Post by woodyz on Jun 30, 2016 9:40:57 GMT -7
Found my first two guinea eggs just now.
I new it was about time, they are 17 or 18 weeks now and if they were going to lay this year they were going to start soon.
Of the 7 I have left I have 2 males, each male is covering 2 hens.
Yeah, you can add, odd girl out. In everything. She eats after they are through, she drinks when they leave the water, she comes out and goes into the run after them.
I suspect the other hens are already laying somewhere 2 to a nest and wouldn't let her lay in them so she laid in the coop. I made a nest box inside, so we will see.
It could be they just started and just laid in the coop because they didn't know exactly what they were doing. I will just have to watch them and see if I can find a nest.
They will lay until they have between 30 and 40 eggs to a nest then the hens will take turns setting on it. Hatch is 28 days after they start to set.
So in about 3 weeks I should come up missing a couple of hens at night, maybe even a rooster who will be on guard.
If I can find the nests I will wait until they are about to sit then leave them half and incubate the others. I wonder if I can sex the eggs like I can quail eggs?
I sure don't need that many guinea's if either of us hatch any but I can probably find homes for them.
If not I guess I could raise them to about 12 weeks and butcher them. They have better flavor than chicken.
I'll post a picture in a bit.
I new it was about time, they are 17 or 18 weeks now and if they were going to lay this year they were going to start soon.
Of the 7 I have left I have 2 males, each male is covering 2 hens.
Yeah, you can add, odd girl out. In everything. She eats after they are through, she drinks when they leave the water, she comes out and goes into the run after them.
I suspect the other hens are already laying somewhere 2 to a nest and wouldn't let her lay in them so she laid in the coop. I made a nest box inside, so we will see.
It could be they just started and just laid in the coop because they didn't know exactly what they were doing. I will just have to watch them and see if I can find a nest.
They will lay until they have between 30 and 40 eggs to a nest then the hens will take turns setting on it. Hatch is 28 days after they start to set.
So in about 3 weeks I should come up missing a couple of hens at night, maybe even a rooster who will be on guard.
If I can find the nests I will wait until they are about to sit then leave them half and incubate the others. I wonder if I can sex the eggs like I can quail eggs?
I sure don't need that many guinea's if either of us hatch any but I can probably find homes for them.
If not I guess I could raise them to about 12 weeks and butcher them. They have better flavor than chicken.
I'll post a picture in a bit.
