QUESTION ON GOOSE INCUBATION!

[muscovy94]

Hey yall I have 2 quick questions i would like to ask. my first question is, when you cool the eggs once a day, do you just open the bator or do take the eggs completely out?


and my second question is, what is the proper humidity for incubating goose eggs?

Thanks.

 

[muscovy94]

anyone?

 

[MissPrissy]

I open the incubator and use that time to candle them and mist them.

 

[banter]

I kept my 'bator running because it was SO hard to maintain it's temp. I just took out the eggs for 10-15 minuets and placed them on a damp towel. I sprinkled them with warm water when I placed them back. You don't need to start to do that until day four or five.

 

[deerman]

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Do the same, use warm water.

 

[muscovy94]

ok thanks everyone, but what should the hygrometer read?

 

[MissPrissy]

I kept mine at around 65% for the first 25 days then boosted it to 85% until hatch. Don't rush it though. Geese can pip on day 28 and not actually hatch until Day 32+.

 

[muscovy94]

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ok thanks. Oh and i know this is a little off topic, but if you dont mind, could you please post a pic of your sebastopol? I saw on another post that you have just one. but if you cant thats fine.

 

[papagoose]

I built my own incubator out of a cooler and had an "eggcellent" hatch rate except for the time the light bulb burned out and I didn't catch it in time (I lost all of that hatch.) I had a staggered hatch and would write the date I put them into the 'bator and the projected hatch date on the shell in pencil.

Each day I would open the 'bator and set a timer for 15 minutes. I would candle and do whatever else I needed to do and mist the eggs before I closed the 'bator for the day. I tried to maintain 65% but never kicked the humidity to 85% because of the staggered hatch dates.

I have 12 beautiful geese I hatched wintering over here in Minnesota!

 

[MissPrissy]

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ok thanks. Oh and i know this is a little off topic, but if you dont mind, could you please post a pic of your sebastopol? I saw on another post that you have just one. but if you cant thats fine.

I think my only current photo is on my cell phone. I'll try to get some tomorrow if the weather cooperates.