The Guinea Fowl are Coming, The Guinea Fowl are Coming!
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Incubators for Guinea Fowl Eggs
If you will be hatching your Guinea fowl eggs, then you will need an incubator. Here are some suggestions and comments on various incubators, with some helpful links included:
- • A nice, extremely popular, moderately priced incubator is the Electronic Thermostat Hova-bator Incubator. This lightweight table-top unit sells for about $150.00.
This is the popular Hovabator incubator. It is a lightweight, dependable tabletop unit that is attractively priced. It can be used for all sorts of egg incubations from Guinea fowl to geese and turkeys.
If you'd like a high end table-top incubator, check out the Brinsea Octagon 20 & 40 Digital Incubators. These sophisticated, lightweight units have an excellent reputation and sell for around $400.00.
Finally, if you think you'll get into incubating and hatching Guinea fowl eggs regularly, you might want to consider a cabinet style incubator such as the GQF 1500 Professional Incubator. These hatchery quality incubators sell for around $650.00.
Guinea Fowl Egg Incubator Extras
Be sure your incubator selection has a thermostat instead of just an on/off switch. This will regulate the temperature in the incubator so you don't have to constantly check it. I also highly recommend an automatic egg turner for your incubator. Eggs hatching in an incubator must be turned regularly. This can be quite time consuming to do manually, and if forgotten, will lead to a seriously reduced hatch rate. The inside of your incubator will need to be moist while you are incubating your Guinea fowl eggs. The heat of the incubator will evaporate moisture quickly. Get a moisture adding system for your incubator to ensure that your Guinea fowl eggs don't dry out and expire before hatching.
Before the day your Guinea fowl eggs arrive, be sure that you've tested your incubator and all of its extras. Place the incubator in a dry location that is out of drafts and direct sunlight. The chances are that you'll know exactly what day your Guinea fowl eggs will arrive. Turn your incubator on that morning so that it is pre-heated when the Guinea fowl eggs get to your door. The eggs have had a rough (and probably cold) journey, and the quicker you get them into an ideal, incubator environment, the better.