Are these guinea eggs normal?

[Pennys Mama]

These eggs are from the same guinea hen, she's just over 20 weeks old. These are her 1st three eggs. The larger one was her 1st, then 2 days later the middle one, then today the tiny round one. Is there something that I need to do or give her that'll fix her eggs? The first one is the only one that was larger than a quail egg!

 

[HuffleClaw]

The one in the middle of the second picture looks normal. She’s a new layer, and will hopefully work out the kinks given time. Guinea eggs are small.

 

[Pennys Mama]

The one in the middle of the second picture looks normal. She’s a new layer, and will hopefully work out the kinks given time. Guinea eggs are small.

I was expecting them to be like the middle egg, but then today she laid the round one. I'm not even sure it has a yolk in it. I'm proud of her for actually laying them in the chicken house. On the ground but still in the house. Yesterday it was laid on a pile of small rocks! That's when I knew it was Buckwheat that laid it, no chicken hen in her right mind would lay an egg on a pile of rocks!

 

[Pennys Mama]

Look at today's egg from the guinea, on the right. It had a crater dent on the top on it. I cracked it and all it was was a tiny yolk.

 

[Unicornlife3316]

What do you feed?

Mine laid some strange shape ones when they first got started, but then they leveled out once they got used to it.

 

[Pennys Mama]

They have free choice of gamebird starter/grower & laying pellets, plus they free range on about 1/4 acre.

 

[Unicornlife3316]

Sounds like they’re fed well, mine have access to oyster shell but not sure anybody ever eats it, it doesn’t seem to need filling often.

I’d say they’re just getting their new kinks out!

 

[R2elk]

Sounds like they’re fed well, mine have access to oyster shell but not sure anybody ever eats it, it doesn’t seem to need filling often.

I’d say they’re just getting their new kinks out!

I had to move the oyster shell right next to the feeder to get mine to use it. One hen in particular will not eat it unless it is scattered on the ground in front of the feeder.

 

[Unicornlife3316]

I had to move the oyster shell right next to the feeder to get mine to use it. One hen in particular will not eat it unless it is scattered on the ground in front of the feeder.

I have it sitting right next to the feeder as well, I actually will spread food around it as well, which makes everyone pay attention to it LOL

 

[Pennys Mama]

I had to move the oyster shell right next to the feeder to get mine to use it. One hen in particular will not eat it unless it is scattered on the ground in front of the feeder.

I think I may try that. Someone else keeps laying on the ground, I found one frozen this morning & half eaten. I hate that. Why guineas have to lay on the ground is beyond me.