Hi! I've been referring to this thread while working on our first incubator hatching. I started with about 19 eggs collected from one of our guinea nests on May 4th. There are also 6 peacock eggs that were added four days later.
I don't think all the guineaeggs were fertile, which I discovered after candling. So I'm down to 11 with 9 looking really good with that tipped air sac as of last night and several were moving a little at the edge of the air sac.
We have a Little Giant incubator with the added fan kit. We usually turn seven times a day. I noticed this morning that three eggs have cracks! So I'm worried about lock down. We still have to turn the peacock eggs. I can put a glass bowl over the guinea eggs with a little cup of water inside. Sound OK?
I'm also confused about humidity. We've been at 60-65 and now I just read about this 45% stuff. Seems like I should raise it from what it was for hatching?
Thanks! Can't wait for the babies!
I lock down guinea eggs routinely at 60% humidity but I do try to incubate them at 20 to 30% humidity prior to lock down. Now that the eggs are pipped make every effort to leave the incubator closed to minimize the chance of shrink wrapping.
Good luck with your hatch..