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 ...

Ella Lee Forest, a middle-class enclave just outside Loop 610, seems an unlikely place for a breed of fowl more suited to a ranch than ranch houses. But on any given day, this flock of skittish ...

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 ...