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I raised 5 of them from 3 day old keets, the others were juveniles when I got them. The babies were tame but learned a lot from the juveniles when they were put together. Right now they are scared of everyone and everything. I try to hand feed them but they wait until I drop the food. I am...

I love guineas. I have 7 now, one female has started laying eggs. The guinea cocks are so protective over my hens. They attack the roos whenever they try to go after the hens. One time a roo attacked me and a guinea cock came to my rescue. Mine aren't that noisy, just when they are feeling...

He said he would give me 1/2 of the babies. I am not sure I need them, but I love hatching chicks out. His guinea hen is on the nest now but she has a history of giving up after 2 weeks. Crazy birds guinea are. Amazing they erer hatch in the wild with that kind of patience.

Afishal: I started with 16 eggs. Two were tossed out in the beginning due to oozing. Two have pipped, zipped and died, 1 had the 'accident', 4 hatched out well. I have 6 eggs still in there but there is no pipping or anything. They may be infertile, late bloomers, or quitters. I am going...

The one I tried to help was gone before I could do anything. This has been a really bad hatch. Better luck next time!

Here are some pics of the four babies. I have a few more eggs with cracks but we lost one last night. It pipped and zipped and died Raising chickens is not for the faint of heart. I am learning that sooner than I had hoped! I am having trouble keeping the humidity up. I just put some more...

I have three little ones in the brooder. I have two more cracked eggs but I am afraid one may be gone. It hasn't moved. I don't know what to do. I see feathers out of the side of the egg but no beak. All the babies that have hatched have been blueish black. Not a splash in the bunch. They...

I was so afraid to take them out of the incubator early. I was wanting them to fluff out a bit more. From now on I am going to take them right out. My sister ordered me a brinsea octo 20 today, thankfully that one should be watertight. My kids took it hard. They went up to the babies in the...

I lost one of the babies. I had an old bator and it leaked, so I had a milk jug cut off and filled with water. One of the chicks, the first to hatch, got on top of an egg and got into the water and drowned. I feel sick. I should have had that baby out. I wanted him to dry off in the bator...

I have three babies now. They were to be BBS SPlash but all three so far are bluish black. Regardless I love them all I still have a couple eggs with cracks. Go chickies!

Afishel: How sweet they are! For some reason I still only have one baby. Some other eggs have good cracks just slow to progress. I am leaving the little cheerleader in there to help them wake up enough to come out of their shells!

First baby is out of the egg! . It knocked all the other eggs all over the bator! Clumsy little fuzzy butt. It appears to be either blue or black, not splash. That is okay. Four more eggs have cracks! Come on out chickies!

I have 4 eggs pipping, nice loud chirping from the bator. I had their brooder outside on the back porch drying after I cleaned it and it rained! Arrggghhh!....I am so interested to see what the splash babies look like. They came out of greenish tint eggs. A few were brown (like I thought...

Is it okay for the eggs to hatch on cheesecloth that got wet? My moisture rings in my incubator have holes and are completely ineffective. I would hate for something to happen to these little guys now...

Mrs. Fluff Puffy: I am hatching splash orpingtons. Blue Black Splash I think they are called. I have buffs that are sweethearts. I pray these hatch for me too.

Tommorrow is hatch day and I have a pip! I am so happy! Hopefully I will have more as the night goes on and they will hatch healthy and strong tomorrow. The cheese cloth the eggs are on got a little damp when I filled the water container. Is that a problem? A few drops also got on two...

I love the pic of the mama watching the baby. How sweet!

kedreeva, What a great idea! Last night the temps were a bit low but now they are where they should be. Humidity is running between 56 and 60%. I guess I am going to pray that continues so I don't have to open the darn bator anymore. I got a message from someone locally that wants me to...

I took out the egg turner, now I am having trouble getting the temps back up. I guess because the eggs were closer to the heater. Now humidity & heat issues ARRGGGHHHH!

Silly question of the day #1. I put my eggs in the incubator on August 6th @ 9:00 AM. Do I take the egg turner out and start lockdown today or tomorrow??? Thank you!!! Melissa