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Did you calibrate any of the thermometers?Yes with goose eggs everything I've read says you will massively improve hatch rates by misting and cooling for around 5-15 minutes per day. There are some very good threads on here about that. But like that article said, hatcheries don't do that they just wash with hydrogen peroxide. That's why they suspect misting and cooling is effective because it degrades the cuticle.
I bought a new thermometer/hygrometer just for the incubator, my kitchen thermometer matches up. I've moved it around to check for hot spots and it seems stable. Been keeping humidity at around 30-34. They seem to be losing weight at the right rate.
I have not incubated geese eggs yet but I can tell you that when I do incubate them I will not mist them.I will do that for sure. I did spray down the incubator with hydrogen peroxide as well.
Now that they were washed, do you guys think I should mist and cool them?
Did you calibrate your kitchen thermometer?Didn't calibrate just tested against my kitchen thermometer. Is calibration different?
What are you talking about only two eggs didn't make in it? Are you talking about your own hatch?right skimming over this I think it has gone a bit off topic, I believe in calibrating but I also believe not to fix something that aint broke.
Lets put it into context, 2 eggs out of 32 didn't make it in the incubator that were fertile. Ok that is the background and we know they were scrubbed with hydrogen peroxide and were dirt contaminated.
So just thought it is worth pointing that out.
I also have heard about spraying duck eggs, but since the protective coating was scrubbed off srayng with water is probably a bad idea.