I've never seen one of those. Did Romans like them too?
April 02, 2009
Anonymous said...
I have a bunch of these near my farm and they are actually quite beautiful with their white speckled black plumage and brightly colored heads. They taste like a cross between chicken and turkey. Mmmmmm...turkey.
April 02, 2009
Anonymous said...
A friend of mine has a bunch of these on her farm. They are funny as hell. One night 20+ of the guys started squawking at the top of their lungs and when we went outside to see what the commotion was about... They were cowering in fear of a toad.
Why are all these birds graced with such long eyelashes? They are beautiful.
April 04, 2009
Photo source: KrakenHammer via Wikipedia [Image]Guinea fowl have interesting origins. Artemis, the Greek god of hunters, killed Meleager the Boar Slayer's sisters, Deianira (wife of Hercules) and Gorge, and transformed them into Guinea fowl. And though Dionysus later persuaded Artemis to undo this deed, by then the guinea fowl as a species had been established. So, when you see these birds, know that they are the descendants of gods.
They were prized birds among the ancient Greeks and Romans, and during the Roman hay day, they were found all throughout Europe, in many a Roman garden, and featured in many a Roman meal. After the fall of the Roman empire, these birds disappeared from the European landscape, only to be returned more than a millenium later by Portuguese traders who imported them from West Africa. Now they are once again popular.
They make for good snake hunters, which is why a buddy of mine keeps a small flock of them on his ranch.
This particular Guinea fowl is a pearled grey helmeted Guinea fowl. And if you're going to be a Guinea fowl, may as well be of the helmeted variety. Better than being a soft head.
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April 02, 2009
I've never seen one of those. Did Romans like them too?
April 02, 2009
I have a bunch of these near my farm and they are actually quite beautiful with their white speckled black plumage and brightly colored heads. They taste like a cross between chicken and turkey. Mmmmmm...turkey.
April 02, 2009
A friend of mine has a bunch of these on her farm. They are funny as hell. One night 20+ of the guys started squawking at the top of their lungs and when we went outside to see what the commotion was about...
They were cowering in fear of a toad.
April 03, 2009
They like to roost in trees, and make a sound like "Ack-ack-ak. Ack-ack-AK!" too.
April 03, 2009
Why are all these birds graced with such long eyelashes?
They are beautiful.
April 04, 2009