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So I need some help, I took 3 eggs from my guineas and put them in with our Silkie chicken and she's been laying on them. When I candle the eggs I can see the babies inside movie around and do my question is how much longer should they have till they hatch.

Should I separate the males and females once they start going broody or should they be ok?

If my guineas are laying their eggs randomly will they still sit on them. I find them scattered in the coop

my guineas just started laying eggs but they haven't layed on them yet so when do they start the hatch them.

the weather is getting warmer and my guineas are starting to have some laying behavior, i found a female laying down in really tall grass and just staying there so hopefully they will begin to lay. i just bought some laying crumble along with pellets, corn, chicken scratch grains, and oyster shell

I'm thinking of getting lavender guineas this year but idk if they breed with my pearls if it will come out lavender or pearl. i also heard that they are easily targeted cause their lighter in color

if i leave them in the enclosed pen will they eventually lay the eggs in there?

yea mine are free range but I've had them penned up for the past week. i have 8 and they all come back at night so i guess their not laying yet. I'm lucky to have a pen for them right now so that when they do start laying they are safe and protected. i just bought some oyster shell for them but...

Alright thx I was just wondering cause I'm from Texas and the weather has been decently warm and they still haven't started laying yet

My guineas are 38 weeks old will they start laying this spring? Thx

Yea i had 9 guineas and my neighbors dog came over and killed 1. they were obviously spooked and they stayed home for about 2 days before leaving my property. I've come to notice that the more you're around them and feed them the more tame they become. i had them with my peacocks for about a...

Mine travel all over my neighborhood and they come home every night and roost in the same spot. I didn't really trained them that way i was just lucky enough they chose that spot. i have them penned up right now because of laying season and hoping to hatch some eggs. Ive never fed mine oyster...

I also just got 2 peacocks

I decided to start this thread because I've been raising guineas for almost a year now and Im always being amazed by these crazy birds. I have a total of 8 pearl gray guineas, i started out with 12 keets but slowly 4 disappeared. They are now 36 weeks old, Everyone says their great foragers...