This is SO cute!!! Guinea hatched out a chicken this morning!

[BritinMO]

My latest batch of guinea eggs are not due to hatch for another 10 days or so.......so I was VERY surprised to see a broken egg shell out of the nest this morning! Moved the hen slightly and a chick appeared from under her - A GINGER CHICK! After I picked myself off the floor dying with laughter

I grabbed the chick. I guess one of our Rhode Island Red girls popped an egg out in the guinea nest before the guinea hen started sitting 3 weeks ago!

I've never hatched any chickens before as never had a broody hen.......I'm amazed!

 

[Mykee]

That is so cute and funny! Do your guineas and chickens live together?

 

[BritinMO]

Yes! Our chickens and guineas all free range and share the coop at night and live in peace and harmony

, its totally brilliant - still so excited that a guinea hatched out a chicken, lol. The chick will be raised inside as its the only one, just setting up its nursery in the house (hubby is away working in Europe) - haha..................

 

[Mykee]

Why not let the guinea raise the chick?

 

[BritinMO]

Why not let the guinea raise the chick?

Because the guinea is still sat on her nest in a horse stall in the barn, her eggs are not due to hatch until at the earliest next week-end! The chicken chick needs warmth and food and a safe place to be......besides all of that - we never let our guineas raise their chicks, we catch them as soon as they hatch, and raise them in safety, lol!

 

[Mykee]

Okay. I understand now (forgot about the other eggs!). Here is a thread I started about a guinea that sat on some eggs. I have always found it funny how they sit in the fall. https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/708616/saved-guinea-keet-yesterday