http://farmingfriends.com/forums/ Farming Friends Forum Tag: Guinea Fowl Eggs en Sun, 26 May 2013 04:03:03 +0000 http://farmingfriends.com/forums/topic.php?id=5154#post-23383 Mon, 08 Apr 2013 12:13:47 +0000 admin 23383@http://farmingfriends.com/forums/ <p>Hi All,</p> <p>Does anyone have any guinea fowl eggs for sale for hatching as I have had an enquiry and I no longer have any guinea fowl.</p> <p>Kind regards<br /> Sara @ farmingfriends </p> http://farmingfriends.com/forums/topic.php?id=2722#post-17201 Thu, 20 Oct 2011 14:00:38 +0000 admin 17201@http://farmingfriends.com/forums/ <p>Hi All,<br /> Anyone with guinea fowl in the UK got them still laying as had an enquiry for guinea fowl eggs. Let me know if you do and I can pass on details.<br /> Thanks<br /> Kind regards<br /> Sara @ farmingfriends </p> http://farmingfriends.com/forums/topic.php?id=2210#post-14483 Thu, 09 Jun 2011 09:18:30 +0000 admin 14483@http://farmingfriends.com/forums/ <p>Hi All,<br /> Henny is a great mummy hen, she is keeping the keet well protected and the keet is growing and scuttling about. The wing feathers are developing nicely on the keet.<br /> Duffy is still sitting on her eggs, she gets off most mornings and has a wonder about with sonic the mallard and has a drink, preen, wash and eats something.<br /> Hope all well with everyone.<br /> kind regards<br /> sara @ farmingfriends </p> http://farmingfriends.com/forums/topic.php?id=2210#post-14383 Mon, 06 Jun 2011 10:47:09 +0000 Mama 14383@http://farmingfriends.com/forums/ <p>Congrats on the little one Sara and do hope Duffy has more succcess. Good luck ,Mama . </p> http://farmingfriends.com/forums/topic.php?id=2210#post-14374 Mon, 06 Jun 2011 07:21:37 +0000 admin 14374@http://farmingfriends.com/forums/ <p>Hi All,<br /> Well Henny got off the eggs on Sunday morning. So we only have one live guinea fowl keet. she is a very good mother, showing the keet where the food and water is. It is lovely to watch.<br /> Duffy the buff orpington duck is also still sitting on her eggs!<br /> Hope all well with everyone, sorry I have not been around this weekend.<br /> Kind regards<br /> Sara @ farmingfriends </p> http://farmingfriends.com/forums/topic.php?id=2210#post-14141 Tue, 31 May 2011 15:12:26 +0000 Lorna 14141@http://farmingfriends.com/forums/ <p>Hi Sara,<br /> Good news you have one guniea fowl keet.I hope all your others hatch soon too, it is nerve wracking waiting on them.<br /> Sorry one did not make it, that is so sad when it happens.</p> <p>Take care<br /> Lorna </p> http://farmingfriends.com/forums/topic.php?id=2210#post-14133 Tue, 31 May 2011 11:55:54 +0000 campbell ridge 14133@http://farmingfriends.com/forums/ <p>Ah thats a shame but they do seem to know best which is probably why when we help some they still perish after a few days.<br /> Here's hoping for the rest to be healthy.<br /> How is Buffy doing? </p> http://farmingfriends.com/forums/topic.php?id=2210#post-14131 Tue, 31 May 2011 11:42:09 +0000 admin 14131@http://farmingfriends.com/forums/ <p>Hi all,<br /> Just been to check on Henny and one guinea fowl keet has hatched and is all fluffed up under her and unfortunately one chick was laid by her. I don't know if she put the keet out of the nest or not but mother hens know best!<br /> Fingers crossed for the other eggs. 8 more eggs to hatch.<br /> My nephew is thrilled and planning to visit very soon.<br /> Best Wishes<br /> Sara @ farmingfriends </p> http://farmingfriends.com/forums/topic.php?id=2210#post-14057 Sat, 28 May 2011 17:34:06 +0000 Mama 14057@http://farmingfriends.com/forums/ <p>Exciting times ahead Sara, hope they all hatch for you . Best wishes ,Mama . </p> http://farmingfriends.com/forums/topic.php?id=2210#post-14054 Sat, 28 May 2011 16:24:51 +0000 Lorna 14054@http://farmingfriends.com/forums/ <p>Hi Sara,<br /> Hope things go OK with the guniea fowls eggs.</p> <p>Lorna </p> http://farmingfriends.com/forums/topic.php?id=2210#post-14047 Sat, 28 May 2011 09:56:10 +0000 campbell ridge 14047@http://farmingfriends.com/forums/ <p>oh poor Sonic, won't she let him in? </p> http://farmingfriends.com/forums/topic.php?id=2210#post-14046 Sat, 28 May 2011 09:52:49 +0000 admin 14046@http://farmingfriends.com/forums/ <p>Hi everyone,<br /> Just wanted to let you know that Henny is still sitting on the guinea fowl eggs. I do hope they hatch. Due to hatch this weekend.<br /> Also I now have Duffy, one of the buff orpington ducks gone broody - she has been honking instead of quacking like Debbie's Jemima. I have left some eggs in the barn ans she is sitting today. Her boyfriend, Sonic the mallard is patrolling outside the hut - he is lost without her!<br /> Will keep you posted on the guinea fowl keet hatch - off to check on Henny now!<br /> Best Wishes<br /> sara @ farmingfriends </p> http://farmingfriends.com/forums/topic.php?id=1506#post-11950 Sun, 13 Mar 2011 09:03:58 +0000 admin 11950@http://farmingfriends.com/forums/ <p>Hi KarenK,<br /> Welcome to the farmingfriends forum. I have guinea fowl and they are a joy to keep and watch!<br /> Here is a link that may help with gender identification. <a href="http://farmingfriends.com/forums/topic.php?id=266#post-984" rel="nofollow">http://farmingfriends.com/forums/topic.php?id=266#post-984</a><br /> if you have a male or two males then I would assume that the guinea fowl eggs will be fertile. Unlike ducks you will rarely see guinea fowl breeding, at least in the 6-7 years I have kept guinea fowl I have rarely seen them mate! As I keep males and femlaes I assume the eggs are fertile and I have hatched some and sold them for hatching with good results.<br /> They are viable for hatching from 7-10 days after lay, as they get older the fertility of the egg reduces.<br /> Depending on the temparatures outside and how long they have been laid for they could be edible. From lay guinea fowl eggs can be kept for 3-6 weeks and can still be fresh if they are kept in a cool place. You can check they are fresh by placing them in water and if they sink they are fresh and if they bob up to the surface I wouldn't eat them!<br /> Now that you know where the nest is I would leave some eggs in the nest to encourage the females to continue to lay their. Mark the eggs you are leaving in so that when you visit the nest again tomorrow you can see which are the freshly laid eggs. Guinea fowl do tend to share nests so more than one female may be laying there. They lay anytime from morning until mid afternoon.<br /> A guinea fowl hen may go broody and sit on the eggs once there are enough in the nest and then she will need protecting from predators without being disturbed herself and leaving the nest! I have never managed to get a guinea fowl to continue to sit as they always lay their eggs in a vulnerable place and we get foxes, so when I place a run over her they have a tendency to got off the nest!<br /> Good luck with your eggs and guinea fowl.<br /> kind regards<br /> sara @ farmingfriends </p> http://farmingfriends.com/forums/topic.php?id=1506#post-11947 Sun, 13 Mar 2011 00:54:32 +0000 karenk 11947@http://farmingfriends.com/forums/ <p>Thanks for the support, guys. So, another question. A friend sent me a link that claims eggs needn't be refrigerated. So I guess I need to know thoughts on that since I can't be sure how long these eggs were lying outside before I found them and, more important, I guess I need to know how long they are good for. A friend would love to have them but I won't see her til Monday. Since I found them yesterday (with no idea how long they'd been there), can I trust they'll be ok? </p> <p>Someone said that we shouldn't eat the eggs if the hens are fed medicated food. Is that correct? They free range more than eat our food but it IS medicated. </p> http://farmingfriends.com/forums/topic.php?id=1506#post-11943 Sat, 12 Mar 2011 22:33:55 +0000 karenk 11943@http://farmingfriends.com/forums/ <p>I'd gladly sell them or give them away. Just don't know how long they're good for in what sort of weather. Don't want to get sued for someone getting sick because I don't know what I'm doing. &lt;g&gt; </p> http://farmingfriends.com/forums/topic.php?id=1506#post-11942 Sat, 12 Mar 2011 22:24:45 +0000 Mama 11942@http://farmingfriends.com/forums/ <p>Oh ,it sounds like great fun at your house !!. Your dogs can eat the eggs no problem but you can also cook with them , bake .Can you not sell them at your gate or the store ? As for the rest of your questions , sure Sara admin and some other members will be able to help. Happy eggs ,happy eating . Mama </p> http://farmingfriends.com/forums/topic.php?id=1506#post-11939 Sat, 12 Mar 2011 21:26:41 +0000 karenk 11939@http://farmingfriends.com/forums/ <p>I'm so new to guineas and have SO many questions. Just be patient and talk to me like I know literally nothing... which I don't.</p> <p>Last fall, my husband "surprised" me by bringing home 5 chicks which he got "free" from a woman who has millions of critters. (Her guineas are basically free ranging wild critters.) Of course, we immediately purchased a new 5x10 dog pen to sit in our existing open shed, hung deer fence on it so they couldn't escape, purchased a small coop to keep inside the pen, purchased a roof to go over the top of the pen, purchased medicated feed, feeders and waterer. So much for free.</p> <p>Finally, as spring approached, I told my husband these were supposed to be free ranging birds and we started leaving them out during the day, putting them back in the pen only at night. Now they are out all the time, though they can get in the pen if they want (which they don't).</p> <p>I've watched them carefully as they've grown, trying in vain to discern male and female, to no avail. The only difference I've observed is their call (which they do nonstop). I believe the females are supposed to have a two-syllable call and the males one. Based on that alone, I believe we have three females and two males but, possibly, only one male.</p> <p>Now come the million questions. Yesterday, I stumbled across four eggs sort of scattered in a general area. They were, of course, stone cold. I glanced under a bush I had seen one particular guinea going in and out of and found six more eggs. I think the four scattered had been scattered from the nest.</p> <p>So... what do I do with the eggs? How do I know if they are fertile? Let me say I do NOT want any more guineas at this point. When I get used to them and know better what I'm doing... maybe. How long can the eggs be cold before they are no longer viable? Can I assume they are edible? If so, for how long? (It's early spring here in north Georgia and still pretty chilly.)</p> <p>Not having any earthly idea what we are doing, we brought eight of the ten eggs in and put them in the refrigerator, leaving two in the "nest". Turns out we should have marked them as I returned from chores today to find four more and now don't know which are old and which are new, not that it matters I suppose since no hens are tending the eggs. ??</p> <p>Now, I've discovered another nest under another bush. We have trouble eating a dozen eggs from the grocery store before the expiration date. But I do have dogs (Mastiffs) so I suppose I should just give them to the dogs. Any reason I shouldn't? </p> <p>Will the hens eventually start nesting on their eggs? Silly question I suppose but can I just let nature takes its course and see if any chicks show up eventually? At this rate, I'll be rolling in eggs with nothing to do with them.</p> <p>In short -- HELP!!! I have no idea what I'm doing!! </p> http://farmingfriends.com/forums/topic.php?id=1221#post-9342 Sat, 06 Nov 2010 12:14:20 +0000 admin 9342@http://farmingfriends.com/forums/ <p>Hi All,</p> <p>Kwame has written in to ask when do guinea fowl start to lay eggs.</p> <p>"Dear Sara<br /> i have 38 guinea fowl which i rear inside a cage at my backyard .The birds are 14 weeks old.I want know at what age my guinea fowl will begin to produce /lay eggs provided i give the right type of feed.<br /> Some have claimed that guinea fowls do not lay eggs when kept in confinement.In my country,Ghana guinea are kept on a range and allowed to look for their own food.<br /> Thanks Kwame"</p> <p>My response:</p> <p>Hi kwame,</p> <p>Wow 38 guinea fowl, you have alot of guinea fowl, I hope they are all ok.</p> <p>Guinea fowl can start to lay as early as from 16 weeks old <a href="http://farmingfriends.com/when-do-female-guinea-fowl-start-laying/" rel="nofollow">http://farmingfriends.com/when-do-female-guinea-fowl-start-laying/</a></p> <p>If your guinea fowl are used to being kept inside their pen then they will lay inside, it's a natural instinct for a hen to lay eggs. I would make sure that the females have a dark area to go into in their pen to lay their eggs where they feel safe and secure. Guinea fowl are ground nesting birds and like to nest in hedgerows and think nettle bushes, so I would add some tall vegetation to the pen to create a natural habit at for egg laying.</p> <p>I am in the uk and my guinea fowl free range around the farm during the day and then go into a hut to roost at night so they are safe from predators.</p> <p>I have added your enquiry to my guinea fowl forum.</p> <p>Kind regards<br /> Sara </p> <p>If you keep guinea fowl, let us know when your guinea fowl started to lay.<br /> Kind regards<br /> Sara @ farmingfriends </p> http://farmingfriends.com/forums/topic.php?id=1164#post-8552 Mon, 18 Oct 2010 08:35:21 +0000 m40mo 8552@http://farmingfriends.com/forums/ <p>lol if they only lay April until September would you want to eat any you could find in October anyway x </p> http://farmingfriends.com/forums/topic.php?id=1164#post-8533 Sun, 17 Oct 2010 20:23:17 +0000 admin 8533@http://farmingfriends.com/forums/ <p>Hi All,</p> <p>I have guinea fowl and they lay eggs from about April til September. I have had an enquiry from Ralph about guinea fowl eggs for eating, he is looking for them in North Wales area.</p> <p>"For some time I have been searching for Guinea fowl eggs. I do not wish to breed but rather Cook/eat them . Do you know of any where in north wales that sells eating eggs or any one who supplies by post? Ralph"</p> <p>If anyone knows a farm, farmshop or market stall that sells guinea fowl eggs for eating please let me know otherwise Ralph may have to wait til my guinea fowl come into lay again in Spring!</p> <p>I have done a google search but couldn't find anyone selling guinea fowl eggs and I have emailed Ralph to let him know.</p> <p>Kind regards<br /> Sara @ farmingfriends </p> http://farmingfriends.com/forums/topic.php?id=961#post-6464 Mon, 09 Aug 2010 08:03:08 +0000 admin 6464@http://farmingfriends.com/forums/ <p>Hi All,</p> <p>Anne has been lucky enough to get her guinea fowl to sit and hatch some eggs,</p> <p>"My hen has hatched 11 out 42 eggs. She got off the nest after I took her last keet 2 days ago. I left the eggs and now I have found 4 more eggs that have hatched on their own. How long do I leave the eggs after she has left? This is my second hatch and this did not happen before. Oh, I do not use an incubator... Thank you!!! Anne"</p> <p>How long do you leave eggs in the nest. I leave eggs in the incubator for up to 7-10 days.<br /> Kind regards<br /> sara @ farmingfriends </p> http://farmingfriends.com/forums/topic.php?id=948#post-6394 Sat, 07 Aug 2010 05:34:44 +0000 campbell ridge 6394@http://farmingfriends.com/forums/ <p>I wonder if its because they are eating a lot more insects and greens, rather than layers pellets? Mine hardly touch them at the moment and are laying late and in strnge places, but no shell less ones as yet. </p> http://farmingfriends.com/forums/topic.php?id=948#post-6385 Fri, 06 Aug 2010 19:57:23 +0000 quax 6385@http://farmingfriends.com/forums/ <p>We seem to be going through a spate of finding broken eggs in their little house. Nearly every day now they have broken 1 sometimes 2 eggs. So I'm thinking that the shells are rather weak on these. Otherwise our ducks do alot of stamping around in their eagerness to get out in the morning!! </p> http://farmingfriends.com/forums/topic.php?id=948#post-6365 Fri, 06 Aug 2010 12:46:40 +0000 m40mo 6365@http://farmingfriends.com/forums/ <p>oh how strange as you say it must be catching<br /> Mo x </p> http://farmingfriends.com/forums/topic.php?id=948#post-6358 Fri, 06 Aug 2010 09:16:27 +0000 admin 6358@http://farmingfriends.com/forums/ <p>Hi All,<br /> All this talk of shell-less eggs must be catching as one of my guinea fowl hens laid a shell-less egg right in front of me yesterday afternoon. I could see her sort if squatting in the field and then she released the egg. It was perfectly formed just no hard shell. Guinea fowl eggs have very hard shells so this was probably a relief for her, although it's the first time any of my guinea fowl have ever laid a shell-less egg that I know about!<br /> Kind regards<br /> Sara @ farmingfriends </p> http://farmingfriends.com/forums/topic.php?id=911#post-5985 Tue, 27 Jul 2010 20:13:38 +0000 admin 5985@http://farmingfriends.com/forums/ <p>Hi All,</p> <p>I received this comment from Tommy about his guinea fowl.</p> <p>"My guinea hen has been laying eggs that had a smooth brown texture. She has now made a nest in our garden which has about a dozen eggs. However the eggs in her nest have very small dark specks all over them. Does this mean the eggs are probably fertile? Tommy"</p> <p>I don't think that the dark specks indicate fertility. Only way to ensure fertility is to have a male guinea fowl running with your guinea fowl hens and to candle the eggs to check that the embryo is developing once the eggs are being incubated under a guinea fowl, broody hen or in incubator.<br /> I have read that dots on eggs can mean that there are red mites present but not sure if that is just for hens.</p> <p>Let me know your thoughts for Tommy.<br /> Kind regards<br /> Sara @ farmingfriends </p> http://farmingfriends.com/forums/topic.php?id=838#post-5403 Thu, 15 Jul 2010 06:24:47 +0000 admin 5403@http://farmingfriends.com/forums/ <p>Hi All,<br /> As you may know I sell guinea fowl eggs for hatching. <a href="http://farmingfriends.com/guinea-fowl-eggs-for-hatching-for-sale-in-uk/" rel="nofollow">http://farmingfriends.com/guinea-fowl-eggs-for-hatching-for-sale-in-uk/</a></p> <p>I have had an enquiry for 48 eggs, however at present I am not getting enough eggs to fullfil an order of this size. The guinea fowl free range during the day and nest on the ground in the hedgerows and they have just moved their nest site and I have not yet located it. The number of females has also been reduced as 3 of my guinea fowl have been taken by a fox in the last 3 weeks.</p> <p>If anyone knows someone selling larger quantities of guinea fowl eggs in the UK that you would recommend then please let me know.<br /> Thanks<br /> Sara @ farmingfriends </p> http://farmingfriends.com/forums/topic.php?id=107#post-4141 Fri, 18 Jun 2010 19:02:23 +0000 admin 4141@http://farmingfriends.com/forums/ <p>Hi Deb,<br /> Welcome to the farmingfriends forum. Your guinea fowl sound wonderful. I now have 21 guinea fowl as I lost my beautiful Lightening II to a fox only the other afternoon, so my guinea fowl have been kept in for a few days in the hope that the fox will move onto new prey!<br /> You are luck that your guinea fowl will lay in a nest as mine lay all over the barn when they are kept in which they have been for the last two days due to the fox killing Lightening.<br /> I would move the nest when you move the guinea fowl and place it somewhere dark and secluded and maybe place some of their egg in there already so that they are inclined to lay as it will be familiar when they do a search of the new place.<br /> Hope this helps.<br /> If you have any photos of your guinea fowl that you would like to share then please let me know and I'll send you my email.<br /> Good luck with the guinea fowl move.<br /> Kind regards<br /> sara @ farmingfriends </p> http://farmingfriends.com/forums/topic.php?id=107#post-4115 Fri, 18 Jun 2010 06:42:11 +0000 thecrystalbunny 4115@http://farmingfriends.com/forums/ <p>Hi..I'm new to this list, and fairly new at raising Guinea Fowl. I have one older Pearl Hen, Cobra, that actually went broody last fall, but on a nest with 50 infertile eggs! I chased her off after 6 weeks and got rid of the eggs.</p> <p>At the current time, I still have Cobra, along with Pearly, another Pearl Hen, Lacey, a Pearl Pied Hen, Lucy, a younger Pearl Pied Hen and my one cock is Choco, a chocolate. Cobra was my first Guinea Fowl, Pearly, Lacey and Choco were bought as a trio at about 6 months old (last September) and Lucy is one of a batch of 8 week old keets I got last September. I am getting 3 eggs a day, without fail.</p> <p>I originally got Guinea Fowl as insect control for my Rabbitry. Since then, I have sold all but one very old rabbit, and the Guinea's still live in the enclosed Rabbitry (our detached garage). We still have the Rabbitry time lights (14 hours a day) with 24/7 music. We hope to move them to a shed in a week or so, and are hoping Cobra doesn't go broody before then! The hens laid well into January of this year, then went in molt, then started again laying in March.</p> <p>Last year, we put an old rabbit nesting box under the attic access ladder, with a board propped above it, to prevent soiling from roosting on the ladder. This year, I notice one egg being laid there, in the old nest box, but the other 2 strewn all over the floor. So, I moved the box to a "better" location and put 3 eggs in it...and the next day those eggs were scattered all over, but a new eggs was under the ladder! This happened for several days, until I finally just moved the box back under the ladder. </p> <p>I handle the eggs, as I did last year. When I put the box back where they had it last year, they started laying in it, and as of today, they have over 30 eggs in it. So far, none of the hens are sitting on it, and we're hoping we can get the flock moved to the back shed before they do go broody! We will move the nest box with them, with the eggs, and I am hoping they continue to consider it their nest!</p> <p>The rabbit loves to run and play with the Guinea! It's funny to watch..he's an old rabbit, almost 10 years old and they have even layed eggs in his winter hay house! He even was laying with eggs under his belly at one time!</p> <p>Any suggestions on the nesting box move???</p> <p>Thanks!</p> <p>Deb (The Crystal Bunny), Northern Indiana, USA </p> http://farmingfriends.com/forums/topic.php?id=623#post-3517 Mon, 24 May 2010 20:15:02 +0000 admin 3517@http://farmingfriends.com/forums/ <p>Hi All,</p> <p>I have been asked about whether you should add water when incubating guinea fowl eggs.</p> <p>"Hi sara, my friend who sells incubators says i do not need to put water in incubator and keep humidity at 65 he says just wet the eggs near hatch day does this sound right. rgds john"</p> <p>My response:</p> <p>Hi John,</p> <p>I am sorry to hear that only two of the eggs are fertile. There is great debate about whether or not to put water in the incubator for guinea fowl eggs. Humidity levels are very important for hatching guinea fowl eggs when hatch is due as the shells are so hard that humidity is needed to help the keets to pip the shells. Some people recommend a dry hatch with guinea fowl eggs as your friend is suggesting and just adding water in the last 3 days of incubation.</p> <p>When I incubate guinea fowl eggs I tend to put abit of water in the incubator to begin with and then not top up that much until the last 3 days. When I take the egg turner out 3 days before the hatch due date I fill up the water trays in the incubator.</p> <p>Here are some links with useful info and discussion about dry hatches<br /> <a href="http://farmingfriends.com/humidity-levels-should-you-dry-hatch-guinea-fowl-eggs/" rel="nofollow">http://farmingfriends.com/humidity-levels-should-you-dry-hatch-guinea-fowl-eggs/</a><br /> <a href="http://farmingfriends.com/forums/topic.php?id=287&#38;view=all" rel="nofollow">http://farmingfriends.com/forums/topic.php?id=287&#38;view=all</a></p> <p>I know that it is recommended that you don’t add too much water when incubating quail eggs until the last few days. I recently incubated quail eggs and only put a small amount of water in throughout the incubation period until 3 days before hatch when I topped up the trays and I had 30 out of 42 hatch successfully within minutes of each other. I realise this isn’t guinea fowl but just wanted to pass on the info &#38; experiences I’ve had.</p> <p>In the Guinea Fowl Past And Present book written by Michael Roberts it says have the humidity at 65% until day 25 and then up to day 28 have it increase to 80%.</p> <p>I also have Gardening With Guineas by Jeanette S Ferguson and she says to keep the water reservoirs water levels maintained throughout incubation and keep them filled to full capacity during the final days.</p> <p>Different incubators seem to have different instructions so this makes it difficult to give accurate advice.</p> <p>Kind regards<br /> Sara @ farmingfriends</p> <p>Thanks for any advice for John. </p>