Let's have a gosling hatchalong!

[kuntrygirl]

Korie? Oh my gosh, she thinks she rules the world. She can't figure out why I spend any time talking to goslings when I could be playing with her *lol* No recent pics -- she never slows down long enough to take one.

So cute!!!!!!!!! Now I want a puppy!!!!!

 

[kuntrygirl]

Ok. Great. Thank you very much for the quick reply.

Did you candle them to see if they had internally pipped before putting them into lock down? I don't move mine to the hatcher till they are tapping the shell trying to pip externally. That way, I have a pretty decent idea when to expect a gosling.

I put an egg into lockdown yesterday and it was externally pipped by last night. The gosling made some progress today, but not as much as I would like. So, I will check it in a bit and if it hasn't gotten any further, quickly remove it from the incubator and assess the situation. If their is still blood in the membrane, I will moisten it and put the egg back into the hatcher....making sure the humidity is over 80% to keep the membrane from drying out on me.

No, I did not candle. I wouldn't know what to do as far as checking to look for internal pipping. I am sooooooooo new at incubating. This is only my 2nd year using an incubator. I hope that I didn't mess up by not doing this. The humidity was at 60%. Do I need to get it higher?

 

[kuntrygirl]

My gosling baby \

OOoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo. I am so jealous!!!!!!!!!!!!! BEAUTIFUL !!!! I WANT ONE !!!!!!!!!

 

[Dwen]

My gosling baby \

This is a gosling? It looks looked like an emu chick to me.


By the way, one of my geese went broody, and we're one week into incubation!!
.....but that also means I still have a whole month until goslings.

 

[paul tennant]

No, I did not candle. I wouldn't know what to do as far as checking to look for internal pipping. I am sooooooooo new at incubating. This is only my 2nd year using an incubator. I hope that I didn't mess up by not doing this. The humidity was at 60%. Do I need to get it higher?

Mrs Magoo I'm in a similar position, we can hear two chicks out of six eggs tweeting, we candleld last night and all eggs appear fine but I would not know if they had internal pipped or not. I'm assuming that as we can hear them they have. I've increased HR to 72% (Embden eggs in a Brinsea 20 incubator) would you recommend increase it to 80%.

Sorry for being a thick Brit

 

[spish]

ive never incubated goose eggs and have a bunch here ready to set... so would like some pointers please....
i have a few questions...

do i need to wash the eggs first? (they are pretty dirty with dried on mud/muck)
do they have to lie on their side in the incubator or can i stand them up on one end? (then i could fit more in...) i'm using an octogan 20 eco, and an octogan 20 older model...
do they take 28 or 35 days? im finding conflicting 'times', when would i know to stop turning them?
do i need to spray them with water???
ive also read about 'cooling off' times for goose eggs (15mins per day ?)

can i put goose eggs in an incubator with Turkey eggs?


thanks in advance

 

[DaisyMeadow]

RiverGoddess,

What kind of chick is that really? It's so beautiful!

 

[DaisyMeadow]

Woke up to my first Embden gosling, all dried out and fluffy. Out of 6 eggs, one is already in the brooder, three have pipped, and one has almost completely zipped. Only one egg appears to not be doing anything. I also got 9 khaki campbell ducklings and too many chicks to count.

I know there's all kinds of processes and superstitions to hatching goslings. But I didn't light any incense, chant any mantras or turn them all toward the birthplace off all poultry. I just treated them like my chicken eggs. I put them in a low-end still air tabletop incubator, refilled the water when it was getting low, and turned them by hand every morning and every evening. I couldn't be happier with the progress so far as I only bought 6 eggs to begin with.

 

[Miss Lydia]

Woke up to my first Embden gosling, all dried out and fluffy. Out of 6 eggs, one is already in the brooder, three have pipped, and one has almost completely zipped. Only one egg appears to not be doing anything. I also got 9 khaki campbell ducklings and too many chicks to count.

I know there's all kinds of processes and superstitions to hatching goslings. But I didn't light any incense, chant any mantras or turn them all toward the birthplace off all poultry. I just treated them like my chicken eggs. I put them in a low-end still air tabletop incubator, refilled the water when it was getting low, and turned them by hand every morning and every evening. I couldn't be happier with the progress so far as I only bought 6 eggs to begin with.

Congrats!! pics soon I hope.

 

[refamat]

Sorry only one goslings, but congrats on the ducklings! What kind?


Congrats and best of luck! What kind of goslings?

I'll be trying to incubate some...muscovy ducklings, 24 of them so far