Goose Incubation & Hatching Guide - Completed!!!!

[nate1the1great1]

Ok so there's a new problem so its day 31 and i candled the egg and the bill is pecking on the shell but how long til it pips ive never hatched geese so this is new and my mom said i should go help it and I said i would if it was pipped and i wanna wait til day 32 but do u guys think it needs help or not if its not pipe by tomorrow im stepping in

 

[Miss Lydia]

Ok so there's a new problem so its day 31 and i candled the egg and the bill is pecking on the shell but how long til it pips ive never hatched geese so this is new and my mom said i should go help it and I said i would if it was pipped and i wanna wait til day 32 but do u guys think it needs help or not if its not pipe by tomorrow im stepping in

Is this egg under a goose nate? if so might be best to leave it alone, If in a bator you can make a safe hole but you need to talk to someone who has done one, I have but i waited too late. I don't feel i can give you the right kind of direction, read Petes guide.

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

 

[nate1the1great1]

It's under the goose and I can see its internal lip if its not pipped by tomorrow im helping or not ill give it another day than ill come back and ask again

 

[Miss Lydia]

It's under the goose and I can see its internal lip if its not pipped by tomorrow im helping or not ill give it another day than ill come back and ask again

Go and ask on the 2014 gosling thread, there is usually someone on there.

 

[imequestriantoo]

So after using this step by step guide to my first hatch of goslings, all I have to say is thank you for all of the information BUT there were few things I did differently (this applying to White Domestic Chinese Geese aka Swan Geese)
1. 28-30 day incubation for my hatch
2. Small 50$ Styrofoam still air incubator with a water well and some vents (cats ended up trying to claw at it)
3. $4.99 thermometer (just 1)
4. Candling equipment = 1/2 a paper towel role and the light-bulb of a lamp
5. Automatic turner = me going in and out of that incubator like it was going out of style, turning the eggs
6. Candled each egg daily, possibly even twice a day
7. Brooding bin with a brooding cape after hatch
8. Bacitracin for the navel area when they hatched
9. Q-tips to apply bacitracin
10. Spray bottle with tap water
11. Humidity stayed the same throughout whole hatch at about 50-75%
12. Temp on thermometer that was placed at the middle of the incubator always read 98 degrees Fahrenheit
13. Sterilized tweezers to help remove shell if needed
14. Screwdriver to tap an artificial external pip if needed
15. Clean linens for any reason
If I think of anything else I will post, but I went into that incubator CONSTANTLY at some intervals during the incubation in order to help the goslings, that when they got their energy were too big for the incubator and had to be moved. From start to finish I candled them when I read this article and learned about the process of candling. Having hatched MANY chickens as a child on the farm I grew up on, I figured goslings would be fun for I have a male and female Domestic Chinese Goose that I rescued about 2 years ago. Delilah (female) being to traumatized to ever want to sit on her eggs I took them myself and wanted attempted to hatch a few (total 6). After reading this forum, getting a few basic items and starting the process of to me what was going to be a small experiment of my skills and abilities, I started with 2 of my females eggs (before I got the thermometer) and the 6 afterwards. During the first two the temperature was too high (got the thermometer and it was 110 F), so I set it at 98 and started the other 6 (collecting an egg every other day from my female, got the egg, and stuck it in the incubator right away). After 12 days, had all 6 in the incubator, different hatching dates, and at different intervals could view the process of growth in the eggs through candling (so cool, showed friends, enjoyed it extremely). 100% hatch for the 6 eggs! 3 of them did it all on their own and 3 needed just a little help getting out (the bigger ones needed help, the little babies rocked their eggs apart!) All healthy, only 1 with a protruded navel, is now completely healed and has no issues, they go outside on nice days, graze, swim in the bathtub, I handled those eggs daily, did not weigh them, had no idea what I was doing, and still had a 100% (to me for after the thermometer was put in I was more prepared). Being told hatching geese was so hard I only expected a couple or few to hatch, why I started with 8 (6). After realizing all 6 took, I didn't put more in to make the 8 again, because I knew I would have my hands full with 6! And they are! Cute little peeping things, I wouldn't trade this experience for anything in the world! Will do it every year, but only with 4 eggs from now on (6 is too much). Keeping a few females for Sampson (male) so maybe they can help Delilah (female) next year sit and brood on her own eggs otherwise I know I can hatch many more through artificial incubation when I want Delilah lays TONS of eggs <3 Once again, thank you for the information but for those who are first timers, don't worry so much, for me it wasn't difficult at all and I'm sure it won't be for you either as long as you have fun!

 

[nate1the1great1]

It hatched under her fully and It was cleaning it self but I came back 10 minutes later and it was dead momma didnt do anything it was upsetting so we buried it and built a cross that had its name on it BABY G

 

[debbiegt]

It hatched under her fully and It was cleaning it self but I came back 10 minutes later and it was dead momma didnt do anything it was upsetting so we buried it and built a cross that had its name on it BABY G

So sorry. That is sad!

 

[CherokeeFlats]

Thanks Pete. Great reading. I learnt a lot!! I just got my 1st goose egg and I'm excited to hatch in the spring!! Thanks again.

 

[jbuck32]

Thankyou for some truly intelligent, factual information. Every time I incubate eggs I revisit google to find better information. I don't think I've ever read such excellent material. Thankyou so much.

 

[MelissaF]

Hello I need help. First time hatcher. I have 2 duck eggs due wednesday. This guy is alive and moving a lot but look at all this space at the bottom of the egg. The other egg is filled out at the bottom