Also, we have just installed nesting boxes in the coop...but they still decide that they want to lay them on the floor. At this point we aren't exactly sure how many are females or males. They just lay eggs randomly, here and there. Not sure which eggs belong to who. Are they community brooders...
Thank you, bargain. Yes, when we initially bought and raised the guinea fowl it was for that very reason. We are semi-rural and the ticks are terrible. We tried to let them free range...but unfortunately, they were attracted to the neighbor's car...and kept trying to take it out for a drive. The...
Thank you both for your replies and advice...it is very appreciated.
Another question I had was...will they lay a whole bunch of eggs before they start the brooding process and has anyone had good success with letting a guinea fowl hen hatch her own eggs?
Thanks again!
Hello...
I am a newbie to raising guinea fowl...and this will be our first year with mature guinea fowl, which have started laying eggs. The guinea fowl are cooped and I was curious...if you remove all of the eggs, will the hen stop laying? I would like to leave some so they can hatch them...