq ft space as the bigger the room of confinement, the less the stress to birds. Bed floors should be covered with absorbent bedding materials such as chopped hay and if litre is kept dry, it can be used for seven months. Keep guinea fowls in comfort pens with perches.
Don‘t confine male guinea fowls with chicken especially roosters as guinea fowls will chase roosters a way from food and water. Keep guineas confined into house each day for eggs to be layed inside to reduced laying eggs in hidden nests outside. Purchase guinea fowls after building up good house.
Guinea fowls love to room freely and are able to meet nutrition requirements on their own and generally consume insects, caterpillars and greens. Ensure availability of greens and oyster shell and if birds are confined, feed them on commercial feeds and provide supplements.
Finally, guinea fowls are hardy hardy birds and less susceptible to diseases.
