Are these fertile?

[MGG]

Yeah, both of those are definitely infertile. Here are a couple comparison pics.
Fertile

Infertile

And one VS photo

I hope this helps. OPs are definitely infertile.

 

[My2butterflies]

Yeah, both of those are definitely infertile. Here are a couple comparison pics.
Fertile View attachment 2103828View attachment 2103829View attachment 2103831View attachment 2103832

Infertile View attachment 2103833View attachment 2103835View attachment 2103839View attachment 2103840View attachment 2103838

And one VS photo View attachment 2103841

I hope this helps. OPs are definitely infertile.

Thank you! I haven’t come across comparisons like this. Very helpful!

 

[MGG]

Thank you! I haven’t come across comparisons like this. Very helpful!

No problem. You might need to give your guinea cocks a little pep talk, lol

 

[My2butterflies]

No problem. You might need to give your guinea cocks a little pep talk, lol

I guess I had better, haha. I’m pretty disappointed now. I have my incubator arriving today but I don’t see any point to setting it up if no eggs are fertile
I looked at three more today and they all seem to look the same.

Are they just too young? Ugh.

 

[MGG]

I guess I had better, haha. I’m pretty disappointed now. I have my incubator arriving today but I don’t see any point to setting it up if no eggs are fertile
I looked at three more today and they all seem to look the same.
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Are they just too young? Ugh.

Aw, I'm really sorry. Where did you get your guineas? I'm wondering if maybe they're all hens or something. Maybe they're too young yet, idk. The ones in these pics are infertile too. At least you'll have your incubator for when you need it. You can run it for a couple days and see how it works. Be sure to get an additional calibrated thermometer for inside. I like my little one from Avianweb, it reads humidity too.

 

[My2butterflies]

Aw, I'm really sorry. Where did you get your guineas? I'm wondering if maybe they're all hens or something. Maybe they're too young yet, idk. The ones in these pics are infertile too. At least you'll have your incubator for when you need it. You can run it for a couple days and see how it works. Be sure to get an additional calibrated thermometer for inside. I like my little one from Avianweb, it reads humidity too.

Thanks. I’ll look at thermometers when I get to the store again. I have a reptile one, but I’m not positive it’s accurate.
I got them last May from Runnings. They just happened to have some when I stopped in to buy shrubs. It was my way of working up to keeping poultry. Now I’m growing out some chicks and have an order placed for more and some turkeys.

 

[hysop]

Guineas breed seasonally so their eggs will be a hit or miss at this time, but come June their eggs will be closer to 100% fertile. But this early in spring you won’t have high fertility. At least that’s my understanding.

Try checking in early to mid May, but for sure your fertility rate will be much higher in June

I lost all my females so I am looking to buy some eggs or guineas soon and hope I get some females. I have 6 males, I love them.

 

[MGG]

Thanks. I’ll look at thermometers when I get to the store again. I have a reptile one, but I’m not positive it’s accurate.
I got them last May from Runnings. They just happened to have some when I stopped in to buy shrubs. It was my way of working up to keeping poultry. Now I’m growing out some chicks and have an order placed for more and some turkeys.

Sounds good! I'm guessing hysop is right. It would be weird if you only had hens. Feel free to post a couple more pics in a month or two, I'd love to hear of you start getting fertile eggs. Good luck with your guineas, they're silly birds!

 

[MGG]

Guineas breed seasonally so their eggs will be a hit or miss at this time, but come June their eggs will be closer to 100% fertile. But this early in spring you won’t have high fertility. At least that’s my understanding.

Try checking in early to mid May, but for sure your fertility rate will be much higher in June

I lost all my females so I am looking to buy some eggs or guineas soon and hope I get some females. I have 6 males, I love them.

That makes a lot of sense, thanks for clarifying. Good luck in your search for guineas! My friend has a lot of guineas, maybe I could ship you some eggs, lol. I honestly would be fine with asking, he's usually overrun and I'm sure he's be good with it.. I've never shipped anything though. You can PM me if you're interested, I could ship however many you want. When I hatched his I got pied and pearls, and 75 percent were hens of the 43 I hatched.

 

[My2butterflies]

Guineas breed seasonally so their eggs will be a hit or miss at this time, but come June their eggs will be closer to 100% fertile. But this early in spring you won’t have high fertility. At least that’s my understanding.

Try checking in early to mid May, but for sure your fertility rate will be much higher in June

I lost all my females so I am looking to buy some eggs or guineas soon and hope I get some females. I have 6 males, I love them.

Thank you! I hadn’t thought about their fertility being seasonal. I will keep checking for sure!
Sorry to hear you lost your girls They are such cool birds, and so uniquely beautiful. I love mine too

Sounds good! I'm guessing hysop is right. It would be weird if you only had hens. Feel free to post a couple more pics in a month or two, I'd love to hear of you start getting fertile eggs. Good luck with your guineas, they're silly birds!

I’ll keep checking random eggs and hopefully get some fertile ones! I did just read something about fertility rates being better if they are cooped up over free ranged. We have some rain coming next week and I might just coop them for a few days. Maybe I’ll get lucky and get some good eggs then!