broody guinea

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does anyone have broody guineas yet? i have a 1 year old guinea that has layed 30 eggs and i collected 15 and she is siting on 15 i hope she hatches them

 

[ScoobyRoo]

Awesome! I have heard a read the guinea hens do not set very well. Good luck with yours.

 

[greathorse]

My guineas sat tight as long as they could but they have a tendency to set outside on the ground in the weeds or grass, and they so often get taken by a predator. Mine do fine if I can find them and keep them protected. They dont do very well at keeping keets out of trouble such as wet grass and so forth. Some folks just put the eggs under broody hens. I would not hesitate to let them set if I felt as though they were decently protected from varmits.

 

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i hope she does good but just in case i have some in the incubator and will she be ok in briars?

 

[poultryfan73]

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i hope she does good but just in case i have some in the incubator and will she be ok in briars?

Last year my one guinea hen attempted to sit in a briar bush. Sadly on day 14 of her sitting a coon came in. Luckily she didnt get killed.​

 

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the other protect her they run at me when i go to check on her and i hope nothing takes her because i only have 7 and i want more that is the only reason i am letting her sit. when they hatch do i need to catch the babys

 

[Friend2Fowl]

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Awesome! I have heard a read the guinea hens do not set very well. Good luck with yours.

Guineas set very well, but usually in the worst places. They are bad for taking their babies in the tall, wet grasses early in the mornings. These two reasons are why most people don't want their guineas to set eggs. However, if you have yours locked up somewhere, where nothing can get to her when she is setting, they are very good mamas. The males help parent the keets as well, and they are very protective! Just ask my little boy, who had a guinea on his head last spring when he got to close!

 

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Guineas set very well, but usually in the worst places. They are bad for taking their babies in the tall, wet grasses early in the mornings. These two reasons are why most people don't want their guineas to set eggs. However, if you have yours locked up somewhere, where nothing can get to her when she is setting, they are very good mamas. The males help parent the keets as well, and they are very protective! Just ask my little boy, who had a guinea on his head last spring when he got to close!

i will try to catch them so she wont take them threw tall grass and all my brothe and sister will run them away if possible if no i will just lock her up when they hatch

 

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the guinea that was siting on 15 eggs dissapeared last night along with all her eggs what ever got her left no trace of it. i was not happy so i set a trap to try and find the vermin that got it. i am hoping the only 4 eggs that have keets in them will hatch so i can get up to 10

 

[Friend2Fowl]

Sorry to hear that, exactly why it's not a good idea to let a guinea brood eggs. If they are in a closed pen/building, that's different. But out in the weeds somewhere they are sitting ducks. Hope your eggs hatch for you