Goose egg smelling but still wiggling

[TheOddOneOut]

@MGG

 

[Jhalm]

Here is the said chip

 

[CluckNDoodle]

How long has it been incubating? If it's moving and it's hatch day hopefully it will make it but stinky is never a good sign.

 

[CluckNDoodle]

Here is the said chip

When you candle the egg does the air cell dip lower than where that chip is? Do you see an internal pip that would lead you to believe that is the external pip?

 

[Jhalm]

How long has it been incubating? If it's moving and it's hatch day hopefully it will make it but stinky is never a good sign.

It’s been 25 days since incubation, I’m afraid to candle it now since it should be in lock down, should I do it anyways? Also I was just literally woken up by scratching sounds coming from the egg, is the sound saying it’s about to explode or a good sign? It’s not raunchy but definitely stinky. Thank you!

 

[CluckNDoodle]

It’s been 25 days since incubation, I’m afraid to candle it now since it should be in lock down, should I do it anyways? Also I was just literally woken up by scratching sounds coming from the egg, is the sound saying it’s about to explode or a good sign? It’s not raunchy but definitely stinky. Thank you!

Woken up by scratching noises?? I would candle. Lockdown is for 2 things, to stop turning so they can get into position for hatch (already done from the sounds of it), and to increase humidity so that once there is an external pip it will help to keep the membrane from drying out. With that tiny hole it wouldn't worry me to take it out and at this point candling might be the only way to determine if you have a gosling hatching or an egg about to explode.

 

[CluckNDoodle]

Or you can just wait and see what happens and hope for the best.

 

[Weeg]

Explain stinky. Does it smell sour, or rotten, or just weird? I find that most eggs in my incubator smell weird after they've been incubating. I think about it as the warm egg smell.

 

[Chickenwingwing]

ok I separated it into my smaller incubator thank you!

how's the egg doing?

 

[DucksAreBest]

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Sorry, I couldn't reply...was busy yesterday.