Hello, dear steemians. Continuing with the thematic week of the Farm community, today I come to talk about the guineas the characteristics of this species and courtship.

Guinea fowl or also called guinea fowl are interesting breeding birds. It can also be used to provide eggs, meat, pest control and as a curious fact of these birds is that they act as watchmen, alert with a lot of noise if a human, wild animal or snake approaches.

These birds have their origin in central west Africa south of the Sahara, were known by the Greeks and Romans. This bird is of medium size, about 55 cm, depending on the sub species. Its body shape is ovoid, with a thin neck, tail tilted downward and tarsus with the thumb higher than the other toes.

It has a small, short head as well as a beak, a reddish-brown pyramidal horn cap. Caruncles intense red. With a bluish gray or pearl gray plumage with white spots in the shape of sequins. The skin is white, slightly bluish on the head but with black spots.

These birds are also known as common painted hen, white guinea fowl, gray hen, pharaoh bird, guinea fowl and even redfish.

This species of birds is monogamous, that is, they only have one partner for life, so if you decide to breed this species of gallinaceae you should have the same number of males and females.

The reproduction of the guinea hen begins with the breeding season or courtship, the male always seek to attack or captivate several females at the same time, once one of the females accepts, the mating process goes through the way they mate chickens and then the incubation.