Putting chicken eggs under a broody guinea hen?

[Sunny Side Up]

Has anyone here set chicken eggs under a broody guinea hen? What was the result?

I have only one guinea hen left and she has gone broody in her nest of sterile eggs. I wonder if she could hatch chicken eggs, of which I have an abundance, and how she would do raising the chicks. What do you think?

 

[racuda]

I wouldn't do it. I've had dismal results so far with a Guinea hen raising keets. After one week, only 3 of the original 8 keets are still alive. This is in a covered run, not freeranging, so no wet grass to blame. I don't think a Guinea hen would do any better with chicks than keets.

Out of 18 keets that chickens are raising all 18 are doing great!

 

[Lollipop]

Sunny, you obviously have nothing to lose. Give it a whirl..........Pop