Goose Incubation & Hatching Guide - Completed!!!!

Rere201 said:

Hi, I've had my geese for a year or 2. I bought them when they were about a year old. So far the female goose has set on eggs, 3 and this will make the 4th time. No viable eggs yet (not sure about this time). I'm not educated on this breed. When do they start mating, and why would their be no baby's hatched yet?View attachment 3541047

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Even in their first year they can have fertile eggs, so by now you should have them. Is it possible you have two females? Have you candled the eggs while she is sitting to check if they are developing at all? That would tell you if they are starting and then something is going wrong, or if they're nor fertile to begin with and something else might be going on.

Pyxis said:

Even in their first year they can have fertile eggs, so by now you should have them. Is it possible you have two females? Have you candled the eggs while she is sitting to check if they are developing at all? That would tell you if they are starting and then something is going wrong, or if they're nor fertile to begin with and something else might be going on.

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No I haven't, I worry that she would stop sitting on them. I'm sure mine are male and female.

Rere201 said:

No I haven't, I worry that she would stop sitting on them. I'm sure mine are male and female.

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I would crack an egg open and take a look at it to see if it's fertile - the male might not be getting the job done. Things like a penis injury can cause male geese to not be fertile, as well as things like mycoplasma, which geese can carry with no symptoms except infertility.

You'll be looking for the little dot on the egg yolk. In an unfertilized egg, it just looks like a white dot. In a fertilized egg, it looks like a little white bullseye. You can post pictures too and we can look at it if you want someone to double check it for you

wow , just amazing! have never tried yet, am thankful for guide if I ever decide to do it. thx

Hey Pete, quick question? I've used your guide and just successfully hatched my 1st incubator full of babies...started as 22 duck eggs and 12 goose eggs. I had 3 duck eggs and 2 goose eggs quit before the 3rd week, but the rest went strong all the way through, and now I have 19 ducklings and 8 goslings. The last 2 geese eggs are where my question lies...see, I had 10 eggs to start with and added these last 2 the next day (fresh laid, and less than 24 hours after setting the original eggs). They seemed to be growing about the same rate as all the other eggs right up till the other's air cells started descending, and even then 1 of the 2 seemed to be only a little behind the others. That gosling has internally pipped and is working on external pipping currently (I can hear egg shell crunching). However, the air cell in the 2nd egg hasn't descended (although is getting bigger) and I'm puzzled by it. There is movement in the egg, and the baby seems to have filled the egg most of the way, but it doesn't seem close to hatch like the other one. Any ideas? I will say, the first 8 geese hatched out a little earlier than I expected (day 31), I believe likely because I had ducklings hatching all day the 30th day and into the 31st day. Would it be beneficial to put some of the hatchlings back in the incubator to encourage them to hatch? I expected them to be hatching today or tomorrow, but maybe I just need to be more patient? Any insight would be appreciated!