1 female and 3 male guineas

[ajbett1204]

I have 1 female and 3 male guineas. The guys stay together and the female kinda follows them but they kinda pick on her. Well this is her first year with laying eggs. I've checked her first 3 eggs and I don't think they are getting fertilized. Does it take time for taken to become fertilized?

 

[SunHwaKwon]

There's nothing in the picture. It's probably on the other side.

Are you sure the three are males?

 

[ajbett1204]

From the sounds of them, yes. I only hear one female and 3 males. I know 1 is male from my last flock. I have sat trying to figure out if I was right or hoping I could be wrong because I'd prefer more females than males.

 

[SunHwaKwon]

Can you post pictures of them? I know they say you can only tell by sound but 99% of the time I could see physical differences as well, primarily in horn and wattles and how they carry themselves.

 

[SunHwaKwon]

Have you cracked another egg?

 

[justin shrew]

guineafowl are quite strange and as well hard to be truly understood. they are mainly social birds and tend to wander together the rest of the year. too much males in a flock could lead to serious fights and injuries but having too many females in the flock is a good ideal. it is often rare to have males chasing or picking up on females. they are hard to to tell. but the only easy way to sex them apart is by listening to their calls. out of three males, only one male will take a part and breed with her through the season. females are more monogamous when it comes to choosing a mate than males. males can breed with more than one hen in one season.

sometimes it does happen, but not often. a female lay eggs withought a male. this is only when the female hormonal growth is stimulated at an early time, mainly the oestrogen before the males reach the hormonal stimulates. and the eggs are infertile.
any pics of your birds would be a great thing to tell the sex apart.

best wishes.......

 

[Albanydog]

Mom has 4 guineas, two males and two females and none of the eggs she gets are fertile. We had a duck setting on a huge clutch of eggs and Mom started gathering the newly laid eggs and put them in the incubator. Nothing happened. We started checking the eggs for fertility and they do not appear to be fertile. We have never seen them breed but understand it can be very quick. In another thread someone suggested that the males might not breed the females if they are together all the time, unless the female asks him to but you are suggesting she won't lay at all unless the male is around and/or breeding her, am I understanding you correctly?

Any other reason the eggs would not be fertile?

guineafowl are quite strange and as well hard to be truly understood. they are mainly social birds and tend to wander together the rest of the year. too much males in a flock could lead to serious fights and injuries but having too many females in the flock is a good ideal. it is often rare to have males chasing or picking up on females. they are hard to to tell. but the only easy way to sex them apart is by listening to their calls. out of three males, only one male will take a part and breed with her through the season. females are more monogamous when it comes to choosing a mate than males. males can breed with more than one hen in one season.

sometimes it does happen, but not often. a female lay eggs withought a male. this is only when the female hormonal growth is stimulated at an early time, mainly the oestrogen before the males reach the hormonal stimulates. and the eggs are infertile.
any pics of your birds would be a great thing to tell the sex apart.

best wishes.......

 

[justin shrew]

Mom has 4 guineas, two males and two females and none of the eggs she gets are fertile. We had a duck setting on a huge clutch of eggs and Mom started gathering the newly laid eggs and put them in the incubator. Nothing happened. We started checking the eggs for fertility and they do not appear to be fertile. We have never seen them breed but understand it can be very quick. In another thread someone suggested that the males might not breed the females if they are together all the time, unless the female asks him to but you are suggesting she won't lay at all unless the male is around and/or breeding her, am I understanding you correctly?

Any other reason the eggs would not be fertile?

guineafowls come from a different ave which are closely related to pheasants and grouse. even though it is sometimes called a dotted chicken, but to my kindness, guineafowls are far from chickens and more close to pheasants and francolins.
when it comes to breeding. a number or a bunch of keets can grow all together. as they get older the keets start to spread and make calls and so on. its a blink of the eye,supper fast. a female lowers herself and the male take on. only the female submit to the male, if a female doesnt want to, the males are'nt getting any. when a female is in hormonal growth, withought the charms and vigor powers from the male, the game is not on.

what im saying is. guineahens are not as easy as chicken hens. a female chooses a male of her best choices to breed with him. some females in some certain breeding season may group together and lay infertile eggs while the males also from the bachelor group aside. it is not rare to find infertile eggs among the mixed flock...