Guinea girl somehow survived the night terrors, cold, and broken eggs to hatch out a clutch of eggs earlier this summer. The odds were against the little ones so I took the survivors and gave them to a broody chicken, those lucky 8 are still alive. The 4 that stayed with Juliet were taken by a fox.
It is late in the year but I found Juliet sitting on a new nest of 18 eggs!
It is way too late in the year and getting too cold at night for her to have any chance of hatching them out so one day while she was out foraging I took up her eggs and now they are on their way to International Falls. A woman I know there lost all her chickens to a dog attack and she wanted some eggs to hatch. She knows she will be getting guineas but I'm not sure she realizes how loud they can be. I did add 4 chicken eggs that were laid on the day she visited so hopefully she can have a mix emerge from the incubator.
Juliet is back spending her nights in the coop but she still disappears during the day, I hope she hasn't started another nest!
Can you break a guinea's broodiness like you can a hen?
ReplyDeleteI thought id stop by your blog and say hello. And i hope your enjoying the beautiful fall weather that has begun. Richard from Amish Stories.
ReplyDeleteAutumn - I don't think I can catch her without one of us getting hurt.
ReplyDeleteAmish - Hello!