Guineas usually start laying in March or April and may continue to lay until October. A hen from a carefully managed flock may lay 100 or more eggs a year. Breeders generally produce well for two or three years. They can be kept four to five years in
Guinea Fowl can be hatched much the same way as you would chickens. If you have a broody hen – then all the better but you can hatch the chicks in an incubator using the same humidity settings as you would for chickens. However, Guinea Fowl chicks take between 25 to 26 days to hatch out which is slightly longer than chicken eggs do. Once hatched, the chicks need to be kept under a heat lamp for 6 weeks and then slowly integrated into an existing flock, keeping them apart in a separate run to begin with.