{"id":36415,"date":"2022-11-03T15:07:12","date_gmt":"2022-11-03T15:07:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sparsholt.ac.uk\/?p=36415"},"modified":"2022-11-03T15:07:12","modified_gmt":"2022-11-03T15:07:12","slug":"vulturine-guineafowl-at-sparsholt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sparsholt.ac.uk\/college\/news\/vulturine-guineafowl-at-sparsholt\/","title":{"rendered":"Successful Vulturine Guineafowl breeding at Sparsholt College"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Sparsholt College and University Centre Sparsholt\u00a0has successfully bred Vulturine Guineafowl for the first time at their Animal Health and Welfare Research Centre (AHWRC). Five eggs have hatched with no mishaps and all five chicks are doing well and are growing from strength to strength each day.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">This species of guineafowl is native to Eastern Africa and is easily the most impressive looking of the guineafowl family and is also sometimes known as the &#8220;Royal Guineafowl&#8221; because of its striking appearance.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">The Vulturine Guineafowl is underrepresented in UK zoos so we hope that our five chicks will contribute towards that changing, by improving genetic diversity and seeing this species bred in other UK zoos in the future.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Kira Cattell AHWRC Bird Technician says, &#8220;The guineafowl pair at Sparsholt College are an absolute pleasure to work with and it has been so rewarding to see their eggs hatch and produce such healthy chicks. 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