Incubating geese questions

[Lapaysannefarm]

Hi this is my first time incubating geese eggs (and my first post on this forum), I have 7 geese eggs and 2 duck eggs that I put in the incubator on February 23, I think the eggs already developed a little before I put them in, the mother goose had started laying on them when I sneaked them to the incubator. They are on day 7-8. I have gotten mixed responses on this, but how high should the humidity be??
I don't have a hydromometer so i've been adding water in every evening and morning.

I've candled them and they all have a small air cell except for one of the goose eggs.

I turn them 4 times daily, I think they are developing correctly. As I said before, they had been under the mother goose for one or two days.

How many days into incubation do you think they are? I can see a bit of veining but the egg shell is very thick.




Thanks!

 

[pete55]

Hello and WELCOME to the forum. Let me dig out some links for you that will help you. Your humidity may be excessive and you need to buy a humidity guage (a cheap one from a garden centre will do) to give you some better idea. What is your temperature and try to turn your eggs an odd number of times a day 3 or 5 would be ok.

Pete

 

[pete55]

Hi

Here are the links you may find useful;

1. - A diary of egg development so you can compare your eggs and estimate incubation time.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/...toulouse-incubation-diary-with-pics-hatch-day

2. - An Incubation Guide.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/491013/goose-incubation-hatching-guide-completed

3. - A Guide to Humidity.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/632744/guide-to-humidity-and-weighing-in-incubation


Good luck with your eggs.

Pete

 

[Lapaysannefarm]

Thank you!

My thermometer reads that it is 99 degrees

I will try to get a humidity gauge, how high should it be? I've heard 40-50% humidity and I've heard 55-65%. What percentage do you use?


Thanks again, Sophie

 

[CelticOaksFarm]

Sophie, read all of the links Pete have you. He has given you the best guidance with those links for incubating. As he said you need to go get a humidity gauge, and have you calibrated your thermometer before using the incubator? That way you know it is reading accurately.

 

[Lapaysannefarm]

I've looked over all the links and printed a few of them out

I have two thermometers in the incubator, and they both read the same tempature.

I found a humidity gauge and it reads 55-60% humidity, is that okay??


Thanks!

 

[pete55]

Your temperature is fine at 99F but humidity should be 40-50%.

 

[Lapaysannefarm]

Okay thank you for your links and helpful information much appreciated