New Member here! I have a guniea question.....

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mdmdyer4u

mdmdyer4u

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I have a male and female guniea, she laid 2 eggs last nite. This is her first eggs. These are my first birds,,,,ever. I got the birds this past last summer. My question, it snowed here almost 6 inches last nite when she laid these eggs, I felt them and they are super cold. Can I still save them so they will hatch? Or how do I know if they are even fertile?
 
Hello :frow and Welcome To BYC! You might try the BYC Guinea forum for help with them https://www.backyardchickens.com/f/45/guinea-fowl it seems hatching eggs shouldn't get below 28.4*F or they'll be damaged Brinsea has a good article on temperature effects on hatching eggs http://brinsea.com/customerservice/poweroff.html , the only way you can really tell if they are fertile is to crack them open and look for the bulls-eye, or incubate them and see if they develop. check out the BYC Learning Center for lots of nice articles on hatching eggs, ie this one has a lot of pictures https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/hatching-eggs-101
 
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Good luck with all your poultry adventures and enjoy BYC!
 
Thanks Kelsie, I have brought them inside and made an incubator, fingers crossed! should know by months end if I have bird babies!!! (the time frame of how long she wasn't on them is unknown) they were cold to my touch, not sure if they were actually frozen....
 
Welcome to BYC. Chances are that the eggs are fertile. If not frozen and not chilled for an extended period of time they should be viable. Candle them and if they are cracked, they were frozen and will not develop.
 
Gander007- I went and bought an incubator yesterday, I have them all set up inside. By "it will only take a week to find out" do you mean they will start to smell if they are bad? All advise is welcome!
 

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