Keeping Chickens Newsletter

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I do have a question for anyone. We have guinea that were raised with our chickens. They mate with our roosters as well. They are sitting on a nest and we are wondering if anything will hatch out. They tried to make a nest in woods but predator killed two of them then we moved their eggs into the chicken pen in a nest there and they have been there ever since trying to sit them. There will be at times two guineas on the nest setting. So cute and loveable. Will they hatch out anything? Can a chicken rooster mate with a guinea?
If anyone has a incubator they want to part with...I can't afford a new one but could possibly buy a used one at the right price."

My Reply : Thanks for the photos. Guineas and chickens can mate and produce hybrid chicks - those chicks will be sterile though. The Guinea incubation period is longer than the chickens at 29 days - I'm not sure how long it will be for a hybrid to hatch. I guess they will hatch when they are ready

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Sarah Boynes Butler "Thanks for newsletter which I really enjoy reading. We got our first chickens from the market a few months ago. I then got the bug and started hatching eggs in an incubator. My flock of 4 has risen slowly to 27 so far. They range in age from day old chicks to about a year. We have 4 Buff Orpington's, 8 Silver Grey Dorkings, 5 Cuckoo silkies, 4 French Copper Blue Marans, 3 Marsh Daisies, 3 Golden Partridge Silkies. In the incubator and under a broody hen, I have some Jubilee Orpingtons and some Friesians so quite a mix!

I spend so much time watching them and finding them interesting bits to eat that my husband is starting to feel jealous! Over the last couple of days though, we seem to have a problem. Our eggs are disappearing... They normally lay every day but the last couple of days I've found the nestboxes empty. I just thought they were having an off day but then I found some

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