Getting ready to incubate more guinea eggs

[JanO]

35 eggs are set! The fellow I buy my eggs from gave me 6 extras since the last hatch wasn't very good but one cracked. (I think my husband is having heart palpitations at the prospect of having 35 more birds to care for over the winter.) The incubator is holding at 99.5 and humidity seems to be holding between 55 and 60 percent, so I'm hopeful that the problems that I had last time are rectified now that I've modified the vents. These eggs appear to be much better as well. I can't explain it, but they look healthier, if that makes sense.

I opted to pass on the egg turner for now. Next year I hope to invest in a better incubator (using a homemade one now) and I really don't plan to do any more hatches this season after these are done, so that can wait a while.

 

[JanO]

One week down, 2+ to go! I candled a few of them at random the other night and found one that had a large crack, so I pulled it. That brings them down to 34. I cracked open the egg I pulled out of curiosity and it appeared to be developing fine, which made me feel a little guilty about pulling it, but with the cracks I'm sure it was for the best. I'm also very happy with the way my incubator is maintaining temps and humidity this time around. It looks like the modifications worked.

Happy hatching!