Guinea fowl for the table?

[seabreeze]

I was asked by a city friend if people eat Guinea fowl and I honestly could not answer them so thought I'd come here and ask! I thought I read somewhere they taste like pheasant but heck, I've never eaten pheasant so I couldn't even use that for an answer.

If Guinea fowl can be a table bird, how old when you butcher and how would one cook it? (No, I have no Guinea fowl but thought I'd throw in a couple of my own questions in case the city friend asked!)

 

[josh]

You can eat them. I don't know anyone who has. But they came from I think Africa. I seen a hunting show where they where hunting wild ones one time. At the price they sell for I would reather sale a guinea and buy 2 or 3 chickens when they are one sale. They might be good. They also eat silkies.

 

[seabreeze]

Thanks Josh. Anyone else can help answer my friend's question?

 

[sonjab314]

I have read that in other countries, they are considered a delicacy. I have personally have never eaten it but I am not opposed to trying it

 

[gek600]

I remember reading something that the French consider guinea a delicacy, apparently they taste like chicken but moister and a deeper flavor. I haven't eaten one yet but I'm not going to turn it down if the opportunity presents itself.

 

[Akane]

It would be a darker meat closer to quail than chicken. I don't know the ideal age. I just whack the head off the males when I get too many and they get annoying.

 

[jasonm11]

I would think as noisy as the darn things are someone would have gotten tired of the noise and tried them. I am fixing to try one of my wild turkeys for that very reason.