Good meat processing age for guinea fowl?

[TanithT]

If I'm shopping for meat-ready guinea fowl, what ages and weights should I be looking for?

 

[MuranoFarms]

I'm bumping this instead of posting the same thing. I have probably 20 keets that I can't seem to sell. At what age can I start selling them as meat birds?

 

[damselfish]

I've been wondering about this too. Here's a good source I found (it's more than a meg, so if you're on dialup, look out). Basically it says around 11-14 weeks with a dressed weight of 1-1.5 kilos...2.2 to 3.5 lbs. It's a document called the "French Guinea-Fowl Industry News". They're the same type of guineas, though, just raised in France...there's a picture of a regular pearl in there.
http://www.office-elevage.fr/doctech/pintad/pgb.pdf

 

[americana-chick]

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I have no idea about eating guineas but... I cant believe you cant sell your guineas! Here they are selling like crazy and i can never find any to buy.

 

[MuranoFarms]

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I have no idea about eating guineas but... I cant believe you cant sell your guineas! Here they are selling like crazy and i can never find any to buy.

Well, where are you? I have 20! lol