I should have taken the warnings about guinea keets tending to hatch early seriously. I forgot to move the eggs to lockdown last night so I did it tonight. Look what I found. Poor thing was completely dry and stuck in the bottom of its shell. You can see the poor thing still has some membrane stuck to it. I had to peel it out. The other 9 eggs are all internally or externally pipped.

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I should have taken the warnings about guinea keets tending to hatch early seriously. I forgot to move the eggs to lockdown last night so I did it tonight. Look what I found. Poor thing was completely dry and stuck in the bottom of its shell. You can see the poor thing still has some membrane stuck to it. I had to peel it out. The other 9 eggs are all internally or externally pipped.

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It a good thing that you caught them!
 
It is a city Semi-truck with road paving equipment.
That is some shifty carp if ever there was shifty carp to be seen!:rolleyes:

They are redoing the side road to the east of me.

I been thinking on my water garden thing......

A 35 gallon pond at HD is $35......

It is roughly 15" deep and 3 ' across. I could build a 4' box, add sand, level it, put planting mix around it and plumb it to the bio filter.....I think I like that idea best.
Turns out my galvanized tub needs a liner to be fish safe and that runs more than the new pond would. :hmm


Forgot the link.....

https://www.homedepot.com/p/Beckett-35-gal-Plastic-Pond-Liner-PP1035/202206168
I got one of those ponds free yesterday, with the building materials I got free from people who were moving.
 
I should have taken the warnings about guinea keets tending to hatch early seriously. I forgot to move the eggs to lockdown last night so I did it tonight. Look what I found. Poor thing was completely dry and stuck in the bottom of its shell. You can see the poor thing still has some membrane stuck to it. I had to peel it out. The other 9 eggs are all internally or externally pipped.

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WOW lucky little keet that you got it in time!

:fl For all the rest to hatch well.

Are you going to have to try and get the membrane off or will it break up on its own?

I got one of those ponds free yesterday, with the building materials I got free from people who were moving.

You should set it up.
 
I just hope the remaining ones don’t shrink wrap because I waited to bump the humidity until now. I might have to do some more assists. One keet is breech but still has veins in the membrane.
They should be fine. The humidity helps slow down the drying when there is a pip. That gives them time to hatch
 

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