new to guineas

[wilschris]

Hey there, I have a hen chicken laying on 10 guinnea eggs and today is day 14. I have never had or raised guinneas before so this is something new to me. Should I pull the eggs and candle them, and throw out the un developed ones, or what should I do? Thanks for any input

 

[Percheron chick]

I would just to satisfy my curiosity. pitch the clears so she can take better care of the developing ones.

 

[R2elk]

Hey there, I have a hen chicken laying on 10 guinea eggs and today is day 14. I have never had or raised guineas before so this is something new to me. Should I pull the eggs and candle them, and throw out the undeveloped ones, or what should I do? Thanks for any input

When I give guinea eggs to chicken hens, I leave them alone after giving them the eggs. I had 2 separate hens that I gave thirteen guinea eggs to. The first hen hatched 10 of 13 (3 were infertile) on day 28. The second hen hatched 13 of 13 on day 26.

Just leave them alone and good luck.

 

[wilschris]

Well that sounds easy enough, thank you for the advise. Once they hatch, how long should I leave the hen with them. Or should I remove her immediately once they all completely hatch?

 

[Percheron chick]

Let the hen do all the work.

 

[R2elk]

Well that sounds easy enough, thank you for the advise. Once they hatch, how long should I leave the hen with them. Or should I remove her immediately once they all completely hatch?

What I did was to remove all the keets once they were all hatched and moved them to the brooder. My purpose for removing the keets was because I was selling them. I did let a hen raise one keet last year but since I already had others in the brooder and no place to separate the hens and their keets the poor hens had to go through withdrawals.

There is nothing wrong with letting the hen raise them but she should be isolated from the rest of the flock and the keets still need the high protein feed that the chickens don't require. It certainly is much easier to let the hen provide the needed heat.

Good luck.