Incubating Goose Eggs using Little Giant 9200 Still Air- Cross Posted

[Pudge]

Well, I put my instructions in a place I wouldn't forget.. problem is.. I forgot.

I had a 85%hatch rate last year. I misted and cooled after day 5 until day 26.

My questions is with the still air what temp do you set for halfway up the egg? I want to use the temp on the listed instructions for geese that came with it like I did last year. I am having a blond moment.

any help would be very appreciated.
I cross posted this in the geese forum.

 

[twigg]

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99.5F

It's often easier to measure at the top of the egg, but for goose eggs the temp needed would be higher than for chickens (the eggs are bigger)

Can you get a forced air kit, or adapt a PC fan for this incubator .... it would make your job easier. You are already having a hard time because small, still air incubators are hard to maintain at a high humidity than are large, forced air ones.

 

[Pudge]

I had really good luck last year after I read online that still air can be better for goose eggs. I am thinking of getting a forced air as well to give it a test run. I have 4 incubators and hatch quite a few of the little monsters last year along w/chicks and guineas.

 

[twigg]

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lol .... you can read lots of things online

Still air incubators have been used with some success for a long time. They do require stable conditions and an almost perfect set up.

They also require ppl to accept that a 70% or lower, hatch rate, is acceptable.

They are cheap tho. People cling on to old ideas for some reason. I get that they work, but when they were designed, better alternatives were not readily available. They are now, and are generally superior in every way.