Hello everyone!
I am nearing the end of my first goose incubation which is also my first hatch in my Brinsea 20 Eco that I got for my birthday.
Here are the stats:
Today is Day 26.
Out of 14 toulouse gander/chinese geese eggs set (none of my the parents are even a year old, btw), 1 was infertile, 1 died very early in the incubation process, and 1 died on day 20ish. That leaves me with 11 eggs that seem to be alive and kicking.
My vent was open, but humidity was only 70%, so I half-closed it. Now it's at 74% - is this a good compromise, or should I open the vent all the way and add more evaporating cloth? (I dunno how much more I can add, as it already almost covers the entire floor of the incubator.) Temp is good.
I believe I saw one rocking earlier.. But I might have been hallucinating or I might've bumped the incubator. This morning when I candled (I didn't touch them, I just put my maglite against them and could see in), none of them seemed to have internally pipped.
Anyways, I am soooo excited! I only get to keep these babies for a week or two, but hatching things still makes me happy. They are for a farmer who lost her flock a while ago.
Chelsea
I am nearing the end of my first goose incubation which is also my first hatch in my Brinsea 20 Eco that I got for my birthday.
Here are the stats:
Today is Day 26.
Out of 14 toulouse gander/chinese geese eggs set (none of my the parents are even a year old, btw), 1 was infertile, 1 died very early in the incubation process, and 1 died on day 20ish. That leaves me with 11 eggs that seem to be alive and kicking.
My vent was open, but humidity was only 70%, so I half-closed it. Now it's at 74% - is this a good compromise, or should I open the vent all the way and add more evaporating cloth? (I dunno how much more I can add, as it already almost covers the entire floor of the incubator.) Temp is good.
I believe I saw one rocking earlier.. But I might have been hallucinating or I might've bumped the incubator. This morning when I candled (I didn't touch them, I just put my maglite against them and could see in), none of them seemed to have internally pipped.
Anyways, I am soooo excited! I only get to keep these babies for a week or two, but hatching things still makes me happy. They are for a farmer who lost her flock a while ago.
Chelsea
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