Can Guineas Fetilize a Chicken Egg

[Chicky_Baby]

I have a family member who is really skitish about fertilized eggs and am begining to think guineas are the answer to my fly problem but I keep seeing things about guineas mating with chickens. If they can't produce offspring I don't think she will have issues with the mating but if they ever create a fertile egg and it slips past me that is the last egg she will ever eat, lol. So for the sake of not starving my aunt can a guinea knock up a chicken.

 

[BarefootMom]

just don't keep a rooster with your chickens and you won't ever have to worry about the fetilizedd egg thing.

 

[Judy]

Yes. It is rare and the offspring are sterile, but it does happen.

It also does happen that people hatch chickens from ordinary store bought eggs, although again, it is rare.

 

[Chicky_Baby]

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OMG ddawn if I tell her that she will NEVER eat anything again, lolololololololol. We will keep this classified as top secret.

 

[beesong]

Yes. I had a guinea and a silkie cross once; the offspring were really wild looking.

 

[lutz123]

Does she open it up to check for a blastodisc? I wouldn't worry about it. It's not like there would be little embryos floating around in her omelet. I mean, it still grosses me out a bit, but I do get that there really isn't much difference that early on.

 

[PeepsCA]

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LOL... an embryo omelet... ick! I think that would most definitely turn me off eggs, lol.


Chicky... Just be sure to collect the eggs for your aunt a few times a day and refrigerate them right away and assure her that nothing will develop in a fresh, cold fertile egg, lol.

 

[TriciaHowe]

I don't know how this family member would ever know they were fertile unless you told her. Just tell her you only cook the infertile ones.....

 

[OkChickens]

I want to see a picture of a guinea mix with a chicken! This seams really cool!

Nate

 

[EricShane]

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Me Tooooo!!! that sounds wild