The guinea fowl like to take turns sitting on the eggs. At times you'll see up to 5 guinea hens on the joint nest. Today when DS3 went in to feed and water the birds he saw one of our chickens helping the guineas out. We'd seen it once before with this hen, but weren't able to get a picture of it. It's really funny when you consider the fact that chickens don't let other chickens onto their nests when brooding, so seeing this one share a nest if strange. At times, she's been known to sit onto the guineas to be able to share in the fun.
Note: Shortly after taking this picture she moved off her pile of eggs and a guinea hen went back on.
-Myrtle
Wednesday, April 1, 2009
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Nice blog! I love guinea fowl!
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