Incubating American Buff Goose Egg Questions?

[jimlas]

Well, I have joined the many people incubating goose eggs this year,and boy am I excited.
I am using shipped eggs, as there is nobody that I know of here in New Hampshire that raises the American Buff goose.
Anyway, I candled the first three that I set 5 days ago, and at least one was definitely fertile but the other two are really hard to get a good look at.
I will wait a couple more days and candle again.

My question is should I be misting them once a day now or wait until I am further along.
The air cells look fine in this batch. I did have 5 others, same breed, shipped as well. They were set three days ago.
Only one of the air cells looked like it might be loose a little. Not bad. Not sure if I should prop it up a little.
I am only using Little Giant incubators so I feel if I propped it up then it would be getting different temperatures throughout the egg??

Does anyone else have shipped goose eggs in a bator right now?

Thanks so much )

 

[scratch'n'peck]

If you haven't checked out this incubation guide yet, it might have the answer: https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/491013/goose-incubation-hatching-guide-completed

 

[jimlas]

I did, thank you )

I just checked for fertility tonight and at least two are fertile out of the first three I set from Washington state ( day 7 ), and 4 out of the 5 that I got from Florida are fertile, ( day 4 )
I am so excited! I knew the fifth egg from Florida probably wouldn't be fertile as it is very small compared to the other 4. I think it was stuck in as an extra, but came from a young goose. I only bought 4 anyway,
I'll give those two undecided a few more days to make sure.

This is going to be a long month )

I really need to know how long the American Buffs incubate for though so I know when to lock down. I am having a hard time to find info on this specific breed.