gosling hatching

Not positive for sure when little guy started to externally pip as he started on the side facing the bottom of the incubator floor. Last nite around 9pm I realized he had pipped thru & little beak was “stuck out” or unable to get back into continue to work on the unzipping of the shell. I grew...

I was quite surprised to discover that my Pilgrim eggs in lockdown (I lock down 5 days prior to hatch) were externally pipped, already, this afternoon. :thI cranked up the humidity and am ready for hatchlings, but this is 2 days early. The incubator was running a bit on the high side for...

So I had a few goose eggs in my incubator, and the first one hatched last night. It had a yoke sack on the outside which has been half way absorbed by now after putting the gosling on a damp paper towel in the incubator, but I just noticed that it hasn’t opened it’s eyes and one definitely looks...

My 4 pilgrim goose eggs air sacs "dipped down" on Monday (3 days ago) and yesterday I noticed the shadowing around the lower edge of the air sac (when it's facing the correct way up). It looks like something pressing up against the air sac membrane trying to break it in little fluttery irregular...