Egg candling

[Waterfowlmother]

It’s my 2nd time incubating goose eggs, we candled them and now one is left. Its air cell looks healthy but a dark mass only fills half the egg. We can see a beak/foot in the egg and think it’s alive. It’s day 23 already. Is it alive?​

 

[nuthatched]

Can you please get a picture ?

 

[ChickenCanoe]

maybe too early to tell. Why not just return the egg to the incubator, provide optimum conditions and wait?

 

[Waterfowlmother]

Can you please get a picture ?

 

[Waterfowlmother]

maybe too early to tell. Why not just return the egg to the incubator, provide optimum conditions and wait?

Thank you. I agree.

 

[nuthatched]

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That's dead, sorry

 

[SnackMeat]

No veins, so it is dead. I don't know about geese but judging by the first photo, I would guess it died a few days ago since you would have been just past the 75% range today (assuming 28 days incubation.)


I find it helpful to open the eggs to see what I can see. I would recommend doing it outside since it might have died a few days ago and might smell. But you can learn roughly when it dies and that might help for later hatches.

 

[Waterfowlmother]

No veins, so it is dead. I don't know about geese but judging by the first photo, I would guess it died a few days ago since you would have been just past the 75% range today (assuming 28 days incubation.)


I find it helpful to open the eggs to see what I can see. I would recommend doing it outside since it might have died a few days ago and might smell. But you can learn roughly when it dies and that might help for later hatches.

Thank you. Will do that.

 

[Waterfowlmother]

That's dead, sorry

Ok. Thanks for your help.