Guinea chicks

[BrianGremmel]

I am attempting to hatch Guinea chickens and hear them peeping in the eggs. No hatching yet. I have struggled with an incubator and maintaining humidity. It’s high now at 80 % and hard to regulate this time of year. Should I expect problems?? The temperature was also an issue until I placed a thermometer inside. It was saying 99 but was actually running at 92. The incubator was reading one temp when it was actually to low and slowing the incubation process unbeknownst to me. I’m in lockdown and hopefully going to see some hatching after good movement before and now hearing peeping while in lockdown.
maybe I need a different incubator and would like some suggestions for the future.

 

[R2elk]

I am attempting to hatch Guinea chickens and hear them peeping in the eggs. No hatching yet. I have struggled with an incubator and maintaining humidity. It’s high now at 80 % and hard to regulate this time of year. Should I expect problems?? The temperature was also an issue until I placed a thermometer inside. It was saying 99 but was actually running at 92. The incubator was reading one temp when it was actually to low and slowing the incubation process unbeknownst to me. I’m in lockdown and hopefully going to see some hatching after good movement before and now hearing peeping while in lockdown.
maybe I need a different incubator and would like some suggestions for the future.

Make sure that you have a calibrated thermometer to check the incubator temperature. Both the temperature and humidity are often wrong on inexpensive incubators. You should also check the humidity with a salt calibrated hygrometer.

Guinea fowl eggs typically hatch between days 26 through 28. I try to keep my humidity around 30% during incubation and raise it to 65% to 70% at lockdown which I do on day 25.

The hatchlings are guinea keets.