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ouch! BIG guinea egg

post #1 of 10
5/13/08 at 7:05pm
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The poor girl must have been walking funny after this :o th

http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/ll65/warcard/General/ouch.jpg

Birds: India Blue, Blackshoulder, Cameo & White Peafowl; Silver Pheasant Male; Blue Slate x Royal Palm Tom; Mute Swans; and Chickens (EEs, White-crested Black Polish, and some mutts)
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Birds: India Blue, Blackshoulder, Cameo & White Peafowl; Silver Pheasant Male; Blue Slate x Royal Palm Tom; Mute Swans; and Chickens (EEs, White-crested Black Polish, and some mutts)
Dogs: 1 Cairn Terrier & 1 Cairn x Jack Russell (we think)

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post #2 of 10
5/13/08 at 7:06pm

Oh my goodness...wonder if it's twins wink

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live with DH, Baily the retriever, Sammy the Shih tzu, Emily the dachshund/terrier, Sadie, Fit, and Oscar( the cats)
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post #3 of 10
5/13/08 at 7:07pm

That is humongous! How do guinea eggs compare to chicken eggs? Do they taste the same?

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post #4 of 10
5/13/08 at 7:07pm

Thats as big as the turkey egg OUCH!

3 labs, 1 collie/lab mix, 3 turtles, 2 house cats, 20 chickens, A wife(Boss) and a 8yr old daughter and one on the way!!!
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3 labs, 1 collie/lab mix, 3 turtles, 2 house cats, 20 chickens, A wife(Boss) and a 8yr old daughter and one on the way!!!
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post #5 of 10
5/14/08 at 12:56pm

What color are your guineas? All of the eggs I have are just like the middle egg. I know that the pearl ones are laying those.

I found a nest of what you call "normal guinea eggs" and I wasnt sure what they were. One was mixed in with the larger size

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One Husband...9 cats, 2 Doxies & 1 Lab/BC cross, lots of guineas & chickens

"You can judge the heart of a man by the treatment of his animals" Emmanual Kant
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post #6 of 10
5/14/08 at 12:58pm

Are you sure that's a guinea egg? It looks like a turkey egg to me (the one in the middle).  It's shaped more like a turkey egg and has spots. My guinea eggs never have spots.

Happy owner of 4 Buff Orpingtons, 4 guineas, 3 Black Langshan bantams, 6 Buff crosses, 1 OEG cross, 1 Maine Coon cat, and 4 Bourbon Red turkeys!
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Happy owner of 4 Buff Orpingtons, 4 guineas, 3 Black Langshan bantams, 6 Buff crosses, 1 OEG cross, 1 Maine Coon cat, and 4 Bourbon Red turkeys!
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post #7 of 10
5/14/08 at 2:30pm
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rooster - we have pearl? guineas, the regular dark gray with white spots, and a couple lavenders, we have never had an egg this big before

Chickenannie - nope it can't be a turkey egg since my guineas are contained and separate from the turkeys,  I do get eggs with spots, not normally so pronounced, but that might just be due to the larger size

I did have a chicken rooster in the pen, but he is just a little guy, maybe five pounds and all his sisters lay eggs just a little bigger than the 'normal' guinea egg, so I don't think he did it wink

lilcountry - we haven't eaten any of our guinea eggs yet, we get to much money for the keets, but I have been told they are 'richer'

Birds: India Blue, Blackshoulder, Cameo & White Peafowl; Silver Pheasant Male; Blue Slate x Royal Palm Tom; Mute Swans; and Chickens (EEs, White-crested Black Polish, and some mutts)
Dogs: 1 Cairn Terrier & 1 Cairn x Jack Russell (we think)

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Birds: India Blue, Blackshoulder, Cameo & White Peafowl; Silver Pheasant Male; Blue Slate x Royal Palm Tom; Mute Swans; and Chickens (EEs, White-crested Black Polish, and some mutts)
Dogs: 1 Cairn Terrier & 1 Cairn x Jack Russell (we think)

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post #8 of 10
5/14/08 at 2:38pm

interesting...my eggs arent solid brown. they are more tan w/brown spots.

One Husband...9 cats, 2 Doxies & 1 Lab/BC cross, lots of guineas & chickens

"You can judge the heart of a man by the treatment of his animals" Emmanual Kant
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One Husband...9 cats, 2 Doxies & 1 Lab/BC cross, lots of guineas & chickens

"You can judge the heart of a man by the treatment of his animals" Emmanual Kant
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post #9 of 10
5/14/08 at 4:27pm

monsterous! ep

RSL, PR, BR, GL, EE hens... more chicks to come.
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RSL, PR, BR, GL, EE hens... more chicks to come.
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post #10 of 10
5/14/08 at 6:01pm

just to compare, here are my guinea eggs. some are larger compared to the one smaller tan one.

http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o267/poohkennedy/IMG_0644.jpg

most of mine look like the new guinea egg you found today.

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"You can judge the heart of a man by the treatment of his animals" Emmanual Kant
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