MissPrissy>gosse egg incubation info

[MissPrissy]

It says to spray the eggs with a bacteriacide when they are set in the hatcher. It doesn't say what kind though.

Help!

deeszoo - what kind of disinfectant?

 

[greyfields]

I use the same one I use to wash eggs in... a USDA food grade sanitizer.

 

[deeszoo]

The food grade sanitizer would work great, too. My friend that raises waterfowl professionally uses a very mild bleach solution. You could also use Oxine or Vanodine. I have a friend that swears by each of those, too! LOL!

My waterfowl raising friend is the one that recommended the cooling process to me. I just know that I went from dismal hatch rates to 80% (and more) when I started cooling. And though the hatching guidelines that Diana posted are excellent, I would change around the days that are cooled. It is better to cool the embryos later in the incubation, rather than earlier. That is in my humble experience and per the advice I have been given. I am not an expert at anything.

As far as humidity - my friend also recommends the dry hatch method, rather than higher humidity. He says to watch your air cells closely, and if they are not shrinking, your humidity is too high. And getting the eggs too wet at the end can drown the little ones as they try to hatch. I did that to a couple of batches. You do need to raise the humidity a bit at the end. My friend recommends a small sandwich size container of water in the large incubators. If you don't open the incubator during hatching, the humidity will raise with moisture being released from the eggs.

And, as far as the cooling off period not being proven - I don't know what to say. You could try it. It worked for me. Geese get off their nests and stay off longer than chickens do. I have watched them. They seem to almost forget they are brooding - then finally go back. If you try it and it works - great!! If not, then don't do it again. Experimenting with what works best is the best way to learn.

There is also controversy on turning the eggs, especially as frequently as a turner does. This is about chickens AND waterfowl. What that says to me is that you have to learn what is best for you!! One time one of my turners broke and I didn't notice it at first, but then it had been a while so I left it. Just curious. I had the same hatch rate as the ones that were being turned.

Horizontal is best for waterfowl eggs, as in the article.

DeAnna

PS> Read Diana's info whenever she shares it and learn from it. She is like a walking encyclopedia of information about poultry. She is a doll!

 

[ducktails]

I am awaiting 6 brown chinese goose eggs at the present. They were mailed from Texas two days ago and were suppose to stay at the post office until I picked them up. Something went wrong with the shipping and they have been riding around in the mail truck all day. It is 20 degrees here in MD and I am worried. We will be so disappointed if nothing hatches after all of this. I just bought an octagon 20 incubator and can't wait for a couple of geese. It is so wonderful when they imprint on you.

 

[vicki2x2]

<<The food grade sanitizer would work great, too. My friend that raises waterfowl professionally uses a very mild bleach solution. You could also use Oxine or Vanodine. I have a friend that swears by each of those, too! LOL! >>

I am thinking of hatching some geese eggs in the near future, so I have been taking notes! Where would I find these sanitizers? Or if I used the bleach solution, what would you recommend, like 1/20 dilution with plain water?

Also I think you said the eggs did better horizontally, so no egg turner, correct? How often do they need to be turned?

Thanks!!

Vicki

 

[MissPrissy]

I have looked today and could not find the disinfectants listed here where I live.

I put the eggsin the bator this morning, scared to leave them out any longer.

The muck and dried hay and stuff would not brush off of them.

Would an experienced hatcher tell me if I can still mix a mild solution of bleach and water to clean them off with tonight or in the morning? Is it too late?

Seriously, they have straw dried to them that won't scrape off with a potato brush.

 

[ladybug4ut1]

i am so glad for this post...i set six goose eggs on Monday night and i am learning too...mine are filfy too...they are in a r com so we will see how they do.....i started misting them yesterday after reading the post...so we will see together if they hatch...i bought mine at an auction on Sat. night

 

[dlhunicorn]

I have read to lightly sand the gunk off... I imagine with one of those "sponge" (finer grain) sanding "sponges" (this is easier to use on curved surfaces)...do not mist till you have "sanded" them "clean". I read that this afternoon when looking for that other info for you MP... I will have a look today for some more links for you but am sure about the sanding info...I thought it odd at the time when I read it (which is why I remember it now) but I kept running across that same advice when the articles dealt with duck/goose eggs.

 

[MissPrissy]

Our internet has been out this morning so I am running behind.

I am going out to get a new scrub sponge and a scott brite pad.

I wonder if I need fine grain sand paper

 

[deeszoo]

Oxine can be found here:

http://www.poultrysupplies.com/index_files/page0016.htm

Here is a place to find Vanadine:

http://www.barbibrownsbunnies.com/fam30.htm (Get the V-18 not the FAM30)

DeAnna