Goslings of 2014 Hatch-a-long

[stablegrunt]

I'm not only new to hatching eggs but how to maneuver correctly on the forum. Please excuse my awkward posting. Im not sure if I've done it correctly...I really want Sebastopols. I purchased an r-com pro 20 incubator and my first five shipped eggs..they arrived in terrible condition and none made it. I read up about detached air cells etc. it said its best to incubate the eggs upright after no turning for 7 days. So I bought a brinsea octagon 20. Now to my question... I've had the sebastopol eggs upright, no turning for 7 days. They were put in the bator march 27th . I've been gently rotating by hand today, Should I keep them upright and start the auto turn in the brinsea? Or place them on their side in the r-com with auto turn? I candled them and not really sure if any are good or not. One seems clear The others have "something" but not the distinct veining your photos (posted by Pete on another thread) show at 7 days. More like what they show at 3-4 days? Any info is appreciated!! I really want some Sebastopols and have had the hardest time getting them. Commercial hatchery goslings don't seem to be of very nice quality and the breeders either don't ship or such limited quantities I keep missing out! Thank you!!

 

[Miss HennyPenny]

Hi. Sorry about the trouble you've had. I'm fairly new to incubating to. I've just put my 3rd batch of shipped eggs in the incubator. I have a Janoel24. I have been putting them in upright (in the base of an egg box with a hole punched through the bottom with a pencil for ventilation) with a very slight tilt with an X and O on opposite sides and turning them 180° 3 times a day. By about 2 weeks in they are stable enough to lay flat and let the auto turner do the work. This has worked so far with my limited experience!

Anyone else feel free to step in and correct me. I may have a better hatch!

 

[livininbrazil]

Well, Henny, I reckon one egg into incubator and one gozzie out of it is pretty good goinjg!!!!!!

 

[Miss HennyPenny]

Well, Henny, I reckon one egg into incubator and one gozzie out of it is pretty good goinjg!!!!!!

Smug mode!

 

[servpolice]

I have a gosling e

More pictures once she has fluffed up!

Little female

 

[servpolice]

Oh and brazil i will get those 2 points haha

 

[servpolice]

well the egg in my incubator has internally pipped and its cheeping so it will pip today

 

[servpolice]

its the egg in the corner thats going to pip away from all the others kinda

 

[livininbrazil]

Smug mode!

Oh and brazil i will get those 2 points haha

What confidence!!! So did you give yourself 2 points when you said 8 was a boy? And then a girl?

Maybe you have one of those masculine females?
I´ll have to go back and track down those posts of the gozzies that I took pics of and see if you guessed right on any of them...

Some of them are now so butch..big body, big head...others are so feminine, but there are still those in the middle that I´ve not quite made up my mind about...so I´ll see how many points you gained on those that I know about.

 

[livininbrazil]

well the egg in my incubator has internally pipped and its cheeping so it will pip today

Wonderful!