Hey guys,
So I received two goose eggs from my aunt three days ago. I set them in my forced air incubator Saturday night with the temp set to 37.5 degrees and humidity at 45-50%. Tonight will be day three of incubation. One egg looks perfect so far, besides a little bit of a weird air cell. But the other has me concerned.
It looks as if there are dark patches on the inside of the egg. And obviously it could not be a embryo forming yet as it is only day three of incubation and the patches are quite large. Now the egg’s shell is brown and patchy on the outside, so it could be the outside of the egg tricking my eyes but I can’t tell. I am concerned that the egg may be rotten. My smell has not returned since I had covid so I have no idea if it smells or not. My candler is trash so I can’t see very well inside the egg. It doesn’t help that the shell is dark either.
This is my first goose incubation, so maybe I’m just overly concerned but something just feels wrong about the egg. I took pictures. They aren’t very good but I will post them anyway. I can try and post a video tonight if requested.
I’m going on a trip this weekend and I’m leaving the eggs in the care of my brother, who doesn’t know anything about incubating. I really don’t want to leave the egg if it’s rotten and have it explode while I’m gone. Especially because he won’t know what to do if it does.
So I am seeking advice. I’m willing to leave the egg a couple more days if that’s what everyone thinks is best. I’m just nervous about it. Thank you in advance!
Pictures:
Picture from day 1:
Picture from day 2
Pictures from today, day 3:
So I received two goose eggs from my aunt three days ago. I set them in my forced air incubator Saturday night with the temp set to 37.5 degrees and humidity at 45-50%. Tonight will be day three of incubation. One egg looks perfect so far, besides a little bit of a weird air cell. But the other has me concerned.
It looks as if there are dark patches on the inside of the egg. And obviously it could not be a embryo forming yet as it is only day three of incubation and the patches are quite large. Now the egg’s shell is brown and patchy on the outside, so it could be the outside of the egg tricking my eyes but I can’t tell. I am concerned that the egg may be rotten. My smell has not returned since I had covid so I have no idea if it smells or not. My candler is trash so I can’t see very well inside the egg. It doesn’t help that the shell is dark either.
This is my first goose incubation, so maybe I’m just overly concerned but something just feels wrong about the egg. I took pictures. They aren’t very good but I will post them anyway. I can try and post a video tonight if requested.
I’m going on a trip this weekend and I’m leaving the eggs in the care of my brother, who doesn’t know anything about incubating. I really don’t want to leave the egg if it’s rotten and have it explode while I’m gone. Especially because he won’t know what to do if it does.
So I am seeking advice. I’m willing to leave the egg a couple more days if that’s what everyone thinks is best. I’m just nervous about it. Thank you in advance!
Pictures:
Picture from day 1:
Picture from day 2
Pictures from today, day 3:
