French Guineas vs. Regular Guineas??

[Standard Hen]

I went to the web and the only difference that I can see is they are bigger? Does anyone have any?

 

[BirdBrain]

I have never had any myself (just want some

) but I think French guineas need help reproducing and regular quineas do it on their own. For my part I would rather leave it up to the birds.

 

[Motherhenandflock]

Hmmm, I was wondering that too. I had looked at ordering the French from JM Hatchery. I could order 15 from that place. I would be pushing the envelope of my DHs patience if I ordered 30 from the other places.
I guess if you were planning on eating them, the larger bird would make more sense.

 

[Standard Hen]

On the web it says there is only two hatcheries in the US and JM is one of them. They are supposed to be very good eating but I do not eat any of my birds. To chicken,,,,lol

 

[robin416]

The French Guineas are bred to be meat birds. Just like the broiler birds they have a very short life span.

 

[Motherhenandflock]

Wow, Robin! Thanks for that info. My meat birds tend to drop like flys. Well, not all of them, we got quite a few in the freezer a month ago.
I don't want to spend lots of money on birds that are meant to be short lived and I wasn't expecting that.

 

[Standard Hen]

Thanks Robin,,,,someone is giving some away and I had never heard of them. Glad I wrote in.