I need a little help here from my fellow members. I'm completely new to raising guineas so I have a couple of questions.
My guineas and silkies are in the same pen, about a month ago I started find eggs in a ground nest but I assumed it was the silkies laying them until today. When I went to the pen to collect the eggs this afternoon I noticed a guinea was sitting on the nest and the egg was very warm as if it had just been hatched. What puzzles me is the eggs I've been getting are very small and brown in color. For some reason I thought guinea eggs were the same size as a normal hen's egg and I never read anything about them being light brown. Do you think I have a guinea laying or a silkie laying?
My guineas and silkies are in the same pen, about a month ago I started find eggs in a ground nest but I assumed it was the silkies laying them until today. When I went to the pen to collect the eggs this afternoon I noticed a guinea was sitting on the nest and the egg was very warm as if it had just been hatched. What puzzles me is the eggs I've been getting are very small and brown in color. For some reason I thought guinea eggs were the same size as a normal hen's egg and I never read anything about them being light brown. Do you think I have a guinea laying or a silkie laying?