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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...

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...

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...