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guinea fowl sudden death
Posted: Wed Feb 16, 2011 6:10 pm
by devolutionary
I just found one of our three guinea fowl dead in the orchard. I suspect it may be the female, which would be very sad as yesterday she just laid her first egg. My question is this: How can we find out if the bird is safe to eat? It would be a shame to discard the bird, but I will if I must. Thanks in advance for any thoughts.
Re: guinea fowl sudden death
Posted: Thu Feb 17, 2011 12:15 pm
by devolutionary
That's my feeling too. Her Outdoors just found some info on a guinea fowl forum that suggests it might have been a build up of fat in/on the liver as a result of corn in the diet - an apparently common problem in laying hens. Intuitively that gets a bingo from me, but we'll feed a transplanted shrub with her instead.