Goose egg rails?

[313759]

I need to find out what type of goose egg rails will fit the farm innovators model 4200 incubator. If anyone knows, please tell me.

 

[carolina91]

I would recommend you turn them manually. Last spring, I tried the goose egg rails for the automatic turner which came with my Genesis 1588. I paid good money for them, followed the instructions to the letter (only three rails, no more than three eggs per rail, etc.), and they broke - big time. I was able to put three regular rails back in the turner, but it can't handle any more weight than that now. Maybe the rails would work better for goose breeds with smaller eggs or with a different turner.

I had my doubts, but started turning the eggs manually. Due to my schedule, I turned at 6am, 5pm, and 11pm. There were days when I didn't always make it on time, but I did as best as I could with the turning. I thought I wouldn't hatch any goslings because of the manual turning. I got 3 of 4 American Buff and 5 of 8 Pilgrim. All of the eggs had been shipped! I lost two of my pilgrim geese to predators this past fall, but the others are happily sitting on nests right now.

There is a goose hatching guide on this site which I used as my instruction manual. Here is the link:

https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/491013/goose-incubation-hatching-guide-completed

 

[JRies]

I know this was years ago so it's a long shot...but did you ever find one? I'm so tired of manually turning.

If you dont have a incubator that can do a 90 degree turn like a cab net hand turning is your best option with a min of 4 times a day. Even with my Cabinet I still have to do a 180 turn every day even though it turns every hour.. I recently bought a goose egg turner for a hovabator as a back up it barely dose a 15% turn. Might keep the embryo from sticking to the membrane but will never help with the release of gasses. They did take it back the marks are the amount of actual turn id did. I have 2 countertop auto rolling incubators and have also found problems with then. But for the first 2 years they did a good job once I realized I had to rotate the eggs from front to back and still hand turn at least once a day.

 

[313759]

Someone please help me with this

 

[Miss Lydia]

I need to find out what type of goose egg rails will fit the farm innovators model 4200 incubator. If anyone knows, please tell me.

What are goose eggs rails?

 

[313759]

There the things in an automatic egg turner that turns the eggs for me, i would turn them manually but i never have time because i have school and i tend to forget

 

[donkeydew2farms]

ducky13 I have an little giant an I was able to use the turner that came with it I have American buffs size eggs but the other incubator Hova bator came with goose rails the egg is kind of tight in there I don't think I like it. but like you I have to work and 8 hour day. I wish you luck.

 

[313759]

Thank you, I hope to get eggs when I cam

 

[carolina91]

Did you get the goose rails with the Little Giant automatic turner? or did you order them separately? I would love to be able to use one because my schedule is so erratic.

 

[313759]

I have a model 4200 farm innovators pro series circulated air incubator, I don't have goose rails right now, I just want to know which type of rails would fit no problem. So I would have to order it separately