Anyways, I got the male bird, and started trying to keep him with the chickens and ducks, and feed him so he'd stick around. He is extremely fast and got away once, but my neighbors helped me get him back. They are rare around here, and aren't in Impfondo at all, but apparently when kept in pairs or flocks they will lay dozens of eggs each month, or so I've been told.
Today, after another long trip to go pick someone up in a town further north, the guinea hen was found and brought to join her husband here. The hen is not as nicely colored as her partner, and her feet are a bit sore from being tied up, but I think they are happy to be together again.
You can read more about this special variety of guinea fowl here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helmeted_guineafowl
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Outpost 3, revisted!
Outpost 3, revisted!
I used to have a few of those. Three were spotted, like your male, and one was white.
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