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Oops, sorry I missed your previous post about having Bantams in with the Guineas.

So since you do have a trio of chickens in with the Guineas then I'm definitely leaning towards that being a chicken egg. Guineas are seasonal layers, and it's definitely not their season right now, tho some do lay a few random eggs here and there even in the off season. All the random, off season odd-ball shaped Guinea eggs I have ever collected from my flocks were much smaller than a normal Guinea egg, but still very obviously pointed... except for a few that were considered what are called "fart eggs"... and these were even smaller and almost completely round, with an extra super thick shell and contained no yolk inside. Also the first timer Guinea Hens in my flocks tend to just lay eggs in random places for a while when they first start laying, their instinct to make or use a nest doesn't seem to kick in until they've laid several if not close to a dozen eggs.

How thick is the shell on that little egg of yours? Not sure if you have ever collected eggs from Guineas before (and or eaten them), but Guinea eggs normally have really thick shells compared to chicken eggs... and usually have some degree of speckling or other identifying markings/color (referred to as a Hen print), rather than just being an overall even pale beige color. Here's an assortment of eggs collected from one of my mixed flocks, showing the variation in speckling and coloring (large chicken egg in the middle).


So IMO, there's quite a few things stacked in favor of your little mystery egg being a chicken egg... but I guess the only way to really know is to be able to catch which ever Hen laid it in the act of laying another beige egg, lol.
 
Lol didn't work got a second egg now couple days apart looks the same as last one beige with white specks. Who knows guess it goes in the incubator see if it is fertile in 10 days. Lol
 
Congrats on egg #2... do you have a separate hatcher? If you get more eggs you will want to set those too, lol... and staggered hatches are a PITA! Might wanna keep those in a cool dark place for up to 10 or so days and see how many more you collect between now and then. Would be a bummer if you just set 2 eggs and only 1 hatched
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Hey peeps since Oklahoma seems to only have blonde guineas how bout throwing some lights on yours and selling me some eggs to Incubate! Lol ;-)
 
LOL, sorry I never use lights (just red rope lights at night), I always just let my Hens lay when their bodies are ready to. (Plus my flocks are not NPIP certified so I can't ship eggs any way).
You could try ordering keets from The Guinea Farm
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Hey peeps
Chocolates have no black in them right a guy 2 hours from me says his are chocolates but he says the are smutty brown with blk feathers in them? Don't sound good right?
 
Nope. Chocolates have no black plumage at all, they are a brown based bird. Maybe he has Bronze? Dark walnut brown flank feathers is as about as dark of a brown coloring as I have seen on Chocolates (in pics taken at The Guinea Farm, and from what I have bred/hatched in my own flocks). Does this guy have pics? If so, I wanna see
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