We had our first guinea fowl chick hatch last night. Unfortunately I was stupid and had tuna cans of water in the incubator to try and keep the humidity levels up, so the chick ultimately died of drowning. However, we've had 2 more chicks hatch since there.
I'm happy because this time I'm finally getting to watch the hatching process. If my cell phone ever starts getting it's act together, then I can send you the hatching sequence of the 3rd chick. It was great to watch.
When we did the chicken eggs we had 1/4 of them hatch. At that point the incubator was still air and no automatic egg turning. With the guineas I had installed a fan and automatic egg turner, so I'm hoping for a higher hatch rate.
-Myrtle
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