Numid a meleagris, also known as pheasant, is a bird family, chicken-shaped head, and pheasant family. It is native to Guinea and other parts of Africa. It is also known as Guinea chicken. At present, there are still a large number of wild species in western Africa with pointed hair and small body sizes. Domestic guinea fowl are domesticated from wild guinea fowl. He has a helmet and feathers on the head, a large body, beautiful feathers, and a unique posture. In the early period of domestication, they were mostly raised as ornamental birds. Later, they gradually used it as a feed for poultry. Most of them were stocked, and the conditions were very extensive, resulting in low production performance. It was not until the 1950s that people took notice. It is well known that guinea fowl is delicious and fragrant. It is a poultry meat product. 1. Adaptability: Adult guinea fowls are hi dry, high temperature resistant, cold resistant and resistant to disease. It can still live at -20～40°C. However, if the temperature of the hatched chicks is slightly lower, they are susceptible to cold, diarrhea or death.
2, wild surviving, timid and frightened: guinea fowl still retain the characteristics of wild birds, hi Deng habitat, at night can see its activities. In particular, chicks have a lot of activity, and they often go around and cause death. Feeding should pay enough attention to this habit. The temperament, timidity, alertness of the guinea fowls, and the abnormalities or movements of the environment can all cause the group to panic. The hens make a harsh call and the chickens will have a chain reaction and the sound of screaming one after another. If the red drinker is replaced with a yellow drinker, the chickens will not dare to approach the drinker for a long time.
3. Liveness and homing: Guinea fowls usually live in groups of 30 to 50. They are never separated. After artificial domestication, they still enjoy group activities. In case of surprise, they also flee and hide in groups, so guinea fowl are suitable for large groups. Feeding, in addition, guinea fowl have a strong home, in the evening when they return home, often return to their houses, and occasionally lost can return home.
4, good flying, love climbing, good activities: guinea fowl wings well-developed, 1 day old there is a certain ability to leap. During the day, I can almost walk around. Love to climb high places at rest or at night.
5, hi sand bath, love squeak: guinea fowl scattered on the surface of the land, often one by one in the ground to plan a pit, to provide sand bath conditions for themselves. When sand bathing, spread the sand evenly between the feathers and the skin. The guinea fowl's rhythmic and coherent squeaking of tinnitus is a major feature. The buzzing sounds have a great deal of interference with people's rest, but it also has several effects. One is that the loud ringing sound at night has an alarm effect. The second is that if this whisper is reduced, or if the intensity of the sound is weakened, it may be a sign of the disease.
6, the choice of sex: guinea fowl is selective to the opposite sex, which is caused by the chicken in the natural mating, one of the reasons for low fertility. Of course, vulnerability to fright is also a major reason for the low fertility rate of large groups of guinea fowls. However, artificial insemination can fundamentally solve the problem of low fertility.
7, broad breadth of food, resistant to crude feeding: In general, cereals, bran, cakes, fish and bone meal can be used to eat. In addition, we especially like grass, vegetables, leaves, fruits and other green plants.