Guinea hen making a nest - hopeful?

[Mrs. Fluffy Puffy]

My Pied Female was in the coop this evening making a nest in the dirt under the nesting box - is this a hopeful sign or normal behavior.

She wasn't Dust Bathing.

 

[bargain]

WOW that is early, ours normally nest in May...Wow! You might have guineas....Is she a first timeer???
Great luck! Nancy

 

[pattypenny]

I don't know usually it is april before they lay but you are in texas so maybe.

 

[zazouse]

I have some young guineas laying an egg here and there, but my older guineas are not laying anything thank god, i need a break from nest hunting.
My hens don't start to sit till they got a mountian of eggs under them so i hatch all mine in a sportsman.

 

[Mrs. Fluffy Puffy]

bargain Yes she's a 1st Timer.

 

[lcw1995]

Well you live in Texas, and she's a first timer . . . so it's very possible she could have been. Keep watching her. Lucky you. I have a first timer as well and she hasnt even went behind the board that I put in the coop.
She likes my chickens too much so I dout she will lay outside somewhere. I put a board in the back of my coop, to make an A-Frame.
But yet keep a close eye on your's. It's very possible.

 

[Mrs. Fluffy Puffy]

So far I haven't found any eggs.

 

[D'Angelo N Va.]

sounds like given time you will find lots of eggs....I love them. To me they have the best taste of any eggs. Once you get past that hard shell.

 

[Mrs. Fluffy Puffy]

I've never eaten Guinea eggs..I got 12 from a friend once but I gave'em to a broody hen!

 

[D'Angelo N Va.]

I will have to get some now, just for the taste of the eggs....WHY DID I JOIN THIS BYC!!!! NOW I WANT EVERYTHING I READ ABOUT..and every kind. I was perfectly content with my 26 hens last year....now 80+ chickens and 4 new ducks..and now I want guineas...ughhhh