MISS PRISSY Hatching goose eggs...ANY HELP

MissPrissy will surely respond on the best way to do it. She mentioned some of the same things you are with the letting the egg cool down and spray with water. let's see what she says.

 

I would also love to hear the answers to those questions. I am in the process of purchasing an incubator to hatch goose eggs. My geese are laying eggs like crazy. It's too many for them to sit on. I am very interested in learning as much as I can before I get my incubator.

 

I had posted a link and let me find it to post. I am sure it can help a great deal.

 

Here, try this

http://www.msstate.edu/dept/poultry/hatch.htm#inc

 

Oh, and this too!

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=35454

 

Sorry! I just saw this.

Here is what I did -

Day 1 - 4 do not touch them. Humidity 65%. temp 99.5 in circulated air incubator.

Day 4 - candle them because I cannot stand it any more (LOL)

Every day from Day 4-26 - 15 min cool down, spray with warm water, turn 5 times a day, candle them at night when I open the baor for the cool down.

Day 27 - hatch - Stop turning. Continue to cool down and spray eggs. Raise humidity to 85%. wait and chew nails and worry and wonder.

Pip - Do NOT open the bator. Wait. Wait. Wait.

They can go 28 - 35 days before an actual hatch happens.

I hope this helps.

I have duck eggs going now - Day 5.

 

I treated mine goose eggs just like the chickens. I have three sebs walking around the brooder right now and a Buff American pipped and hatching. I have heard about the spraying and cooling off, but always forget