Please help need info on egg incubation

[Emmalion]

I just received a dewlap african goose egg in the mail with my Pekin duck egg order.

I have no idea how to incubate it I know how to incubate the duck eggs but no idea about this goose egg.

Please any info would be great. Like temps, humidity, how long they need to be incubated and their lockdown day. Also turning I have an auto turner that isnt big enough for this egg to really fit into without falling out is there any way I can secure it without hurting the egg? I will take out some of the trays so it will have room to rock.

Thanks in advance I wasn't expecting to have a goose but hey what the hell right?

 

[tallyho]

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Me too! I need info...I have hatched chicken eggs and I run low humidity until day 18, about 35 - 40%. Then at lockdown I bump it up to 60-65%. And temps always at 99.5% Will that work with gooses? And my hatches are right at 21 days. How do geese compare?

 

[Emmalion]

I will share any info I come across with you if I find any. So far the #1 google search comes here to a listing in the AH lol

 

[Emmalion]

So far I found
Eggs hatch in 30-32 days.
Another site http://www.ogpbb.com/accessories/incubation-guide/incubation-period-of-birds.html says 22-30 temp same as chicks 99.5

Still looking

 

[Shiloh Acres]

FWIW, I have found and shared this link on incubating goose eggs: http://www.fao.org/DOCREP/005/Y4359E/y4359e0a.htm

It does give a lot of details. I can't really comment since I've always let the geese do it. I WAS trying desperately to get an incubator for some extra eggs this year since many geese initially shared the same nest, and I ended up giving a dozen to someone with an incubator to hatch. I have another 4 that need incubating as well, but no experience with it myself. Hope it works out for you! There are lots of posts here, if you read, and I believe it is also addressed on the sticky thread under hatching in the main hatching forum.

 

[tallyho]

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Ok, looking at this it seems that chickens and geese require the same temp and humidity. Just differing days of incubation.

 

[Shiloh Acres]

Geese should be incubated at a higher humidity than chickens are typically ... Is what I have always heard.

 

[Emmalion]

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As well with the duck eggs. They seem to follow the same guidelines as for temp and humidity. I will search the stickies again for duck info and geese info.

 

[Emmalion]

I just heard from another member on here who hatches their eggs.

They said they take 30-35 days

 

[Emmalion]

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