Guinea Embryo Development Timeline...

[gardenknitter]

I found a really cool one for chickens with pictures of embryos here http://lancaster.unl.edu/4h/Embryology/embryophotos.shtml My guineas on day 6 in an incubator look like the day 6 chicken embryo. I know this because I had two "iffy" eggs that I cracked open and they ended up being viable. Lesson learned...leave the iffy ones! However, since I am unsure about when they are due to hatch, this could be useful. I am unsure because mamma was sitting when we took the eggs - not sure how long - so do we start counting the day we put them in the incubator or do we try to figure out a date since she had been sitting on them? Does anyone know if there is a guinea embryo page like the chicken one? Or how the extra days for a guinea embryo play out compared to chicken development?

 

[AHappychick]

Thats a great site, I imagine it is the same for a guinea just figure the guinea is aprox 2.5 days slower to develop the first week, then 2.5 days the next week, and then maybe 2 or so the last week? that should make it about the right amount of time, but I am completely guessing here so I could be very wrong. i dont know if there is a site for them but I am sure someone has taken pics during development although the shells are pretty thinck so who knows maybe it is hard to capture on film.

 

[MuranoFarms]

I imagine it would be the same as a duck egg if you can find a chart for that.

 

[Dippy-eggs]

I found a really cool one for chickens with pictures of embryos here http://lancaster.unl.edu/4h/Embryology/embryophotos.shtml My guineas on day 6 in an incubator look like the day 6 chicken embryo. I know this because I had two "iffy" eggs that I cracked open and they ended up being viable. Lesson learned...leave the iffy ones! However, since I am unsure about when they are due to hatch, this could be useful. I am unsure because mamma was sitting when we took the eggs - not sure how long - so do we start counting the day we put them in the incubator or do we try to figure out a date since she had been sitting on them? Does anyone know if there is a guinea embryo page like the chicken one? Or how the extra days for a guinea embryo play out compared to chicken development?

Hi, sorry I know this is a very old thread, out of interest, how did you know the eggs were viable when you cracked them open? Do you see the embryo moving? And if so how long for?
Only asking as I cracked open an egg I thought had died, I am still unsure, I did not see any movement but my sister in law thought she saw one movement just after cracked, It was day 8