Goose egg smells like fish food

[HENS-and-MARES]

Hi, my broody goose is hatching a single egg and it smells like fish food. Has it gone bad? All the websites I’ve seen say it’ll smell rancid but it just smells like fish food.

 

[nuthatched]

Have you candled it?

 

[HENS-and-MARES]

Yep

 

[SilverBirds]

Well, what does it look like candled?

 

[HENS-and-MARES]

the gap at the top half looks bigger
Most of it is dark, and it looks kinda liquidy. I’ll send pics this evening

 

[MGG]

Hi, my broody goose is hatching a single egg and it smells like fish food. Has it gone bad? All the websites I’ve seen say it’ll smell rancid but it just smells like fish food.

Goose eggs can smell weird depending on what substrate the eggs are on while being sat on and from what you're feeding your geese. If it is a feed that has fish in it that can carry over to their poop and their nest/eggs.
If it looks liquids though it's probably bad. How long has she been sitting on it? Candling pics would definitely help.

 

[HENS-and-MARES]

It’s supposed to hatch around the 5th of June

 

[SilverBirds]

Any signs of active veining?

 

[HENS-and-MARES]

Any signs of active veining?

No

 

[HENS-and-MARES]