Breeding Guineas

[Eb]

Will a rooster breed with a guinea? I think that our guinea eggs are fertile because a few of them have had blood spots, however, I'm not sure if we have a male guinea or if the rooster has been breeding with them.

 

[cracking up]

Usually roosters don't breed with guineas. Early layers of both chickens and guineas can have blood spots. They don't have anything to do with fertility. You can look for a small white bulls-eye on the yolk to tell fertility.Good luck

 

[txchickie]

I have one female guinea who our BCMarans rooster looooves

She's not started laying again this year. She was raised with chickens and thinks she is a chicken, she refuses to join our flock of guineas

I **think** in order to breed a chicken/guinea, they have to be AI'd. It's really rare.

 

[caped crusader]

I've noticed on a few guinea eggs a blood spot or actually a blood splotch when I tried some for breakfast. I didnt have a productive day that day due to frequent runs to the out house. Did I do a dumb thing by eating guinea eggs or could it be another problem. I haven't eaten any more guinea eggs since.

I wasnt sure if that meant the eggs were fertile or just nasty:/.

I would like to breed the guineas but dont know if out of the 5 guineas we have which gender they are. They sleep with the chickens, if I new there were male and female I will separate them.

 

[rhoda_bruce]

I really don't think a guinea egg got you sick. I think it just occured and the eating of the egg was an unrelated occurance. Just study the guineas sounds. Then you should know what you have.

 

[Cacklin" Hens]

it is not often that a rooster will breed with a guinea, however, he will NEVEr fertilize a female guineas egg because they are two different species. I have heard of doing it through artificial insemination and that it works but it is really hard to accomplish

 

[Cairina moschata]

Hi, this is a frequently asked question and the answer is yes chickens and guineas can form hybrids just as muscovy ducks and domesticated ducks can mate. The offspring are sterile and the fertility of the eggs themselves is low.
Here is a link to some pics of the hybrids:

http://www.feathersite.com/Poultry/Guineas/BRKGuinHybrid.html

 

[Cacklin" Hens]

This is highly unlikely if not artificially inseminated. I have had chickens and guineas together for 13 years (not the same ones) and I haven't got a guinea egg that was fertilized by a chicken.

Check out this link for real info. that was obtained from colleges that do this stuff and study it: http://www.guineafowl.com/fritsfarm/guineas/GuinHen/

 

[Akane]

A blood spot is not a fertile egg. A blood spot will not make you sick. Guinea eggs will not make you sick any more than any other egg including wild bird eggs. However not fully cooking any egg or meat can make you sick.

 

[Cairina moschata]

Cacklin" Hens :

This is highly unlikely if not artificially inseminated. I have had chickens and guineas together for 13 years (not the same ones) and I haven't got a guinea egg that was fertilized by a chicken.

Check out this link for real info. that was obtained from colleges that do this stuff and study it: http://www.guineafowl.com/fritsfarm/guineas/GuinHen/

Cacklin Hens, thanks for the info. 13 years of experience, makes a good case for low probability of a cross occurring without AI.​