Incubating Help

[anniele27]

the below post has already been answered, I'm now in the process of my duckies hatching and need help with them! go to my last post please!!

I need to know if my eggs are fertile!!

I have embden geese and a variety of ducks that have been laying a lot of eggs. None of my birds have shown any interest in nesting so I thought I would try to incubate 5 duck and 5 geese eggs for fun! It is day 13 of incubation and i've candled them again today. All of my duck eggs show obvious signs of growth and veining. I know i shouldnt wash the eggs so i didn't but the duck eggs were laid in a very clean area. My geese laid in mud and though i wiped them a little bit, they're still kinda hard to see through. I can't tell what is veins or what is speckles on the outside of the egg. When i looked at the incubating waterfowl guide my 13 days in ones looked like her 4 days in ones. I can for sure see the yolk to one side and red inside of it i just can't tell if its veining or not.

Should I leave them in or what?

 

[Amiga]

Hi!

My first thought is that someone on the Goose Forum may be able to help you. Many folks here also have geese, but I would still try the goose forum.

 

[anniele27]

Okay I will try that! They just usually don't reply as fast!

 

[Icravepoultry]

Mhttp://www.metzerfarms.com/Candling.cfm?CustID=4252156etzerfarms.com/candlingeggs
I think this is the right page

 

[anniele27]

Thank you that was super helpful! It looks as if only one of my geese eggs for sure made it but I'm not positive about the rest because none of them are really yellow like the picture shows... if i leave them in there and they didn't make it is that bad?

 

[Icravepoultry]

And those are ducks which develop faster so you should be good

 

[anniele27]

okay i need help again!!! its day 24 and three of my 5 duck eggs have pipped!!!! i hadnt started lockdown yet or increased humidity or anything! I did now but they pretty far pipped and I'm worried that by not noticing sooner I may have caused them their life! I can hear one peeping for sure and I can see (through the viewing part) it cracking through the shell! what do i do here though? Will increasing humidity and slightly decreasing temperature hurt the chances of the ones that haven't pipped yet? They're still alive, i can see them moving in their shells when candled! Also how do i increase humidity enough to 70%?

 

[anniele27]

that is the one that is for sure making noise and I'm watching it poke the egg

 

[perchead]

I would definitely increase humidity and be patient ducks and geese hatch a bit slower than chicks

 

[anniele27]

I would definitely increase humidity and be patient ducks and geese hatch a bit slower than chicks

okay! how can i increase it? its only at 50 right now