2017 Gosling Hatch a long!!

[Fields Mountain Farm]

Here's hoping both are good!
Wishing you all the luck, and keeping fingers and toes crossed.

 

[Nannette114]

Hi all, I'm a newbie with 5 goose eggs in the incubator. Today is day 4, I got temp and humidity andD other info from an article here.
I have been hatching chick eggs for several years but this is my first time with geese.
Advice needed and more than welcome!

Hi and welcome!
I think what's nice at the moment is that we're all new to hatching geese so you in good company!
Keep us posted on how it all goes!

I'm so new to this, but yes I think so.

I was out getting the new pump installed in the new pool, and Violet the sebbie decided to help. View attachment 1036001

Oh I love this picture! I have to think about a pool or something if these eggs hatch this weekend. Any advice on what I need and what age they can swim?

I'm going to go candle the two eggs left. Fairly certain I'll be tossing one of them, and I need to remember to draw out the air sack and the giant saddlebag so I know which way I can rotate it without killing the baby.

Wish me luck. Lmao

I am officially day 28 today so I guess it all gets serious now. Hope I see some hatching soon!

 

[Iain Utah]

How exciting to make it to lockdown day. Good luck!

 

[Nannette114]

How exciting to make it to lockdown day. Good luck!

Thanks!
Theres lots of egg wiggling and shadows at the edge of the air cell but no obvious bill in the air cell. I'm assuming they haven't actually internally pipped if I can't see the bird in the air cell. Is that right?

 

[DancingWthDucks]

I just candles my eggs..... 6/6 are fertile!!!!!

 

[Iain Utah]

That is correct. Many people confuse the wings/beak pressing on the internal membrane when getting into final position with actual internal pipping, which does not occur until 1) the beak has broken through the membrane and 2) the respiratory system successfully engages and the gosling is breathing the air inside the air pocket. If you listen very carefully, after they internally pip, you can hear a clicking sound, which is the gosling breathing.

 

[Nannette114]

I just candles my eggs..... 6/6 are fertile!!!!!

Hooray!!!!

That is correct. Many people confuse the wings/beak pressing on the internal membrane when getting into final position with actual internal pipping, which does not occur until 1) the beak has broken through the membrane and 2) the respiratory system successfully engages and the gosling is breathing the air inside the air pocket. If you listen very carefully, after they internally pip, you can hear a clicking sound, which is the gosling breathing.

Thank you that's what I thought. I have rocking and shadows at the back of the air cell but I've listened and listened and there's no clicking and no bill yet. I just have to sit on my hands and be patient...

 

[tk10]

That is correct. Many people confuse the wings/beak pressing on the internal membrane when getting into final position with actual internal pipping, which does not occur until 1) the beak has broken through the membrane and 2) the respiratory system successfully engages and the gosling is breathing the air inside the air pocket. If you listen very carefully, after they internally pip, you can hear a clicking sound, which is the gosling breathing.

Am I allowed to pick them up to check?? Lol
I am just totally leaving them alone. I am fairly sure today is day 30. I do think I just saw shadows and not pipping before. So nerve wracking since I had that power outage a few days ago.

I am going to get out of the pool soon and try to take pictures of the ducklings for Id's. Knock on wood, I haven't lost any of these guys, so I truly do think something happened during the last shipment that made them weak. It's 86 here today, so I think I'm going to take the 10 day old outside for photos. I'll post in the duck thread.

 

[WRVgirl]

Once they're in lock down I try to leave them be. Handling can cause humidity loss and shrink wrapping.

 

[WRVgirl]

I only have the one egg growing (how frustrating)

But it looks big and healthy so there's that.

The second one had completely broken down. Veins gone and just a mass where the wiggly baby should have been.

Honestly, after all the hassle with the eggs, I'm shocked I even have the one baby growing in there. Lol