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If a hen sits overtime on eggs and a float test is performed, if an egg was never fertilized will it still sink like it would when it was fresh, or will it float because by the time a few weeks have passed at incubation temps, it is rotten? And therefore it would be hard to tell if it was rotten...

Thank you for the responses. The article is very informative and interesting. Makes me think that eggs stored and not given short periods of incubation, when combined with eggs that have stayed in the nest and have been incubated briefly by the hen several times each time she lays a new egg...

How long can eggs sit before incubation starts and still be viable? Does it extend their viability by keeping them in a cool place, like a cooler that is about 55 - 60 degrees? One egg was laid early with a big gap between it and the others and the clutch is not done, so I'm wondering how I...

I have some eggs that are significantly overdue. It's not an issue about what to do with them, but I did run a float test on them to see what they would do, and I'm confused by the result. The eggs float with the larger side up, vertically, about 25-30% of the egg above the surface, with a...

Hi all, I'm specifically interested in Canada geese for these questions, but since most people probably don't have personal experience with them, I would like info in general from people who have had a lot of experience with any kind of geese. It's probably similar enough. 1) What is the...

Jak, I am not "interfering" with a wild goose nest. I am trying to prevent someone from illegally oiling it, which has happened in the past to this goose. The owner of the property requested my help in keeping on eye on the situation. I work with wildlife rescue, and work quite often with...

She definitely had a problem that caused her to be standing up -- something was stuck on her that she couldn't get off, and I unstuck it. Then she sat down. So I'm thinking she might've been standing up for awhile due to this interference. If you think that a few hours like that is no...

I'm monitoring a wild Canada Goose nest. Unfortunately, the other day something disturbed her so that there was an interruption in her incubation. I checked on her in the morning, all was well, then came back 4.5 hours later to find her standing over her eggs. Something disturbed her that I was...

I would like to candle some goose eggs that I suspect are rotten. I have never candled before and know very little about it, only watched some videos, but there are no videos of candling rotten eggs, just early-stage unfertilized ones. The eggs are about 30 days old, so any idea of what it...