Goose Incubation & Hatching Guide - Completed!!!!

[psue]

Haha well thats very smart and creative!

the most important part.... love

 

[servpolice]

Haha im creative in a few ways but i dont lnow how ye managed to make that incubator its so big!

 

[servpolice]

how*

 

[13 chickens]

For African Goose eggs do you stop turning the 3 days before the hatch like chicks

 

[servpolice]

yes or 4 days but dosent matter but everyone has other techniques

 

[13 chickens]

thank you I have been trying really hard to figure that out

 

[servpolice]

Well atleast you know :/ when are they due

 

[jkeating00]

This was posted on another thread by one of our experienced goose people.

Hey Anna, Miss Lydia already posted the "bible" for hatching geese, but I'm happy answer questions since I want you to have a great hatch. I have had success by doing the following: maintaining 25% humidity, keeping them on sides and hand turning 3x daily, after 7 days, mist and cool eggs daily. I mark air cells with pencil on day 21. By day 25, I lay egg dip side up and stop turning. Once shadow rises above pencil line on bottom of egg (gosling moving into air cell), I lock down at 78-80% humidity and wait. If you have a kitchen scale, it is ideal to weigh eggs when setting them, then weigh on day 7, 14 & 21. Your ideal weight loss is 16% by day 28. You can adjust humidity and cooling periods based on checking weight weekly.




Ms. Lydia~ the bible was a little overwhelming to me as a first timer. Thank you for simplifying it for us newbies. I put my first batch of 11 in with my emu egg's that have an auto turner, but much lower humidity than what you recomended so I don't have much hope for those eggs. But I have another batch that I"m going to do in a table top incubator that I will care for my hand. Hoping for great results from those! Thanks for all your guidance!

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My menagerie includes 5 horses, 3 dogs, 3 cats, 29 geese (mostly dewlap toulouse & african) and 15 assorted breed ducks.

 

[servpolice]

I water (mist whatever) everyother day but i love hearing different ways of incubating

 

[KimberlyK0509]

I have 5 Sebies rockin n rollin! !!! temp is 99.5 humidity 70. any helpful tips. this is my first goose hatch.