Here we go again - I'm hatching more goslings!!

[Iain Utah]

and weight them if you can before you start... it can give valuable information later

X2!!

 

[Chikn-Chik]

If you poke a hole, make sure your humidity is up to 75%.... otherwise, you will surely shrink wrap babies.  Please let us know what you see!

Ok, I did one of them and the baby was already dead and shrinkwrapped. I feel so bad right now

 

[vickifiveoh]

and weight them if you can before you start... it can give valuable information later

I weighed all of them and wrote the weight on the eggs. Also, the date I set them.

 

[Iain Utah]

Ok, I did one of them and the baby was already dead and shrinkwrapped. I feel so bad right now

OK.... Time to get busy with the egg you hope is still alive. You will need to have warm water, qtips, cuticle scissors, and tweezers. Work fast to open egg. Wet shrink wrap down with damp qtip.... then work qtip under between baby and membrane to loosen. You need to get the beak and nares free asap!!!!!!

 

[Iain Utah]

Chik... I'm on standby to help if you find any babies still hanging on!!

 

[Iain Utah]

Another thing... try to not remove the bottom on the end of the egg... open it up so that it looks like a cradle... so the baby cannot prematurely exit bottom half of egg.

Here's a pic of me freeing beak/nares on shrink wrapped goslings:

 

[Chikn-Chik]

Chik... I'm on standby to help if you find any babies still hanging on!! 

Ok thank you so much! I'm doing the ones in my incubator right now, should I also check the ones out that's in the nest?

 

[Iain Utah]

Absolutely! Start with the ones you think may still have a chance!!! Time is critical!!!

 

[Iain Utah]

And add another soaked hot water paper towel to bator. You will want your humidity to be at 80%.

 

[Chikn-Chik]

Ok, sad to say that none of the eggs from my incubator made it.. time to head to the nest!