This is from the a page on my website,
http://www.freewebs.com/sundownwaterfowl/toulousegeeseinfo.htm ,
Hatching Preparation
Before incubation, I make sure that all of my incubation equiptment is properly disinfected. I use a solution of water and
Brinsea Incubation Disinfectant to disinfect my equiptment. I put the solution into a spray bottle and mist down my incubator, thermometers, the slats that hold the eggs, and my new sponge for humidity. I also dip the eggs in the disinfectant before I put them into the incubator.
To order the
Brinsea Incubation Disinfectant you can go to
http://www.brinsea.com/default.aspx That is the offical
Brinsea website.
Temperature
When hatching goose eggs the temperature needs be at 37.4-37.6 degrees celsius.
Humidity
The humidity should be 50-55% during days 1-26. On day 27 when the eggs are 3 days away from hatching the humidity needs to be around 75%. A hint to keep the humidty up for hatching is to take a brand new clean sponge and soak it with warm-hot water, then put that in the incubator. The sponge keeps the humidity high.
Turning
The goose eggs need to be turned and odd number of times a day from day 1 to day 26. On day 27 of incubation you must stop turning the eggs. The goslings are moving around in the egg getting in the position to hatch. Rotating the egg during this time will confuse the gosling.
Misting and cooling the egg
Starting on day 4 and ending on day 26 you must take the top off the incubator and let the egg cool for 15 miniutes. Sometime during that cool down the egg must be sprayed with warm water.
Hatching
Around day 28-30 when the gosling begins to hatch you must not open the incubator. Opening the incubator lets out the humidity and the gosling can become stuck in the shell. Let the gosling stay in the incubator for 24 hours until it fluffs up before moving it to the brooder.
