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4th hatch of the season 4-11-23 Set 8 goose eggs in metal goose egg rack, top level of GQF 1502 incubator. Set 3 goose eggs in Genesis 1588 with Incuturn turner. (Metal goose rack was maxed out with 36 eggs.) Decided that the 3 in the 1588 would not be cooled and misted. 4-18-23 Started...

Note on 2nd hatch- 2 goslings did not survive. 12 live goslings from 24 fertile eggs lowers the 58% hatch rate to a 50% survival rate. 3rd hatch of the season 4-2-23 Sat 8 goose eggs in metal goose eggs rack, top level of GQF 1502 incubator. 4-10-23 Began cooling and misting. First...

4-24-23, day 30 8am All 14 eggs pipped now, 3 zipping that look stuck, including the one that still had blood vessels last night. Assisted that one and the next one out. 9 goslings out. 11am 10th gosling hatched on its own. 11th egg fully zipped, but top hatch glued to gosling. Assisted and...

I am beginning to be of the opinion that too many days in lock down at high humidity is detrimental to chicks that make it to lock down but never hatch. I just did a turkey hatch where I never added water to raise the humidity, and just let them hatch at the same (in the 20s) humidity that they...

2nd hatch 3-25-23 Set 24 Chinese goose eggs in GQF 1502 incubator, using metal goose egg tray positioned on top level. 3-31-23 Began daily cooling and misting. (Remove entire metal tray from incubator to table, set timer for 15 minutes, spray with plant mister bottle, return tray to...

Thank you. The next hatch is due at the end of the month, so I will have more to post then. The 7th egg from the first hatch internally pipped and then died. So 43% hatch rate stands.

Day 30 Two more hatched overnight (either day 29 or 30) and two more hatched mid day (day 30) I did assist the last one because it seemed to stall out after zipping ~2/3 of the way around. And yes, it was glued in place. Navel closed and poop in shell, so I definitely didn’t go in too early...

Day 29 2nd gosling is out. White Chinese And, all 6 of the viable looking eggs have pipped. First one is dry.

Genesis 1588 goose hatch Day 29 2 more pips overnight and another later in the day. (5 total so far) First gosling out! (One of the overnight pips) Yesterday’s 2 pips are making progress. One is 98% zipped and should be out soon. The other one has longer cracks in its pip hole, but not...

Using different incubators. I should go back and edit my stats post to include that.

Thank you. I will post when zipping commences, and also when they hatch. I also plan to log the next two hatches and see if I get any consistency.

First hatch- Genesis 1588 incubator with Incuturn side-laying turner. 3-5-23 Set 15 Chinese goose eggs. 3-12-23 (14 fertile) 1 blood ring and 1 clear, 13 eggs left. 3-15-23 Begin cooling and misting, and also turning eggs from O side to X side (or vice versa) since Incuturn doesn’t seem to...

I’m just making this as a journal for my goose hatches this year. I can never find a definitive answer on how long Chinese geese need to incubate and what day they should be locked down on. The standard answer is from 28-35 days to hatch. I’ve not really seen a good answer on when to lock down...