Cape Town wild Guinea Fowl

[Gill-b]

It is that time of year here where the Guinea Fowl group together in flocks. There is farmland about 5km (about 3 miles) from our house and I spotted a flock that must easily be over 200 Guinea Fowl strong.
It was a lovely sight to behold.

 

[Gill-b]

(PS. I have Guinea Fowl on my house roof at this moment, hahaha.)

 

[R2elk]

(PS. I have Guinea Fowl on my house roof at this moment, hahaha.)

The domestic ones will do that too.

 

[tranquiliti]

The domestic ones will do that too.

This was the day (in March ‘24) that I feared I would lose “Almost” forever.
She was named based on the state of her egg at final candling: dark @ tip, but angle of air cell not quite ready.
She did fly safely down, and probably laid a few of her own eggs in the collective nest before abruptly dying a week ago.
The CO State diagnostic lab did not find obvious signs for her death, but reported a partially-calcified egg en route to be laid.

Her mom is currently broody on the group nest, so I marked a few eggs that I suspect were laid by “Almost” and/or her mom—and rolled them into the nest on Sunday.