guinea hen self-fertilization?

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tabascoTgarden

tabascoTgarden

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i have a solitary guinea hen who's sitting on a clutch of 20 eggs. felt bad that she was brooding unfertilized eggs and was about to remove them when --lo and behold -- one of them hatched!! i have no other fowl other than a lonely peacock and there are no other guineas anywhere near. is it possible that i have a guineapea? the baby really looks like a keet...
 
tabascoTgarden said:
i have a solitary guinea hen who's sitting on a clutch of 20 eggs. felt bad that she was brooding unfertilized eggs and was about to remove them when --lo and behold -- one of them hatched!! i have no other fowl other than a lonely peacock and there are no other guineas anywhere near. is it possible that i have a guineapea? the baby really looks like a keet...
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Welcome to BYC!
Yes, guinea-pea hybrids happen.
 
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I was told that guineas are related to turkeys and that turkeys can produce fertilized eggs for 12 months after original fertilization. Is this possible? I did have a flock of guineas who fled last summer-- only this one hen returned...
 
tabascoTgarden said:
i have a solitary guinea hen who's sitting on a clutch of 20 eggs.  felt bad that she was brooding unfertilized eggs and was about to remove them when --lo and behold -- one of them hatched!! i have no other fowl other than a lonely peacock and there are no other guineas anywhere near.  is it possible that i have a guineapea? the baby really looks like a keet...
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id love to see pictures!
 
tabascoTgarden said:
I was told that guineas are related to turkeys and that turkeys can produce fertilized eggs for 12 months after original fertilization. Is this possible? I did have a flock of guineas who fled last summer-- only this one hen returned...
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From what I have heard, twelve months would be stretching it a bit.
 

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