Guineas Eggs - again - Page 3

Wow! First time for me and guineas. Don't know what I did, just stuck 5 guinea eggs in a crappy old styro bator, 5 in, 5 out, no problems, they were early, 2 hatched in the turner, couldn't even tell you what the humidity was. It's always a fight in that thing but it hatches great...

Thanks,,,hehehe,,,im thinking i got tuesdays night dinner,,hehe i was going to keep my older ones 3 and 4 months old,, then i got such a deal on 40 or 50 more,,hahaha

You know, ITA. I thought I screwed up so bad with these guinea eggs. I had power outages and temp spikes... But they incubated fine. The hatching was atrocious though. The shells were so thick, they'd pip, sit for 12 hours and dry out. After seeing the first pip not progress for 12+ hours, I opened the shell and wet the membrane. Did that to all 7 guineas with pips. The last one, I didn't notice had a very very tiny pip. It suffocated because it couldn't pip any further. Out of 8, I had 7 hatch.
Now at 2.5 weeks old, I've lost one stray to the dog, but the other 6 are alive and well.
I have one runt. It's half the size of the others and has a heck of a time trying to jump into the pop door without the gangplank.

Good luck with those other eggs. I hope they did or will hatch for you.

missprissy,,,,you "get ready" with guineas the same as chickens right?, 24 hours without food,butchered, let sit for 24 hours,,then dinner table?
i just got 1 of mine separated for the "deed"
im kinda excited,,, never had guinea hehe

hehe,,, THANKS ,, my mouth is watering already hehe,, wife asked how i wanted it,, i said plain ole bake it,,i want to taste the guinea,, nothing else

EDIT: told her we could "spice up" the next 1

the wifers is in the background saying "TOLD YA!" hehehe and she has that smart@ look on her face,,haha
so 2 votes ta 1,, you guys win
and GOOD tip on the bedding, i had her in a kennel,,,, with bedding