Violet Helmeted Guinea Fowl
A variety of the Helmeted Guinea Fowl
Guinea fowl · Speckled brown eggs · Laying
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About the Violet Helmeted Guinea Fowl
A dark, solid-coloured bird with no pearling, whose plumage throws a violet sheen in sunlight. The unmarked dark ground separates it from the semi-pearled, similarly purple-toned Royal Purple. The breed's loud, semi-wild ranging character is unchanged.
At a glance
- Egg colour
- Speckled brown
- Eggs per year
- About 100
- Purpose
- Laying, Meat
- Sizes
- Standard
- Incubation
- 27 days
- Broodiness
- Low
- Cold hardiness
- Hardy
- Purity
- Pure
- Origin
- Africa
- Scientific name
- Numida meleagris