Candling goose eggs?

[bearfeet]

I have 3 white chinese goose eggs in the incubator. I candled them at 3 1/2 days and saw nothing, just yolk. When's the earliest time you can determine if goose eggs are fertile or not

 

[shelleyd2008]

I'm not sure, but 3 1/2 days is too early to candle anything. I would wait till at least 7 days if not longer.

 

[bearfeet]

I've had luck candling quail eggs that early, also I've seen online images of chicken eggs that show that early, but the shells are just really thick I guess...

 

[BirdBoy88]

I know with a chicken and some quail eggs you can see veins at day 3 but i am not sure about a goose egg...you can try but i doubt you will see anything if there is small veins since a goose egg shell is really thick

 

[shelleyd2008]

It is possible to see veins that early, but it is also easier to kill the embryo then.

 

[MissPrissy]

It is possible at 3 days to see the very slightest veining. I have had goose eggs I couldn't see anything in but held out and at day 10 they were developing nicely with big red veins. Wait at least another week - 10 days before you start discarding eggs.

 

[bearfeet]

I'm getting so impatient, this is my first time trying to hatch out geese. Day 4 and still nothing but a blurry red blob but I'll wait and see. Thanks for the help.

 

[ladybug4ut1]

I candled mine at day 10 and saw really nice veining but did not see much at all at day 7 so i would wait til day 10 and i know how hard that is....

 

[MissPrissy]

Remember goose eggs can take 28 - 32+ days. They develop slow. Depending on where the embryo is on the yolk you may not see veins without a super bright light until after 10 - 14 days.

 

[greyfields]

Goose eggs are not easy to candle and as mentioned, give it at least 10 days. Then check again at two or three weeks.

I had a goose egg explode in my incubator last year. Please, please, don't be like me. Rigorously candle because you will never forget that smell.