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ACK!  i decided to drill a hole in that one egg that was rocking and rolling, thinking it was the one that was peeping.  It wasn't.  There was another egg that had pipped on the underside of the egg where i couldn't see it.  It was shrink-wrapped in the membrane.  i took scissors and carefully broke through the membrane so it could breath, and dampened the membrane and upped the humidity in the incubator.

Here is a picture.  i picked a little piece of shell off, and you can see the beak in the slit on the top part of the break.  i am assuming now that it has been pipped since about 11am yesterday, so like 19 hours.  Wondering if i'm going to need to help it all the way out.  Pic below:

Well, i got some festery sleep, having weird dreams of hatching out dolls and frogs.  Woke up half an hour ago and the gosling has not made any progress.   Still chirping and moving its beak, though.  i tried to candle to see if i could see the yolk sac, and i can't.  i could see that the baby hadn't pipped into the air cell part.  i made sure to position it with the largest part of the air cell up, like Pete said.  Anyhow, chipped a bit of the shell and outer membrane.  Looks like there is still that inner membrane with active blood vessels, so i stopped, put a damp paper towel around it, and put it back into the incubator.  i feel like a total novice here.  Any advice from anyone would be greatly appreciated.  Here is the latest picture:

Thank you!  Just in the past  hour, the blood has receded a bit.  The gosling seems active and doing fine, so i am going to take it slow.  i do remember the part in Pete's instructions about putting another sterilized shell over the end.  i have also been advised here that goslings take longer to hatch than chickens.  So, i'm going to try to cool my jets here.  i so appreciate the advise and input.  These are stressful times.

First baby is out and dry.  Thank you to whomever posted the idea of putting a mirror in with a single chick.  She is spending most of her time right in front of it.  My husband has named her Ariel.  Here she is.  Sorry the picture is not so great.

Second chick is now out and drying in the incubator.  Interesting, this one has a dark beak, and is very dark overall.  The woman i bought the eggs from does have grey and blue geese, so wondering if i got lucky.  :)  Here she is:

Three out of the four eggs left have pipped.  My husband picked a piece of shell off one and i can see the chick moving inside.  Hoping that doesn't dry things out too much inside that egg.  Other two eggs are moving and i can see them breaking more of their shell.  i'll post more pics when we have more babies.