Amazing but true animal stories.

[brendaward]

I have eaten guinea fowl recently but someone else reared and cooked it. It was served with calvados sauce and delicious. Interestingly it tasted like a real good chicken. Never used the eggs though. Have used a goose egg in cakes and they give a unique creamy flavour but can't get hem very often.

[Gill Catton]

Originally Posted by STYRBJORN

And the really interesting bit is that our domestic chickens are derived from guinea fowl.

Ric

From jungle fowl surely - or are you going back further than that? Even then I'm not sure that's the case.

[STYRBJORN]

Originally Posted by Gill Catton

From jungle fowl surely - or are you going back further than that? Even then I'm not sure that's the case.

You're right. Wikipedia states that the Red Jungle Fowl Gallus gallus is a member of the pheasant family, widely believed to be the ancestor of the domestic chicken. Guinea fowl have been domesticated in many areas, which is where I must have got mixed up. Thanks Gill

Ric

[Gill Catton]

Originally Posted by STYRBJORN

You're right. Wikipedia states that the Red Jungle Fowl Gallus gallus is a member of the pheasant family, widely believed to be the ancestor of the domestic chicken. Guinea fowl have been domesticated in many areas, which is where I must have got mixed up. Thanks Gill

Ric

I think they are related-ish though anyway based on that article

[animartco]

Originally Posted by STYRBJORN

And the really interesting bit is that our domestic chickens are derived from guinea fowl.

Ric

Sorry Ric , not guinea fowl, jungle fowl, remember? Chucks come from jungle fowl. Three kinds possibly contributed I think though info is quite old, Gallus Gallus or Bankiva or ferruginous, Gallus Sonneratii or Gallus Lafayetti. Possily also Gallus Giganteus for the Malay breed. Guinea fowl =Numida Meleagris.

[brendaward]

We had an old clay lump farmhouse which needed a lot of work. While carrying out the works we kept the washing machine in an old barn joined to the main house. I noticed that items of underwear were going missing and blamed the washing machine for the odd socks. Small items of clothing were going and I explored the thoughts that someone who was not quite right was taking things from my washing line. After a while it stopped and I thought no more of it.
About three years later we decided to open up the wall and renovate the barn to provide extra space. As we started to chop away at the clay lump my husband pulled out a pair of pants followed by several socks and various bits of underwear to reveal a nest and a long tunnel through the clay lump. We found the tell tale droppings of a rat. We were amazed that a rat had been stealing our clothes to make a nest and that it had been working it's way through the wall without us even knowing.

[STYRBJORN]

Originally Posted by animartco

Sorry Ric , not guinea fowl, jungle fowl, remember? Chucks come from jungle fowl. Three kinds possibly contributed I think though info is quite old, Gallus Gallus or Bankiva or ferruginous, Gallus Sonneratii or Gallus Lafayetti. Possily also Gallus Giganteus for the Malay breed. Guinea fowl =Numida Meleagris.

Ric

[animartco]

Originally Posted by STYRBJORN

Ric

Oh it is you sticking out your tongue! It looks different in an email. Sorry should have read the other replies first. Always doing that.

Gillian