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Things that can change over the course of a year is the calibration of the hygrometer. The hygrometer should be calibrated again every year. The ambient conditions can also change. If you had higher ambient humidity last year, you would have needed to add less water. If the ambient...

I have never seen anywhere that they made any claims about what a cinnamon's color genetics are. The only place I saw anything about the red eyed cinnamons was on the old GFI forum. All those old threads are gone now and that forum is pretty much worthless. They had been doing something on...

Brown is supposedly two buff genes with one copy of the DSV gene and at least one full dotting gene.

I suppose the lighter one could be a Brown, Browns are fully dotted too.

Gently moisten it with warm water or coconut oil. Once it is flexible you can pull it off.

You can do either way and they will be fine. You can leave them upright in a carton or lay them on their side. Some people use a separate incubator as a hatcher. This is great when doing staggered hatches since only the eggs ready for lockdown get the increased humidity. If all your eggs...

I had one guinea hen that laid her egg right at 4 PM every day.

Pointed end down. My guinea eggs are a little small for my egg trays and have a little wobble. I don't worry about it.

I would not cover any vent holes. They are needed for a proper air exchange especially during lockdown.

Nope, go for a digital PID thermostat.

The temperature that you want to measure for a still air incubator is even with the top of the eggs. The humidity in the incubator will be lower than the ambient humidity when the incubator is up to temperature. If your house is only 46% humidity, you may need to add a little water during...

Good luck.

Hatching Eggs 101 by @Sally Sunshine I have hatched shipped eggs following all the recommendations and not following the recommendations. I have not found any noticeable difference between the methods. I allow shipped hatching eggs to warm up to room temperature. At this point, I put them in...

If you want a specific number as the result, you have to start with more. I would start with at least double what I want to end up with.

Unless she is already broody, adding the eggs to her nest will be a waste of the eggs.

Everyone has their own view of what the "buckwheat" sounds like. My neighbor thought it sounded like puh kwee, puh kwee. I have one hen that sounds like a duck quacking.

I have not and will not use the pinless peepers on any poultry. Others claim they will work.

Sometimes it is better to give the aggressor a time out for a couple of days rather than the one that is being picked on. I am sorry but you are coming into the time of year when the hormones are starting to flow. The aggression among them is only going to get worse in the near future before...

Too many people do not realize just how different guinea fowl are from other poultry. As far as the excrement, I don't normally pay any attention to it. My guineas leave solid droppings and wet droppings. There is no reason to think that guinea fowl are any different than any other fowl when...

When I referred to gout I was just pointing out the possible cause and to point out that it can be an indication of kidney disease. Kidney disease can also be caused by excessive calcium in the diet for young and/or male poultry. If you live in a high limestone area, excess calcium in the diet...