Is my guinea hen trying to hatch her eggs?

[leolseven]

my guinea hen is a year old, and she keeps going back into her nest and laying on her eggs every so often. My male guinea will sit outside the coop and wait for her. I was wondering if this is normal behavior, and if she is trying to hatch some baby chicks!

 

[R2elk]

my guinea hen is a year old, and she keeps going back into her nest and laying on her eggs every so often. My male guinea will sit outside the coop and wait for her. I was wondering if this is normal behavior, and if she is trying to hatch some baby chicks!

It does not sound as if she is broody yet. Some hens like to sit for a fair amount of time before they lay their daily egg.

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