OK, let me try to explain the situation. I have 5 Emden geese eggs and 5 turkey eggs been in the incubator for a while. By my calculations, they should have hatched Sunday. It is now Monday night.
I did have one goose egg rock and then pip on Sunday, but didnt make it all the way out of the shell until this morning, almost 24 hours later. Live and learn, I probably should have helped it some.
Humidity was about 40 percent for most of the time, and then Ive raised it to about 80% after I went into lock down. Thing is Im not sure what to do besides wait and see what the rest of the eggs do. And the one single gosling isnt very happy being alone. Ive moved him to a brooder box, and he seems to be relatively happy. Concerned that it took a whole day to get out of the shell, and now it has been about 36 hours since he pipped and hes not eating hardly yet. Yes, I dunked the beak and that, a few times in fact. And I did get 2 bowel movements.
Delayed getting on here because I think Im doing most things right, just have to sit and wait now. Any comments or suggestions?
And another note, I have a second batch due to hatch May 13 and candled them tonight. 12 of 12 chickens, 5 of 5 turkeys and5 of 9 geese eggs are good. And I just set 13 turkey eggs and 6 goose eggs for my third hatch due 24 May.
OK, here is a weird thing. I numbered all my eggs, and for the geese, the ones that didnt develop seem to run in batches. 1-3 I ate, figuring the first werent fertile. 4-10 didnt develop, figure not fertile. 11 is the one that hatched, and 12-15 are still in the incubator. 16-19 showed no development and I pulled them, but the others look good. Seems to run in cycles. Odd. Comments? Thanks, and I love this site.
Clay
This is in the brooder.
This is just after the hatch in the incubator.
I did have one goose egg rock and then pip on Sunday, but didnt make it all the way out of the shell until this morning, almost 24 hours later. Live and learn, I probably should have helped it some.
Humidity was about 40 percent for most of the time, and then Ive raised it to about 80% after I went into lock down. Thing is Im not sure what to do besides wait and see what the rest of the eggs do. And the one single gosling isnt very happy being alone. Ive moved him to a brooder box, and he seems to be relatively happy. Concerned that it took a whole day to get out of the shell, and now it has been about 36 hours since he pipped and hes not eating hardly yet. Yes, I dunked the beak and that, a few times in fact. And I did get 2 bowel movements.
Delayed getting on here because I think Im doing most things right, just have to sit and wait now. Any comments or suggestions?
And another note, I have a second batch due to hatch May 13 and candled them tonight. 12 of 12 chickens, 5 of 5 turkeys and5 of 9 geese eggs are good. And I just set 13 turkey eggs and 6 goose eggs for my third hatch due 24 May.
OK, here is a weird thing. I numbered all my eggs, and for the geese, the ones that didnt develop seem to run in batches. 1-3 I ate, figuring the first werent fertile. 4-10 didnt develop, figure not fertile. 11 is the one that hatched, and 12-15 are still in the incubator. 16-19 showed no development and I pulled them, but the others look good. Seems to run in cycles. Odd. Comments? Thanks, and I love this site.
Clay
This is in the brooder.
This is just after the hatch in the incubator.