Goose eggs - Day 14 sudden detached air cell

[Deltabwa]

Is there any way to save these eggs? I had them under hens but found them 2 days in a row, kicked out of the nest box from 2 different hens, but I believe the hens were kicked out of the box and the eggs were kicked out as they came out. I have felt them under wings a few times and not their bodies. Yesterday only 1 had a detached cell, today there is 3. All 3 have movement still but I brought them in and put them in the incubator and wonder if I stand them up at a 45 deg angle, if it will repair itself or is it too late in the development to do that?

 

[Miss Lydia]

@Pyxis

 

[Deltabwa]

@Pyxis

Thank you

 

[Pyxis]

I would definitely put them in an incubator propped upright, and only very slightly rock them from side to side a couple times a day for turning.

The hope is that the chorio-allantoic membrane, as it grows, will pin the air cells back into place.

 

[Deltabwa]

I would definitely put them in an incubator propped upright, and only very slightly rock them from side to side a couple times a day for turning.

The hope is that the chorio-allantoic membrane, as it grows, will pin the air cells back into place.

Day 14ish. I didn't know if it was too late in the development for it to still work. I have only incubated flat so wasn't sure when they needed to be laid flat. When is the very latest that they can stay upright?

 

[Pyxis]

Day 14ish. I didn't know if it was too late in the development for it to still work. I have only incubated flat so wasn't sure when they needed to be laid flat. When is the very latest that they can stay upright?

I too only incubate goose eggs flat, but in this case there will have to be an exception. If this is going to work, it should work within the next week. If they keep developing and the air cell is still detached, you may to even hatch them upright.

 

[Deltabwa]

So just slight tilt from 1 side to the other, for example, 10 o'clock to 2 o'clock? Would that be the correct angles? How many times a day? 2 or 3?

 

[Pyxis]

So just slight tilt from 1 side to the other, for example, 10 o'clock to 2 o'clock? Would that be the correct angles? How many times a day? 2 or 3?

Yep, just like that. I'd do three or maybe five - the slight tilt will still keep the air cell in place, so turning shouldn't hurt that, and the chorio-allantoic membrane may not grow as well being upright like this, and more turning will stimulate its growth.

 

[Deltabwa]

And do I spray it still? 3 of them don't seem like they have lost much but the 1 from yesterday has dropped significant just over night.

 

[Pyxis]

Yep, I'd still spray.