Incubating and Hatching Guinea Fowl

I usually use the information in this post as my guidelines but learned some interesting things with my last batch(es). Found five guinea eggs and decided to put them in the incubator (automatic turner) with the settings mentioned above. Lower humidity to start (40-50%) and 26 days. Two weeks later we found three more eggs and decided to put it in with the first batch as a test. On day 23 we removed the turner and upped the humidity to 85%. At 26 days 1 guinea hatched from the first batch. The other four did not. That meant that the next batch of three had no turning for 3 to 4 days and humidity of 85 in the middle of the hatching time. After we took out the hatched keet and four bad eggs, I let the humidity drop to 65% and turned the three eggs by hand (when I remembered!). Yesterday (two weeks after the first batch) ALL three eggs hatched successfully. I was doing this as a test and did not expect any success, so we are very happy and surprised. Still not quite sure what to make of it...

Great, informative

Recently found some eggs my guineas laid in my chook pen and placed them into my incubator, thank you for the helpful tips and tricks and wonderful information!

Enjoyed the factual read!

Well written, only discrepancy I have is with the % humidity being 75% or higher at lockdown. Humidity at that level has lead to 'stuck' chicks in my experince. Too much moisture acts as a lubricant, doesn't allow the chick to turn in the shell while zipping. Can also cause drown chicks by water droplets falling from the condensate on the viewing panes onto the pipped egg.

Good read on these extremely fascinating birds!

Nice Article!

Some claims are made about studies without citations.

Although a lot of the process for incubating guineas is the same as with chickens, there are slight differences for temperature and humidity. This is good to know.