those are beautiful birds. they almost lay an egg similar to a maran not quite as dark but chocolate nonetheless.
alright day one data complete.
day one
temp: 99.5
room humidity: 56.5
room temp 73
pretty solid numbers for average high/lows. winner winner...
i agree with what you do. im a data geek and the more data you have the more involved you feel so it ISN't necessary to open and close the bator constantly to intervene. what ya got for eggs in that pic??
just finished up a group of blue copper marans that i got on ebay and that went greatt. ordered 12 got 14, as far as i know all were fertile but 3 got scrambled in shipment. that happens. got 10 littlee marans out of the 11 eggs. my dozen that i hatched with the shipped eggs didn't go as...
may want to rename shirley to stanley. lucy to larry and laverne can be used for both men and women. looks like you have plenty of boar power for Ethel.
how big is the box? can you put the box in a pen so they can use it as shade to train them to go in it. if so start there. chickens like to perch so try putting a perch in the guinea box if you have the space.