- Jun 22, 2011
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Hi everyone,
Today I was given about 14 goose eggs. They are AfricanXEmbden covered by an Embden gander, there was also a Pilgrim goose in the pen too but we are not sure if she has laid any eggs. We are not sure how old the eggs are, I got some that look a little bit older and some that look like they were laid more recently. The lady that I got them from recently had her house burn down and hadn't been pulling any of the eggs, just going by to feed and water the animals. She was going to blow out the eggs and decorate them. She said that she hadn't been turning them but I am sure that mama goose has been. A few of the eggs are a bit dirty and have some dried yolk on them, should I wash them or just scrape it off?
I am planning on putting about 4 of the eggs or what ever will fit under one of my little bantam cochin hens that decided to go broody again 4 days ago. She has hatched out little birds for me before. I was told that I still need to mist the eggs daily and that seems like what I will do.
As far as the rest of the eggs I have an old Hovabator still air incubator. I originally got it for hatching out snakes so I will be hand turning. I live in the desert and don't have a hygrometer so I have no way of measuring humidity, so what I am wondering is
1)Do I need to fill up one or both channels full of water in addition to the daily mistings and when I go into lockdown add wet sphagnum moss or wet rags to bump up the humidity? Or???
2) What temps to you recommend I run it at since it is a still air? I have read varying reports and currently have it set at 99.5 although I haven't put any eggs in it yet. I'm getting ready to weigh, mark and candle them.
3) Is there anything that I need to keep an eye out considering that they are mixed breed geese? I'm just happy I'm might have some geese to help keep people from knocking on my front door, since they ignore the beware of dog, do not disturb and no trespassing signs.
Thank you.
Today I was given about 14 goose eggs. They are AfricanXEmbden covered by an Embden gander, there was also a Pilgrim goose in the pen too but we are not sure if she has laid any eggs. We are not sure how old the eggs are, I got some that look a little bit older and some that look like they were laid more recently. The lady that I got them from recently had her house burn down and hadn't been pulling any of the eggs, just going by to feed and water the animals. She was going to blow out the eggs and decorate them. She said that she hadn't been turning them but I am sure that mama goose has been. A few of the eggs are a bit dirty and have some dried yolk on them, should I wash them or just scrape it off?
I am planning on putting about 4 of the eggs or what ever will fit under one of my little bantam cochin hens that decided to go broody again 4 days ago. She has hatched out little birds for me before. I was told that I still need to mist the eggs daily and that seems like what I will do.
As far as the rest of the eggs I have an old Hovabator still air incubator. I originally got it for hatching out snakes so I will be hand turning. I live in the desert and don't have a hygrometer so I have no way of measuring humidity, so what I am wondering is
1)Do I need to fill up one or both channels full of water in addition to the daily mistings and when I go into lockdown add wet sphagnum moss or wet rags to bump up the humidity? Or???
2) What temps to you recommend I run it at since it is a still air? I have read varying reports and currently have it set at 99.5 although I haven't put any eggs in it yet. I'm getting ready to weigh, mark and candle them.
3) Is there anything that I need to keep an eye out considering that they are mixed breed geese? I'm just happy I'm might have some geese to help keep people from knocking on my front door, since they ignore the beware of dog, do not disturb and no trespassing signs.
Thank you.
