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    Help needed newly hatched guineas

    I tried that. They fly out of the pen. I don't have a covered pen for them. They have a coop but share with my chickens.
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    Help needed newly hatched guineas

    I've raised guineas before but I always hatched them or bought them. Sat afternoon 2 of my hens that i thought got eaten by a fox, came home with 15 keets. I gathered them up and have them in a brooder but they do not seem like they are eating or drinking. I don't know why. Do they miss mom and...
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    Day 25 on guineas i have a question

    I got the humidity up to 73%. They are hatching. I have 1 out and 4 more started. 24 eggs total. Started out with 28. I handled before I locked down and 4 weren't fertilized.
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    Day 25 on guineas i have a question

    I'm gonna wet paper towels too hopefully that will help. I'm starting to get worried I'm not hearing them. I'll take the turner out tonight and lock them down. They were moving yet on day 21.
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    Day 25 on guineas i have a question

    I hatch in a hova bator 1620n with an auto tuner. I've hatched out the last 4 years in this without any issues. but this year I'm having a problem keeping the humidity above 58. I have all the channels filled plus 3 sponges in there. I'm supposed to lock down today but how am I going to keep the...
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    Thoughts on Roosts?

    i used 2x4 on the side and cut down small diameter trees for the perches. they love it and its not slippery for them. i was worried about using dowels because they are smooth and felt slippery to me.
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    how do you know if the fan is working ?

    Quote: if its reached 100 degrees and the light is on, i would turn the loosen the wingnut and turn the control arm 1/4 turn or until the light goes off but not more than 1/2 turn.
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    is something going wrong? pics added

    3 more hatched over night and humidity is down to 55.6. hopefully more will hatch while i'm at work. there are 2 more pipping.
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    Went in to lock down today!!!!!!!!

    good luck!
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    is something going wrong? pics added

    Quote: 75% is way to high....Especially when they start hatching and the chicks are drying it bumps it up even higher. I keep mine at about 50% from beginning to end. Is your hygrometer calibrated? Do you have humidity where you live? I am in Florida and never add water to my bator.... The...
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    is something going wrong? pics added

    this is what the dead ones looked like. this one just hatched an little while ago.
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    is something going wrong? pics added

    the humidity is only that high since they started hatching. i kept it between 40 -50% like the bator instructions said to. at lockdown i upped it to 60%. the ones that died seemed like they were dried out. the white layer around them under the shell is white like paper. the layer under that is...
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    is something going wrong? pics added

    first hello everyone. I am new on here but not to owning birds. I have a flock of 19 RIRs and 6 guineas. i always bought chicks already hatched, never hatched my own. so any help or insight is appreciated. i have a hova 1602 forced air. 76% humidity 99.5 degrees F. they started to pip/hatch on...
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