Egg laying

[ChickenBone23]

Hi all. A few days ago I posted pictures of 2 eggs. Unanimously it was decided they were from my Guinea and not my chickens. My oldest Guinea is 14-16 weeks.
Anywho- she laid 2 eggs within 12 hours. It has now been a full 72+ hours since another egg has been seen.

My question is, when they first start laying, is it normal to not see another egg for a several days- and up to how long is normal to not see an egg? I have watched almost every move she has made and retraced her steps to find a nest(even though I don’t think she’s bothering to make one this early) and have not found another egg. I planned to check her tonight to see if she is egg bound but I hate to do that to her. I am lucky she still roosts in the coop at night. She is the only one at that age as she was the sole survivor of a dog attack. (We have since well secured the coop and rehomed the dog, and later on purchased 4 from a local guy when they became available)

 

[Debbie292d]

Guineas lay on average 100 eggs per year during their season which is usually March through October. So that's 100 eggs in approximately 240 days. I don't think it's too strange to go 3 days but surely she should be laying just a little bit more often. See if she doesn't pick up the pace in the next couple of days.

If she were egg-bound, chances are she'd not have lived 3 days like that and you'd have picked up other signs.

 

[R2elk]

Guineas lay on average 100 eggs per year during their season which is usually March through October. So that's 100 eggs in approximately 240 days. I don't think it's too strange to go 3 days but surely she should be laying just a little bit more often. See if she doesn't pick up the pace in the next couple of days.

If she were egg-bound, chances are she'd not have lived 3 days like that and you'd have picked up other signs.

I don't know where you got your "facts" but they are not necessarily true. Guineas tend to start laying later, and quit laying earlier and produce fewer eggs each year as they get older.

Once a young guinea hen gets started, she will typically lay an egg every day until she goes broody or the laying season ends. Not all domestic guinea hens go broody.

Young guinea hens as they first begin laying will drop their eggs wherever they happen to be at the time. Once they figure out what is going on they normally make a hidden nest to lay in. The nests can be very difficult to find.

 

[Debbie292d]

I don't know where you got your "facts" but they are not necessarily true. Guineas tend to start laying later, and quit laying earlier and produce fewer eggs each year as they get older.

Once a young guinea hen gets started, she will typically lay an egg every day until she goes broody or the laying season ends. Not all domestic guinea hens go broody.

Young guinea hens as they first begin laying will drop their eggs wherever they happen to be at the time. Once they figure out what is going on they normally make a hidden nest to lay in. The nests can be very difficult to find.

The farmer across the road raises them and sent me a link for the information on them as I was considering them. Then I changed my mind, but here's the link she sent.

https://poultry.extension.org/articles/poultry-management/raising-guinea-fowl-in-small-and-backyard-flocks/#:~:text=A healthy guinea hen will,same nest and continue laying.

Quoting: "Guineas usually start laying in March or April and may continue to lay until October. A hen from a carefully managed flock may lay 100 or more eggs a year. Breeders generally produce well for two or three years. They can be kept four to five years in small farm flocks. In such flocks, hens usually lay about 30 eggs and then go broody."

 

[R2elk]

The farmer across the road raises them and sent me a link for the information on them as I was considering them. Then I changed my mind, but here's the link she sent.

https://poultry.extension.org/articles/poultry-management/raising-guinea-fowl-in-small-and-backyard-flocks/#:~:text=A healthy guinea hen will,same nest and continue laying.

Quoting: "Guineas usually start laying in March or April and may continue to lay until October. A hen from a carefully managed flock may lay 100 or more eggs a year. Breeders generally produce well for two or three years. They can be kept four to five years in small farm flocks. In such flocks, hens usually lay about 30 eggs and then go broody."

There is lots of bad information about guineas on the Internet.

What time of year guineas start laying has to do with where they are located. The more southern they are in the northern hemisphere, the earlier they lay. The southern hemisphete is the opposite.

The older the guinea hens are the later in the season they begin laying.

The earliest my guinea hens started laying was in late April.

 

[Debbie292d]

There is lots of bad information about guineas on the Internet.

There's a lot of bad information about everything on the internet, thus why she sent an informative one to me, and thus why I shared what I learned reading it. The AG Dept. from Kentucky would be a more trusted source than many.

After a few months of her having about a dozen guineas, and having one of hers fly over here and stay for a few days, I totally backed out of that notion.

 

[R2elk]

There's a lot of bad information about everything on the internet, thus why she sent an informative one to me, and thus why I shared what I learned reading it. The AG Dept. from Kentucky would be a more trusted source than many.

After a few months of her having about a dozen guineas, and having one of hers fly over here and stay for a few days, I totally backed out of that notion.

Guineas aren't for everyone.

Their AG Dept. is unlikely to be run by people that actually raise guineas.

 

[ChickenBone23]

Guineas lay on average 100 eggs per year during their season which is usually March through October. So that's 100 eggs in approximately 240 days. I don't think it's too strange to go 3 days but surely she should be laying just a little bit more often. See if she doesn't pick up the pace in the next couple of days.

If she were egg-bound, chances are she'd not have lived 3 days like that and you'd have picked up other signs.

Yes I checked her 2 days ago. Felt nothing- so day 6 today, If she has laid an egg- she’s hiding them because I can’t find them anywhere and she has zero signs of being egg bound.

Trying to attach a picture, she is the one on the left

 

[ChickenBone23]

 

[ChickenBone23]

I don't know where you got your "facts" but they are not necessarily true. Guineas tend to start laying later, and quit laying earlier and produce fewer eggs each year as they get older.

Once a young guinea hen gets started, she will typically lay an egg every day until she goes broody or the laying season ends. Not all domestic guinea hens go broody.

Young guinea hens as they first begin laying will drop their eggs wherever they happen to be at the time. Once they figure out what is going on they normally make a hidden nest to lay in. The nests can be very difficult to find.

I’ve been told that at first, guinea hens and chickens may not lay every single day when they first start laying, but with time will be more regular. From another chicken owner- but doesn’t have guinea fowl. I took what was said with a grain of salt but also had no one to ask