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AnomalyAngie

AnomalyAngie

In the Brooder
Jul 2, 2018
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Potter County, PA
I have been coming to this site for about 2 weeks now for advice on my brand new guinea fowls and I finally decided to sign up so I can join in on the conversations. I have a ton of questions...and anxieties. My family is brand new at this whole homesteading thing, but we have been looking forward to it for a very, very long time, and here we are! We were blessed to have a neighbor give us a few guineas after finding out we wanted to start out with them, even though we weren't exactly ready for them, but we made due, and the coop is finally finished, and they are settling in. We did lose a female in the process (she escaped while we were transferring the 3 of them to the tractor coop we made for them) and I'm not sure if I'm too hopeful or slightly losing it, but I swear the male keeps seeing her and my daughter swears she did too. nevertheless, she left us with 3 eggs, and the other female is injured from the move and not broody at all, so I'm starting the incubating process. I'll be checking back in for tips and advice, a a lot. This forum has been a huge blessing!
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Stepnout said:
Welcome to BYC. You have a comfortable little coop there. I love the Sumac trees. They turn a beautiful red in the fall!
You done the right thing joining up. A great bunch of helpful folks here to help.

Ps and of coarse the fowl look great too lol
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Thank you so much! I'm going to need all the help I can get! I've been worried sick over what to do with the eggs since the broody female escaped. I've been reading and reading on this forum, but there is a lot I'm still learning...one place says humidity one says none, then turn the eggs 2 or 3 times a day, temp around 90 degrees...I have a makeshift incubator right now... what is pipping? so many mentions of it but no one explains it..I can only gather its when they start to break through...It's still early, eggs are at days 7,8, and 9 now. I am exhausting myself with worry. It's like having a newborn all over again lol. who knew I'd fall in love so quickly! lol
 
AnomalyAngie said:
Thank you so much! I'm going to need all the help I can get! I've been worried sick over what to do with the eggs since the broody female escaped. I've been reading and reading on this forum, but there is a lot I'm still learning...one place says humidity one says none, then turn the eggs 2 or 3 times a day, temp around 90 degrees...I have a makeshift incubator right now... what is pipping? so many mentions of it but no one explains it..I can only gather its when they start to break through...It's still early, eggs are at days 7,8, and 9 now. I am exhausting myself with worry. It's like having a newborn all over again lol. who knew I'd fall in love so quickly! lol
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I can not be of any help to you Sorry. I am a first time chicken owner just since this May. There will be helpful folks around soon I am guessing.
 
Welcome to BYC!
:yesss: We are glad you joined our flock!
Pipping is basically when the chick makes it's first attempt to get out of the shell.

Internal pip is when the chick breaks through the membrane inside the egg so it can breath the air in the air cell.
External pip is after it does the internal and it breaks the actual shell.
Temperature is important. Don't worry about the humidity as much right now.
Do you have a thermometer that has been calibrated.
I am afraid 90 degrees is not good enough. It needs to be closer to 100.

This video will help you learn how to navigate this site:

Coop Ideas:
Chicken Coops

BYC has an APP!
 
KikisGirls said:
Welcome to BYC!
:yesss: We are glad you joined our flock!
Pipping is basically when the chick makes it's first attempt to get out of the shell.

Internal pip is when the chick breaks through the membrane inside the egg so it can breath the air in the air cell.
External pip is after it does the internal and it breaks the actual shell.
Temperature is important. Don't worry about the humidity as much right now.
Do you have a thermometer that has been calibrated.
I am afraid 90 degrees is not good enough. It needs to be closer to 100.

This video will help you learn how to navigate this site:

Coop Ideas:
Chicken Coops

BYC has an APP!
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Thank you SOOOOOOO much!!!!! Ii appreciate this more than you know!!!
 

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