Guinea fowl are full of flavour, but not as big as chicken and the drumsticks are quite small, so use two birds to serve six. To joint the birds, bend the legs and thighs away from the birds ...

Ready-to-cook guinea fowl – intensively reared or free-range – can be bought from larger supermarkets. You can substitute guinea fowl for just about any chicken recipe. The flavour is similar ...

However, it's only in this final voiceover that the bird's warning call metaphor really comes into its own, and the message of the film emerges. This is a family who did not heed the guinea fowl's ...