🍗 White
Guinea Fowl · breed reference
Pure white from the keet up (not albino — dark eyes), with the pale skin and clean carcass that made it the meat colour; the French white is half the pintade trade. THE RANGE WARNING at full strength: a white guinea on green pasture is the most visible bird on the homestead, and hawk losses show it. Carries the French (Jumbo) strain row.
| Species | Guinea |
|---|---|
| Kept for | Meat |
| Eggs per year | ~100 |
| First eggs | ~30 weeks |
| Table-ready | ~16 weeks |
Strains
- Standard · ~100 eggs/yr · lays ~30 wks · table ~16 wks — The ordinary 3–3½ lb homestead guinea.
- French (Jumbo) · ~100 eggs/yr · lays ~30 wks · table ~12 wks — The European meat strain — 4–5 lb and table-ready a month sooner. The bird behind restaurant pintade.
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