You can collect eggs up to 10 days and store them, some do longer. The longer they are the less chance they have, but there is still a chance. There are threads on here with DIY incubators and lots of them. As for water poultry, a lot of people that hatch ducks/geese do mist their eggs during incubation. You'd be surprised how much birds do to control the heat and humidity that reaches the eggs. It's not as obvious to us, but when I started incubating I had the more experienced hatchers point out things that the birds do that I'd never thought about. It is fascinating. Worth a google too.I'm not sure if she is laying more, but I saw one goose riding another across the pond the other day. There are a lot of eggs in the nest. Maybe close to 20.
Yeah, I was figuring it wasn't as delicate as they made it seem. There's no way a wild goose could hatch one if it were. At first I was thinking if I took them inside and messed up the hatching, then I would regret not leaving them with the goose. But now I'm thinking leaving them is a guaranteed loss. I think if I took them and messed up, I wouldn't feel as bad knowing how poor the mother is.
Then again, if I leave them with the goose this year, then I will know 100% what to do next year. I am kinda busy with other things to be doting over eggs all the time and everyone asks me why I want more geese. I just think it would be neat to have a baby one, that's all. Other than that, it would be another mouth to feed. The geese don't give anything back like the ducks in terms of eggs. And the geese eat more. I don't know what to do.
There's no way they're going to have steady temps outside. I'm 100% sure of that. They won't have steady humidity either. A couple days ago it was 30-40% outside and now it's 60-70%. I don't think humidity would be that big of a problem because the goose stays wet all the time and the eggs are soaked. I could replicate a wet goose butt with a wet towel
I wonder if I should cut vent holes in the doghouse? Maybe that's why she doesn't want to sit on the nest? It's starting to smell a little funny inside.
So what is an incubator? Just a box with clear lid and light? I have some clear plastic glass sheets and could build a box. I have all sorts of lights. I have a few thermometers and humidity gauges. I could rig something. But now I'm wondering if it's too late. I started this thread 10 days ago, so I think the eggs are 7 days old on average.
I don't need 20 geese to hatch. One would be fine lol