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Yes, you'll want the paperwork from the people who gave you the eggs to prove that it is indeed a domestic Canada goose.

I'm wondering this too. I also didn't know it was a Canada goose. If that's a domestic one that you got through legal means, make sure you pinion it. Otherwise it'll try to fly off when it's migration time, and not knowing the routes it won't make it and it'll die. That's if you don't plan to...

I'm very sorry. A slight yellow stain could mean there was still too much liquid in the egg and it leaked out around where he pipped and he drowned :( Very sorry you lost him :hugs

That doesn't look quite like an internal pip, but it does look like the gosling is pushing up against the membrane, so it might be getting ready to. What day of incubation are you on? The air cell looks kind of small too, which might be a problem. It also doesn't look like it's in draw down...

Congrats on the babies! I'm so glad you were able to help them. I help all the time. Don't consider it unnatural. Incubating itself is unnatural and they end up needing our help because of the unnatural conditions they are incubated in. They probably would have been just fine if they were...

Can you post a picture of the spots?

When you weigh you're looking for them to lose about 13 to 15 percent of their entire weight by draw down. So roughly 3 and half percent of their week each week is ideal.

I can't really give you specifics on humidity because that's going to vary by area. Have you been weighing them to keep track of that? As for temps, I just do mine at the standard 99.5 in a forced air, but it's been said they do a little better at a little cooler, maybe 99.3 or 99.4. Mine don't...

I am anxiously awaiting internal pip on my first egg of the year. Should be soon, it's due tomorrow. They can take longer than 28 days though.

Disappearing veins is never a good sign :( It may well have quit. You can give it a couple more days to be sure but it doesn't look good.

It depends on your location and sometimes even the breed of goose. The best thing to do is to weigh the eggs each week to make sure they're losing the proper amount of weight and if they're not you can adjust the humidity accordingly.

Hi again! I'm not sure that that will really be turning the eggs. I'd mark one side with an X, then check on it in an hour and see if it's really moved at all.

Goose eggs do vary as far as incubation time goes, and they can even vary within the breed. They usually take somewhere between 28-32 days to hatch. Generally speaking, the larger an egg is, the longer it might take the embryo inside to fully develop. So even within the same breed you can end up...