From
my experiences raising Guinea
I have found that they are very unusual birds and interesting to watch. Guinea fowl
are known to eat grass seeds, ticks and other insects. Since I let
my guinea roam the yard my hens usually lay their eggs out in the
tall grasses. When I come upon a nest I put the eggs in an
incubator and hatch them out that way. Sometimes my dogs spook the hens off their nest and that is another way
I find them. The babies, called keets, have a better chance of
survival being hatched out in an incubator than in the wild.
Usually the hen will be sitting on a nest and something will
kill her or she will get the eggs to hatch but the keets will not
survive because of the moisture in the grass. I have two hens right
now and they both lay their eggs in the same nest. I counted their
eggs when I went to collect them for hatching and there were 40 eggs
in one nest. I have noticed when we hatched out some guinea eggs in the late summer that both the male and female will take
care of the keets. The parents will attack anything that approaches their babies. I have noticed that once I get my keets to
hatch the survival rate is very low. They are sensitive to cold and
moisture so I keep them under a light even after they get their
feathers on. When they
get all their feathers on them I put them out with the adults and
they take care of the rest. Guinea
are very vocal and at times can be very annoying but I still
enjoy them.
