Is it a guinea fowl or chicken egg?

[Lovesong522]

I think the egg on the is a guinea fowl egg. Can anyone tell me for sure? The guinea I have I saved a year ago from a fox and I haven't been able to ever tell it's gender. I have noticed that it has been laying down in the pen a little more than usual but I checked it over and found nothing wrong.

 

[Dmontgomery]

Neither of them look like the eggs we get. Ours are light brown and speckled. They should almost look triangular.
But anything is possible.

 

[perchie.girl]

chicken... Probably a Pullet... first few eggsies are smallish.

The other IS a Guinea egg. You can ID a mature female by its vocalization... They make a two sylable call that sounds like Buck Wheat... over and over and over and over.... did I Say OVEER again.... LLOL.

 

[R2elk]

View attachment 1514411 View attachment 1514402 I think the egg on the is a guinea fowl egg. Can anyone tell me for sure? The guinea I have I saved a year ago from a fox and I haven't been able to ever tell it's gender. I have noticed that it has been laying down in the pen a little more than usual but I checked it over and found nothing wrong.

Guinea eggs

Guinea eggs from mature hens are about 2" long and about 1 3/8" at the widest point. They are definitely pointier than chicken eggs. They can be speckled or grainy looking and can have various colors. I have seen a white guinea egg but none of my hens lay white eggs.

Neither of your eggs look like a guinea egg to me. As @perchie.girl pointed out you should be able to tell the sex of your guinea by its call. If it is a hen, it would be doing the buckwheat call incessantly since it does not have a mate. One of the traits of a male guinea is to spend time laying down as its mate putters around in a circle with the male at the center of the circle.

 

[Lovesong522]

The only male birds I know for sure of in my flock are two austrolrops and an Americuna rooster.

 

[R2elk]

The only male birds I know for sure of in my flock are two austrolrops and an Americuna rooster.

If the guinea does not "buckwheat", it is a cock (male).