will Guineaa hatch their own eggs?

[tyler12765]

I am thinking about raising Guineas and was wondering if they are good mothers and will sit on their eggs and hatch them?

 

[premiercoop]

Yes they will hatch their own eggs as long as no predators spook them off. I raised about 50 last year and never had a problem with them. They are nice birds to raise.

 

[red horse ranch]

Guineas make very protective mothers but they need to be confined with the babies for several weeks. A guinea hen will want to rejoin the flock within a few days and the babies are likely to get chilled or lost trying to keep up with her and the flock.

 

[chickbird]

Guineas make very protective mothers but they need to be confined with the babies for several weeks. A guinea hen will want to rejoin the flock within a few days and the babies are likely to get chilled or lost trying to keep up with her and the flock.

HOW DIFFICULT IS IT TO REMOVE THE BABIES AFTER THEY HATCH AND RAISE THEM IN A BROODER?

 

[DesertLab]

Perhaps it is just our guineas.. but our birds are the worst parents you can imagine. They will walk off and leave the babies behind. We incubate to get baby birds. If it was left up to our birds.. we would never have a single baby bird make it past a few days old. We have a flock of 50 birds.