Is this normal for a guinea keet to do?

[leo99]

Oh how awful! Have you tried posting in the diseases and emergencies forum? Are they vigorous when they have just hatched? Have you checked temperature and drafts? It’s unusual to lose the keets so quickly after hatching.

What was it?

 

[leo99]

What was it?

Yes they were vigorous,but they laid up like that kicking there legs backwards and dying,
About temperature, i use to combine two 100W bulbs as a source of heat and light, and on the floor I use plant remaining from the carpenter to conserve temperature
I use harsho starter as there food but still they were dying
I noticed that maybe it's because I use incubator
So I bought another eggs for guinea the white one and use chicken for laying the eggs, the eggs were safely hatched and now I leaved the to the outside during a day and no problems.

What was it?

 

[R2elk]

About temperature, i use to combine two 100W bulbs as a source of heat and light, and on the floor

You need to measure the temperature at the bedding level. Saying that you used two 100W bulbs doesn't mean anything. Your temperature could have been too hot or too cold. There is no way to know from the information you provided.

 

[leo99]

You need to measure the temperature at the bedding level. Saying that you used two 100W bulbs doesn't mean anything. Your temperature could have been too hot or too cold. There is no way to know from the information you provided.

From that point, I didn't measure the temperature

 

[neo71665]

Two 100 watt heat lamps or just two 100 watt bulbs? If they are normal white light bulbs they might be dying of exhaustion because they can't sleep. Also yes temp needs to be read from the babies level.

 

[leo99]

Two 100 watt heat lamps or just two 100 watt bulbs? If they are normal white light bulbs they might be dying of exhaustion because they can't sleep. Also yes temp needs to be read from the babies level.

It was two 100 watt heat lamps, but I was thinking that because they were hatched from the incubator , could that be a reason.? Because hatched them using chicken and they were all fine didn't observe that problem

 

[R2elk]

It was two 100 watt heat lamps, but I was thinking that because they were hatched from the incubator , could that be a reason.? Because hatched them using chicken and they were all fine didn't observe that problem

It is all about what you were doing in the brooder. I only incubate guinea eggs I have no trouble brooding them.

Your conclusion is faulty. You have not provided us with any information that would allow us to try to figure out what the problem was.

Knowing what the bedding temperatures were would have been a place to start.

 

[leo99]

It is all about what you were doing in the brooder. I only incubate guinea eggs I have no trouble brooding them.

Your conclusion is faulty. You have not provided us with any information that would allow us to try to figure out what the problem was.

Knowing what the bedding temperatures were would have been a place to start.

I will incubate another eggs for guinea, after they get hatched, I will ask you a favour to help me with brooder condition so that I can manage to keep them all alive

 

[DukesDucks]

You need to have the brooder ready before they hatch. Set it up and measure the temperature at the bedding level as others have advised. This way adjustments can be made before the keets' lives depend on things being right.

 

[Sydney65]

I am so glad this post is on here. This is my first year with Guineas and I woke up worried this morning that something was seriously wrong.

Were yours just contently snoozing with legs behind them? Hope so!