Now after my first hatch of goslings and ducklings, here is what I have determined:
1) they did not take 28-32 days....mine started at day 26 hatched by day 27
2) you CAN hatch geese in an egg turner contrary to popular belief. all 7 of mine hatched and one started pipping IN the turner.
3) the higher the humidity at hatch the better and less need you have for intervening. Mine did not require one bit of help getting out on their own.
4) to increase humidity the roll up a sock and soak in warm water and place in incubator works, Paper towels folded up and soaked in warm water and placed in the incubator works way better to up it quickly.
4) I noticed they pip day 26 and take the whole day to make little cracks in the shell, looks like no progress but they are cracking the crud out of the shell casing. then BOOM there they are instantly!
5) They seem to be very hardy and are up pooping their guts up so place papertowels on the floor of the bator or you are definately gonna have to bleach it out. They are messy hatchers!!!!
6) they love water INSTANTLY when they come out. I put a small dish of water like 2cm deep and they all were fighting to climb in and play!
7) did I mention they have the cutest fuzzy butts in the world!!!!
8) oh yeah and keep the derned bator closed as much as possible, I know you wanna looksee but leave it shut except for upping humidity.
