Incubating Guinea Eggs. Please help!

[mamanix]

Hi all! I'm new to the page and new to incubating. We have a pair of free roaming guineas and they have hatched out two groups of keets in the past year and a half. We live in a rural area of north Florida and within a couple weeks, all babies have succumbed to predators or te elements. We now have an incubator and I just collected 17 eggs from the nest I found. I believe the hen has been sitting the eggs for about two weeks. Not having a definite date is hard for me. :/ I have placed the eggs in the incubator, which is staying at 99-99.5 degrees and humidity hovering around 55. It has an automatic turner, so should the eggs be facing a certain way?? Fat side up? Vice versa? I have them tilted sideways at the moment. Lol. Any tips you can provide would be much appreciated! Thanks!

 

[drumstick diva]

Free ranging birds can be attacked at any time - you have to expect losses or need to confine them to a predator proof run. I don't know anything about guineas but you can post on the "Guinea thread." to get answers to your incubation questions. I hope you get a good hatch.

 

[mamanix]

@drumstick diva
Thanks for the response...I do know losses are inevitable with them free ranging. They're basically wild birds...they come for food, but won't let anyone close enough to pick them up. They are very flighty and have never been comfortable roosting in a coop. My chickens range with them during the day, but when they go in to roost in their sturdy coops, the guineas roost in a tree. I'll try posting on a gunea thread..didn't know there was one since I'm new. Thanks!

 

[N F C]

Here's a link to get you to the guinea forum:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/f/45/guinea-fowl

There's a forum for ducks, geese, peafowl, pigeons & doves, etc. If you hover over the Forum tab, you'll see a drop down listing, click on Other Backyard Poultry and select which ever "other poultry" you're interested in.

There is a ton of information here but once you use it a bit, you'll get the hang of it and be discovering all kinds of new things. BYC is addictive (almost as much as poultry, lol).

It's nice to have you here, good luck with your bator project!

 

[mamanix]

Thank you NorthFLChick!

 

[N F C]

Thank you NorthFLChick!

You bet...you'll find most everyone here is good about sharing and helping out. Again, nice to have you join us!

 

[BantamFan4Life]

Welcome to BYC! I'm glad you joined us!