Guinea hen making a nest - hopeful?

[Mrs. Fluffy Puffy]

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

I know! I had about 60 chickens when I first joined BYC...now I have almost over 100 Chickens + 11 Guineas, and 27 buttons! Then I found out about incubators...ah-oh!!!!

 

[D'Angelo N Va.]

Oh Lord Ms. Fluffy, so you are saying it is NOT going to end....

 

[Mrs. Fluffy Puffy]

D'Angelo N Va. :

Oh Lord Ms. Fluffy, so you are saying it is NOT going to end....

Yep, that's pretty much what I'm go'in at!

You may have Just chickens now..but just you wait and you'll look back in a few months ( or maybe even days ) and wonder how on earth did I get so many different kinds of chickens, gamebirds, waterfowl????

 

[CDennis]

Mrs. Fluffy Puffy :

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

They taste the same to me, but they take some muscles to crack, I think you could play softball with those eggs! Mine have not started laying yet, and last years hide and seek nests were a pain the butt. I would find them when she had loaded them with 35 eggs and then left!

I would love to find it earlier and incubate some...but we will see, least she only lays on 7 acres...guess it could be worse.

 

[lcw1995]

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They taste the same to me, but they take some muscles to crack, I think you could play softball with those eggs! Mine have not started laying yet, and last years hide and seek nests were a pain the butt. I would find them when she had loaded them with 35 eggs and then left!

I would love to find it earlier and incubate some...but we will see, least she only lays on 7 acres...guess it could be worse.

i found it quite easy to find my hens nests. mine always make a sound. something like *chang,chang,chang*. mine always did that after she laid her egg. found it all 4 times that year. i say 4 times because even though i didnt take any eggs, something else did and she moved it.pretty easy.

 

[Mrs. Fluffy Puffy]

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They taste the same to me, but they take some muscles to crack, I think you could play softball with those eggs! Mine have not started laying yet, and last years hide and seek nests were a pain the butt. I would find them when she had loaded them with 35 eggs and then left!

I would love to find it earlier and incubate some...but we will see, least she only lays on 7 acres...guess it could be worse.

i found it quite easy to find my hens nests. mine always make a sound. something like *chang,chang,chang*. mine always did that after she laid her egg. found it all 4 times that year. i say 4 times because even though i didnt take any eggs, something else did and she moved it.pretty easy.

I'm hopeing my guin-hens will lay in the coop but we'll see!

 

[KWAK]

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

MEEE TOOOOO!!! i started with a few hens then read a bout ducks on here and decided to buy some... after a while i started reading about turkeys and just had to get some... then it went to peacocks and now im moving to guineas!!!! i think im addicted to birds

 

[Mrs. Fluffy Puffy]

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MEEE TOOOOO!!! i started with a few hens then read a bout ducks on here and decided to buy some... after a while i started reading about turkeys and just had to get some... then it went to peacocks and now im moving to guineas!!!! i think im addicted to birds

I'm jealous!! You have Turkeys and I don't!

 

[chickened]

Hi all, I live in western Oregon and my Guineas are starting to lay also... in the yard in the driveway in the... oh you get the idea.

 

[KWAK]

Mrs. Fluffy Puffy :

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MEEE TOOOOO!!! i started with a few hens then read a bout ducks on here and decided to buy some... after a while i started reading about turkeys and just had to get some... then it went to peacocks and now im moving to guineas!!!! i think im addicted to birds

I'm jealous!! You have Turkeys and I don't!

right now i dont... the male became agressive and we killed him... gave the female a way for a few quail... but i plan on buying 6-12 poults in the spring