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Thank you for sharing these pictures. I’m amazed; first reaction was 💗 because this was incredible, but then I viewed the full size for each. Seeing them in such a state drew a tear to my eye, and I found myself locked in empathy with their struggle. Brave little babies. :hit In sunnier news...

Pip+

This keet hatched from a rare egg lately that had no label :eek: — just a penciled outline of the formerly undeveloped portion at the tip (which obviously darkened in the days prior to hatch). My 3rd seemingly pearl-gray hatch in a row! Funny how it took this long to get through the pied &...

“Growing” hatched, but it was growing more than just itself… note to other novices, pay attention when the experts say to select clean + properly-formed eggs! “Dark” hasn’t hatched yet despite being dark at the point/tip for ~1 week, and one reason may be its elongated shape in comparison to the...

Confirmed there was no life (still had some yolk material) and then buried it. Afterwards, I found that the one I’d rescued from Melba’s egg buffet a few weeks ago (and kept on top of the water heater, subsequently labeled “Growing”) has pipped! This one still has some gunk from the broody...

Looks a little like my shrinkwrapped egg “Also Dark” which had been peeping & wobbling for a few days… and then quieted down… and stopped, so I put a safety hole in last night (gigantic air cell:() and when I awakened this morning there was no progress. So I did some chipping, and applied...

Finally a keet that looks pearl gray! Dad = pied (pearl+white) and mom could be any of my 3 hens: 2 p.g. or the one lavender.

I’m in the same boat after catching my “trusty” Melba eating a guinea egg recently!! It was either very early or infertile, but that was enough to convince me after I’d already seen my hens attack (and kill) the hatchlings in early June. The thought suddenly occurred to me today as I marked my...

I saw some very energetic life in several last night while candling; those eggs are probably due somewhere around Aug 9-14. Several nights prior one egg looked just like the classic “alien” face 👽 which I had never seen at that stage of development before!

I’m sorry to hear this. Best wishes for the next round. :hugs

indeed!

I’m battling my lavender guinea hen on this front, as well: she has really gone after my hands + arms this week when I was working to clear her egg stockpile! I’ll be treating these open wounds for awhile. Once I get them all collected I am vowing to prevent egg accumulation again, for...

In the process of dismantling my latest broody guinea nest (after catching one of my hens eating an egg :mad:), I candled something like 22 eggs today. A few were certainly developing, so I tucked them into my Brinsea. When I ran out of space ;) I set a few earlier-stage growers on top of the...

#same :caf