Please help need info on egg incubation

[Shiloh Acres]

Glad you found it.

I've also read recent discussions on here of folks that abandoned the daily cooling because they forgot to return the eggs. I think the general consensus is that you can hatch them without cooling each day. I know that would be me -- I'd get to doing something else and forget.

 

[Emmalion]

I have it in with with the duck eggs. I made a little holder for it to keep it in the turner and it has its own turning rack thing. duct tape really does do everything. I folded a piece on its self and wrapped it the long way around from top to bottom so it wont fall out. Also added a fan to the bator too. I hope to at the very least get my ducks to hatch. I have no idea where the goose will live just yet lol

 

[Shiloh Acres]

If it hatches, then it will be a little younger than the ducks.

You might get lucky and be able to keep a Toulouse with a group of Pekins. Especially if it's a goose and not a gander, so as to reduce breeding-season issues. It has worked for lots of folks. I've just never raised them together before, so my ducks and geese have always kept to themselves.

If you have only a single goose, that would be better for the goose in fact. They don't do well alone.

 

[Emmalion]

Yeah this was not a planned thing that is for sure. Maybe it will think its a duck

Do you know if I could lay the egg down on the turner rack and secure it with a belt and it still be "turned" that way. Someone said they do better laying down. I just don't know

 

[Shiloh Acres]

Hopefully someone with incubator experience will see your question ... But I'd think they do better on their sides since that's pretty much the way the goose does it.

 

[Whiskey Bay]

I just hatched my first batch of goose eggs someone gave me.I have cabinet incubators,so I just fabricated a way to keep them still laying on their sides(obviously tilting sidewards,not top to bottom)...I ran them same temp and humidity as chickens,but on day 28 they started hatching out.Day 29 I had 9 out of 13 that made it to lockdown hatched.Lost one during hatch and3 left to hatch? Still have 4 in the bator though,because they were not as far along as the others....still movement that i could see,but not fully developed.Everything I could find when I was looking said 28-33/34 days.

 

[carmeninthecountry]

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wow thanks for posting this I have 3 in the incubator and they have been in for about 3 weeks... they were gave to me so I thought I would try... Thanks for posting I am wonderng the same thing

 

[lostsoulhelpmejebus]

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You DID NOT do the cool down or spraying of eggs? Just want to be clear.