How long does is this hatching going to take??

[CelticOaksFarm]

Gator when you remove her from the nest can you lock her out of the pen where the nest is? Will keep your backside safe while nest raiding.

 

[Rosebud 18]

This is my first year for hatching geese and I was so suprised that the eggs were fertile. Now I don't know what I'm going to do with them. I'm sorry yours haven't hatched.

 

[Gator113]

Will do....

 

[Gator113]

Well folks, this is crazy and I do not know what to do.

At 5:30 this morning, the mama goose woke me up with her chattering. She was off her nest and chatting away. I opened the window and found the stench of rotten egg. I had planed on taking the eggs way today as this is the 38th day. It was an event, but we did manage to get her and her gosling away from her nest.

We discovered a dead, yet partially hatched baby. We hadn't been in any hurry because we just assumed that the eggs were all bad. After seeing the dead guy I cracked open one of the other eggs. MUCH to my surprise, it was not rotten and it contained a seemingly fully developed baby.

We smelled each egg and found one that was indeed rotten.

By now we had already moved the mom and her baby and provided her new nesting. She had been off her eggs for about an hour, perhaps as much as 90 minutes. Not knowing what to do and thinking that these eggs might still be viable, we placed them in the new nest. Mom went into the dog crate and sat near the eggs, not on them. She has been in the crate for about 30 minutes and she's not sitting on the eggs.

Generally, HOW LONG can a mom be off her eggs before they are no longer viable?

Is this over? Is it a lost cause and should I just toss the eggs?

We own a used incubator that we have never used.... should we give it a shot or is it too late?

 

[Gator113]

Could you please look at #14... I need more advise, soon.

 

[CelticOaksFarm]

Gator, you can try candling the eggs and placing those left in the incubator and see if any more will hatch.

 

[jenlynn4]

I couldnt hurt to put them in the incubator as long as they arent stinky...If you can get a mini mag flash light you can candle them pretty easily to see if you can see any movement. thats what I use and it works great. 6 bucks at walmart and they come with batteries!

 

[frenchdeb]

Hello there
I have been reading your thread with interest because we have a toulouse goose who has been sitting for about 37 days without any sign of a gosling, so wondered how your story ended?
This is our first time with geese, we inherited them with our house!
Would really appreciate any advice as to what to do. She is in a purpose built goose house, which we haven't been near because of the agressive gander guarding her!
Will she just leave the nest of her own accord if nothing happens?

Looking forward to your reply, thank you very much.

Deborah

 

[Rosebud 18]

If its been over 31 days I would toss them but thats just me. Mine started hatching on the 28th day and 3 days later I tossed the remaining 6 and they were all rotten.