Odd things you see when out.......

[British Red]

We have a few oddities around here - things that have escaped and gone feral etc. I have seen these guys a few times out and about - it still surprises me to se them chittering around though. I can only guess they escaped from someones garden a few years back - good to see them though!

Red

 

[spamel]

Quite a few there. I'd thin their numbers out a bit to benefit my pot!

 

[Nat]

xmas is coming..............................:AR15firin

 

[xylaria]

They must taste so much better that intensively reared ones. That's a good christmas dinner there.

 

[British Red]

Never eaten guinea fowl - whats it like ?

 

[JonnyP]

Never eaten guinea fowl - whats it like ?

Go and find out for yourself mate....

 

[mayfly]

It is delicious! Pretty much same recipes for chicken but much nicer flavour I think. Lived in France a while back and my neighbour had Pintade on his small holding. Got a few from him for the pot and now always look out for it. Waitrose near us stock them and also a local farmers shop. Quite common these days. Best of all if you can bag your own though

 

[British Red]

Well, they are on the farm (at the moment) Jon so I'll let you know

 

[twisted firestarter]

There were loads of those birds in the road just before the Wilderness Gathering this year.

They seem to have the same road sense as pheasant!

I half expected to see a few being cooked-up on site

 

[mr dazzler]

I saw 3 of those bird's behind yaxley village hall about 2 or 3 months back, and when I got too close they upped (which surprised me) and they flew over a high hawthorn hegde and away into the next fields. I thought at the time they were turkey's cwap bird spotter me

 

[mayfly]

Well, they are on the farm (at the moment)

Baggable, wild (effectively) guinea fowl wandering around is a darn good state of affairs in my book

 

[commandocal]

Is it true that if Pigs escape and return to the wild they become Boars again? Im serious any clarification ?

 

[Spikey DaPikey]

I have heard that they can turn feral very quickly, but im not sure if they turn into boars !