About thirty guinea eggs have hatched, but I also lost my first one to low humidity.It was also one that was heavily contaminated so was upright in the carton, which could have contributed. Wish I’d intervened sooner with that one, it’s membrane was so tough and hard it had no chance; it had removed most of the shell but only pierced the membrane in a few places. Unfortunately, the way it was positioned I could only see the pip, didn’t see the zip attempt. Now that most of the eggs are out of the incubator, it’s much harder to keep the humidity up with constant opening and closing of the lid. For the remainder of the hatch, I’m thinking of abandoning my plan to remove right at hatching to prevent bacterial contamination... It looks like this might be a long affair though and seriously staggered hatch, so I hate to think what bacterial counts are like in there... I also have two with spraddle leg. I’ve got a band on one but it came off the other, who also doesn’t look terribly healthy... I’m trying to get it to drink Nutridrench water, but it just wants to sleep...
Little thimble-sized peeps! 
Hope you got some sleep. :-/ those Guineas are so adorable in ALL the colors! How loud are they realllllly?About thirty guinea eggs have hatched, but I also lost my first one to low humidity.
GAH QUAIL ARE SO ADORABLLLLLLLLLE. And. So. Tiny. Do you follow Fat hen farms on Fb or instagram? I specifically remember him taking a photo of a quail baby in a spoon and it was the most adorable photo EVER.Quail are by far the most difficult peeps to photograph! lol! They're so full of life and hit the ground running!
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Well, I'm definitely following him now!! 
And getting a spoon ready for the next photo shoot. lol
...back into the incubator! I may be hearing things but I can wait another day to be sure.
Awww, they are adorable, and they remind me of keets! The first thing that I ever hatched was a pharaoh quail! I was 12 years old and went away for a kit with a dome amd lightbulb incubator and some eggs. Trying to keep a constant temperature in that thing was impossible!!! 2/4 hatched, 1 died soon after, “Worry” was the Quail that Lived... Just long enough for my cat to eat a month later! Just found an old picture of Worry a few weeks ago!Quail are by far the most difficult peeps to photograph! lol! They're so full of life and hit the ground running!
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Well guineas are indeed LOUD! However, once they figure out the world and what’s normal and abnormal, they are not very loud very often. Even my hubby, the not a poultry lover who tried to ignore them, can tell when there is a real threat. Their awareness and volume make them great watch animals. I slept in, but hubby heard guineas alarm call at 8:30 AM this morning. He recognized it as a “serious threat” call and ran out to see guineas flying up from prairie into trees, very unusual for ours! As he ran over he saw a large animal running away through the prairie - he thinks it was a coyote. On head count all guineas were accounted for! My chickens or ducks would have been eaten, but the guineas are survivors and I think they know that we will help them if we can as they follow my lead with predators.
Wow! I'm glad the coyote didn't get anything! And that's SO special being able to take them on walks!
Fabulous memories and I’m so glad everyone is safe!!!
I moved the egg to the Nurture Right because I'm able to see better and I added a sponge with warm water to increase humidity because it takes so long in my Little Giant where I had the quail eggs. Anyway, I've seen it wiggle so I know something is going on in there but I can't seem to find a good link on how late is too late or whether it's ever advisable to do safety holes/assist at all. 
