Guide To Hatching Goslings (African Grey's)

[Waterfowllady]

Goose Hatching Guide
SOP African Grey Dewlap's
This was my first time hatching geese, I had advice and instructions from the professional breeder who the parents are from, but I am by no means an expert
Using Nurture Right 360 Incubator & Little Giant Still Air for Hatching
30 DAY INCUBATION
-Did not use Nurture Right 360 automatic turner and removed egg tray
Rubber Shelf Liner on the floor of both incubators + brooder​

• Temperature​
  • 98.5f give or take a few tenths of a degree​
  • 96.5-97f Hatching​
• Humidity​
  • 45%-60%​
  • Still experimenting with this​
  • 70%-85% Hatching​
• Turning​
  • MANUALLY, 180° twice daily​
  • Set eggs on side and mark an X and O on each side,​
  • Stopped turning at about day 28​
• Misting
  • Once a day with a fine mist​
• Hatching​
  • Eggs start off slow then hatch all at once​
  • Breached Air Sac -> Small crack in eggshell -> Slightly bigger crack -> Fully hatch at nighttime and early day​

This was my first year of having fertile eggs from my pair of African Grey geese, which are notoriously hard to incubate. The hen sat for about a week while I figured out what incubator to use and everything else because I wasn't expecting to have fertile eggs yet since Africans take a while to be fertile. The pair is now 3 years old. I had a clutch of 12 fertile eggs and a staggered hatch, since momma goose didn't start incubating once she had a full clutch she just laid eggs while on some. Because of this, I didn't track very accurately by the day, so I candled often and knew what eggs to put in the hatching incubator by their air cell. All eggs developed properly except one dud. At the moment of writing, I have 7 beautiful hatched goslings and 5 more to go. So far everything is going swimmingly and all eggs are on the right track to hatch.
Excellent Goose Egg incubation diary:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...-incubation-diary-with-pics-hatch-day.472851/
Comprehensive Guide on incubating goose eggs:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/goose-incubation-hatching-guide-completed.491013/
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Please let me know if there's anything that would be useful to add to this​

 

[the_peanut_coop]

Goose Hatching Guide
SOP African Grey Dewlap's
This was my first time hatching geese, I had advice and instructions from the professional breeder who the parents are from, but I am by no means an expert
Using Nurture Right 360 Incubator & Little Giant Still Air for Hatching
30 DAY INCUBATION
-Did not use Nurture Right 360 automatic turner and removed egg tray
Rubber Shelf Liner on the floor of both incubators + brooder​

• Temperature​
  • 98.5f give or take a few tenths of a degree​
  • 96.5-97f Hatching​
• Humidity​
  • 45%-60%​
  • Still experimenting with this​
  • 70%-85% Hatching​
• Turning​
  • MANUALLY, 180° twice daily​
  • Set eggs on side and mark an X and O on each side,​
  • Stopped turning at about day 28​
• Misting
  • Once a day with a fine mist​
• Hatching​
  • Eggs start off slow then hatch all at once​
  • Breached Air Sac -> Small crack in eggshell -> Slightly bigger crack -> Fully hatch at nighttime and early day​

This was my first year of having fertile eggs from my pair of African Grey geese, which are notoriously hard to incubate. The hen sat for about a week while I figured out what incubator to use and everything else because I wasn't expecting to have fertile eggs yet since Africans take a while to be fertile. The pair is now 3 years old. I had a clutch of 12 fertile eggs and a staggered hatch, since momma goose didn't start incubating once she had a full clutch she just laid eggs while on some. Because of this, I didn't track very accurately by the day, so I candled often and knew what eggs to put in the hatching incubator by their air cell. All eggs developed properly except one dud. At the moment of writing, I have 7 beautiful hatched goslings and 5 more to go. So far everything is going swimmingly and all eggs are on the right track to hatch.
Excellent Goose Egg incubation diary:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...-incubation-diary-with-pics-hatch-day.472851/
Comprehensive Guide on incubating goose eggs:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/goose-incubation-hatching-guide-completed.491013/
[Adding Pictures Later]
Please let me know if there's anything that would be useful to add to this​

Great info, maybe you should make an article!