My mother had a thing for guinea hens. These odd-looking African birds with their beautiful gray bodies, spotted feathers and curious white turkey-like heads were the only ones in our neighborhood.

Walking down the sidewalk almost any late afternoon in the Pontchartrain Shores neighborhood of Metairie, you may catch an unusual sight: a man walking his hound dog — and three African guinea hens ...

David Bowie the guinea fowl and Opal the hen are a set of unlikely animal friends living at The Gentle Barn's Missouri sanctuary Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at ...

My mother had a thing for guinea hens. These odd-looking African birds with their beautiful gray bodies, spotted feathers and curious white turkey-like heads were the only ones in our neighborhood.