Prolonged Incubation time for Goose Eggs

[GMacQ]

Good Evening to all foul enthusiasts....

I am currently incubating Greylag eggs. I started with 10 eggs, of which 4 have successfully hatched and are now 7 - 9 days old (having hatched between days 27 -29). The 5th egg died at the last stage of hatching.
My question is with the remaining 5 eggs. I have been patiently sitting with a stethoscope listening to the eggs and I am certain that I can hear pecking from within. Today is the 36th day in the incubator and I remain hopeful as I have read of goslings hatching on the 37th day.

Can anyone advise!!!!!!!!

Any information and/or words of encouragement would be greatly appreciated.

Regards,

Graham

 

[TwoCrows]

Welcome to BYC!

Congrats on the hatch! As for the remaining eggs, I have never hatched geese before. So you might want to post this question in or Geese section for those goose experts...

https://www.backyardchickens.com/f/47/geese

Good luck with the rest of the hatch and welcome to our flock!

 

[GMacQ]

Many Thanks. Shall do that now..

 

[Kelsie2290]

Hello and Welcome To BYC! Good luck with the hatch, TwoCrows gave you the link for the Goose section.

 

[BantamFan4Life]

Welcome to BYC! Glad you joined us!

 

[sourland]

Graham, welcome to BYC. Good luck with those eggs. Is there any reason that the incubation period on them should be extended?

 

[gander007]

My longest was 42 days and the egg was marked so I do know how long it took .....

 

[GMacQ]

The only reason I cn give is that we hd a power cut on the 19th day for about 6 -7 hrs. However, I am uncertain if this could be cause as the other eggs hatched mor or less on time.

 

[liz9910]

Welcome to BYC! Best of luck with your eggs

 

[Liberty Farm]

First Time goose egg hatcher.

Well, that is good to know because two of mine (second batch) are at day 28 and they look like they are at day 18. I just have the first two (first batch) hatch fine so the incubate is working fine, because they were right on time at day 29, so was a bit concerned with these two (second batch) as they are lagging behind. I candled them and they are still moving, just not very dark on one side.

Michael