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Guinea fowl

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Guinea fowl

Originally from West Africa, a number of guinea fowls were released by the Canterbury Acclimatisation Society in the 1860s. Although some wild flocks have developed, most are domesticated. Their meat is considered to have more flavour than chicken.

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Vanessa Wintle and Stacey Lepper, Poultry industry – Poultry meat farming, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/17291/guinea-fowl (accessed 20 June 2026).

Story by Vanessa Wintle and Stacey Lepper, published 1 March 2009.