Guinea eggs

[Jupiter2015]

So I have two Guinea hens and a chicken rooster they won't
cross breed will they?

 

[R2elk]

So I have two Guinea hens and a chicken rooster they won't
cross breed will they?

Yes a guinea hen and a chicken rooster can breed and produce fertile eggs. The offspring are said to be infertile.

Here is one of several threads about it.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/834929/very-unusual-chick-guinea-chicken-hybrid

 

[tkohloff]

My guineas just began laying this year, they are laying in the hay feeders that I have in the barn. I assume they are doing this because the chickens lay there daily. I was always told though that they go off by themselves and hatch out.

 

[tkohloff]

We brought our young guineas home and turned them in the barn with the chickens. That first night they roosted in the rafters of the barn. Almost a year later and they are doing the same thing every night. We started out with 16 and still have 15. Now they are laying eggs in the barn along with the chickens in the same nest. That was/is a surprise.

 

[chicks are life]

Is this a guinea egg

The dark brown all round one.

 

[HappyWifeFarm]

I don't think so...Guinea eggs usually aren't round. They are slightly pointy at one end.

These are all guinea eggs

Is this a guinea egg

The dark brown all round one.

 

[Jupiter2015]

Thanks R2elk for all your help

 

[chicks are life]

Cracked it open was really hard had no yolk but it was scrabbled

 

[chicks are life]

Has layer 2 eggs now

 

[lilybug51]

So what I'm getting from reading this thread is that guinea eggs are delicious!!! If they come home at night they will lay somewhere in their coop? Should I provide nesting materials; straw, lint, wood shavings, etc.?