I have a Dominique hen who’s wanting to hatch out some eggs. I don’t need any more chickens right now (except for liege fighters), but I could definitely use some friendlier Guinea keets! Could she sit on them and hatch them? I’m aware the incubation time is a bit longer than it is for chickens. What about ducks? Could she hatch out ducks? What if it’s a mixed batch of more than one kind of bird? If I make sure to get the timing right, like putting guineas under her 6 days earlier than chickens, etc, could I have her hatch out multiple kinds of poultry in one clutch? I would like to put a couple of the liege fighter eggs in there if that’s a possibility.
Mostly I just want to know if she can sit on another breed of poultry eggs and raise them just fine.
My guineas are so skittish that I wouldn’t want them raising the next generation. They’d only teach them to be scared of me. But this hen? She’s so sweet. I know guineas are a bit wild anyway, but they’d surely be much tamer with her as their mom.
I read somewhere on the backyard chicken website that they could bond or… what was the word? Attach? Something like that, to a different breed. Then they’d try to mate with them, which could cause damage to the smaller party. That is cause for concern for me. Is this true?
Mostly I just want to know if she can sit on another breed of poultry eggs and raise them just fine.
My guineas are so skittish that I wouldn’t want them raising the next generation. They’d only teach them to be scared of me. But this hen? She’s so sweet. I know guineas are a bit wild anyway, but they’d surely be much tamer with her as their mom.I read somewhere on the backyard chicken website that they could bond or… what was the word? Attach? Something like that, to a different breed. Then they’d try to mate with them, which could cause damage to the smaller party. That is cause for concern for me. Is this true?
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but when we put 6(or maybe it was 8) eggs under one chicken she hatched out 4 (this was after we removed the non fertile ones) and she did a great job raising them
Supposing that the hen decides to stay sitting, that is. She hasn’t made her mind up yet. 
