Guinea on Eggs?

[WallyBirdie]

I have 8 guinea fowl. 2 are particularly large and tend to stay together. They are older and rarely leave the ground beyond roosting at night.
The other 6 are young adults. Of those 6, 5 get along and are together all day and night. 1 is smaller than the rest and gets chased by the others. I have never seen any mating but the little one has strayed into her own privates corner and, I recently realized that she is sitting on eggs. A few are guinea eggs but the others are chicken eggs.

None of my chickens are broody but my guinea certainly seems to be. She's been sitting on them for a while. Can she raise chicks and keets?

I know there is a general disagreement on whether or not chickens and guineas should be raised together. I am not asking that.

(I have successfully raised them together as keets and then separated them as juveniles- then they free range and keep to themselves accordingly. I know others might disagree or have other experiences but this has worked for me.)

Can a young mother (close to a year) raise keets with chicks? Does this work? Should I set up a brooder and separate them?

 

[R2elk]

I have 8 guinea fowl. 2 are particularly large and tend to stay together. They are older and rarely leave the ground beyond roosting at night.
The other 6 are young adults. Of those 6, 5 get along and are together all day and night. 1 is smaller than the rest and gets chased by the others. I have never seen any mating but the little one has strayed into her own privates corner and, I recently realized that she is sitting on eggs. A few are guinea eggs but the others are chicken eggs.

None of my chickens are broody but my guinea certainly seems to be. She's been sitting on them for a while. Can she raise chicks and keets?

I know there is a general disagreement on whether or not chickens and guineas should be raised together. I am not asking that.

(I have successfully raised them together as keets and then separated them as juveniles- then they free range and keep to themselves accordingly. I know others might disagree or have other experiences but this has worked for me.)

Can a young mother (close to a year) raise keets with chicks? Does this work? Should I set up a brooder and separate them?

The eggs will not hatch at the same time so she is likely to abandon the nest after the chicks are hatched but before any keets are hatched.

If possible, I would remove any hatchlings as they become dry and move them to a brooder simply because there is much greater chances of their survival than if they are left to the whims of the guinea hen.

 

[WallyBirdie]

The eggs will not hatch at the same time so she is likely to abandon the nest after the chicks are hatched but before any keets are hatched.

If possible, I would remove any hatchlings as they become dry and move them to a brooder simply because there is much greater chances of their survival than if they are left to the whims of the guinea hen.

Thank you so much. I was wondering about that. I'll check up on my supplies and set up soon.