Will hen accept guinea keets?

[cbourbeau32]

Ok, I have had a hen broody for about three months. She sat on five eggs till they hatched about six weeks ago but the day they hatched a snake ate all five that same night. I stuck two eggs in the incubator on day seven of a guinea hatch so they would hatch the same day. I had four keets hatch the day before the chick did (one of two hatched). Anyway she's happily mothering the single chick that hatched today under her. If I snuck out tonight and put the keets under her do you think chances are that she'd accept the keets?

Any advice would be appreciated.

Thanks, Charlie

 

[sourland]

I have had hens that successfully raised keets.

 

[cbourbeau32]

I have had hens that successfully raised keets.

Thanks!

Ones that hatched the or ones that were introduced after the fact?

 

[sourland]

Both, but I was fostering to Silky hens who will mother anything.

 

[cbourbeau32]

Both, but I was fostering to Silky hens who will mother anything.

Thanks, I may give it a try. I think she'd be a good mother.

 

[BantamFan4Life]

Ok, I have had a hen broody for about three months. She sat on five eggs till they hatched about six weeks ago but the day they hatched a snake ate all five that same night. I stuck two eggs in the incubator on day seven of a guinea hatch so they would hatch the same day. I had four keets hatch the day before the chick did (one of two hatched). Anyway she's happily mothering the single chick that hatched today under her. If I snuck out tonight and put the keets under her do you think chances are that she'd accept the keets?

Any advice would be appreciated.

Thanks, Charlie

She will probably accept them.