QJ - I'm so sorry that you were so alone. I called my mom (who does hatch geese, or did for like 40 years) and she reports that she has seen this, and did use a spary bottle w/warm water to rinse off the face a little. She has had some make it fine, but they took a bit longer to escape their egg. She has had to assist, but did so with extra slowness. I hope some other goose people are on today for you.
I hope by now, though, your baby has recovered and is attempting to hatch normally.
So glad your Java have emerged, and you got a good hatch. Except the last quail batch, which may have been about the lock down bator, I've had pretty good luck with ebay eggs, and the eggs I sent my sister worked out for her (most of them.) My ebay large pekings have shown 8 of teh 10 eggs I bought (but he sent 2 extra) are all spidering up nice, and I've gotten 4 of 6 turkey eggs coming along (well, at least 3, one is weird in its shell and I'm waiting to just see what happens).
I go on lockdown w/turkeys on Wednesday. Then, since they were soooo expensive, I'll be sweating, and I hope you'll be here to comfort me!
Love to the egg and baby....
I hope by now, though, your baby has recovered and is attempting to hatch normally.
I go on lockdown w/turkeys on Wednesday. Then, since they were soooo expensive, I'll be sweating, and I hope you'll be here to comfort me!
Love to the egg and baby....
We're sad. But also thankful that we have one that made it out all by itself, healthy and strong.
