A little belatedly, hatching season opens here again – and this time, with guinea fowl eggs. I have received some as a gift, and apparently a couple were already in the incubation process, because they surprise hatched after only a week.
So far, we lhave these two adorable keets. One looks like the standard coloring and the paler one could be lavender.
This little one had huge trouble getting out of the egg. I ended up performing an assisted hatch and peeling nearly all the shell. I was really apprehensive, but after a couple of hours it was already running around the brooder! So don’t give up on those chicks who are struggling to get out. They may be perfectly fine and just require a bit of assistance to start out in life.
By the way, did you know guinea fowl are kosher? I have only discovered this recently. We don’t eat our birds, but I’d love to try some guinea eggs.
Domestic Felicity 
so adorable!
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Yes, and so full of energy! I should upload a video.
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The baby chickens are so cute!
A friend of mine raises quail because her neighborhood does not allow chickens. The quail are very quiet and the males are not aggressive or loud so they don’t have to get rid of the males. She raises them for the meat and the eggs. I am not sure if quail is kosher or not, though.
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Yes, quail is kosher! We enjoy quail eggs too. I sort of prefer chickens because you can let them out and they’ll come back.
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